r/Etsy • u/SeaworthinessIcy5053 • 17h ago

Help for Seller Uk Store into Eu market, advice

Hey all,

I opened up a store this year, I’m very happy with the progression it has made. It’s been a slow but steady growth, although the return for the amount of hours I spent thinking and working on it looks pretty dull I’m enjoying the process of making cool items

Anyway my shop currently only ship within the UK and wanted to get advice if I was to expand shipping to the EU what do I need to be mindful of, what are the additional costs involved?

Also could this negatively affect traffic to my store etc?

If anyone has good experience with this I would really appreciate your time

Thank you!

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u/Swivials 15h ago

Look up the new EU shipping regulations. It's a nightmare, I stopped shipping to EU because of them.

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u/E13BSY 6h ago

It’s far easier and cheaper to expand to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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u/Puhpowee_Icelandics 1h ago

I'm in the EU and I don't ship to the EU anymore. Just google 'PPWR' and you'll quickly see why pretty much all small webshops and small businesses have stopped sending items to other countries.