How do I allow people from the UK only to buy products from me?
Is there a way to let only people from the UK purchase my products? I recently listed a product and someone from Lithuania purchased the product. I am not VAT registered so I am not able to sell to the EU, but since someone has purchased it from the EU, I have had to pay way more than what the product even sold for. I also see the following when I view the order:
I also asked supported and one of them told me that anyone around the world could purchase my items since they’re Fulfilled by Amazon and that I couldn’t stop people outside of the UK from purchasing them? This is quite worrying since I have disabled international shipping in my shipping settings and haven’t even enabled marketplaces outside of the UK…
Do I need to register for vat in the EU now and how do I stop this from happening again?
How do I allow people from the UK only to buy products from me?
Is there a way to let only people from the UK purchase my products? I recently listed a product and someone from Lithuania purchased the product. I am not VAT registered so I am not able to sell to the EU, but since someone has purchased it from the EU, I have had to pay way more than what the product even sold for. I also see the following when I view the order:
I also asked supported and one of them told me that anyone around the world could purchase my items since they’re Fulfilled by Amazon and that I couldn’t stop people outside of the UK from purchasing them? This is quite worrying since I have disabled international shipping in my shipping settings and haven’t even enabled marketplaces outside of the UK…
Do I need to register for vat in the EU now and how do I stop this from happening again?
Seller_BS5lg2keRs2QO
Someone else had a recent unwated purchase from Lithuania. I wonder if something changed there recently.
Support haven’t been the most helpful, but you also misunderstand VAT. If you’re doing FBA and don’t want non-UK orders then go into your FBA settings and turn off FBA Export. You can also make sure EFN is disabled too from the same place. You don’t need to be VAT registered to sell into the EU though - only to store stock there.
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Seller_DTufFoxJuMU0M
First off you don’t need to be VAT Registered to sell to EU, only to store stock there, but you do need to send orders with all duty and fees prepaid (so the buyer is not asked for any import fees etc) so you need to account for that in your price.
But to answer your question you need to set your marketplaces that aren’t in UK onto holiday mode so that all your listings are hidden and customers can’t purchase. (these are usually enabled by default annoyingly make sure to keep an eye on them to make sure they don’t reactive themselves)
You also need to make sure that International is unticked on your shipping templates.
Seller_BS5lg2keRs2QO
Someone else had a recent unwated purchase from Lithuania. I wonder if something changed there recently.
Support haven’t been the most helpful, but you also misunderstand VAT. If you’re doing FBA and don’t want non-UK orders then go into your FBA settings and turn off FBA Export. You can also make sure EFN is disabled too from the same place. You don’t need to be VAT registered to sell into the EU though - only to store stock there.
