✈️ Selling your products around the world (the truth)


My product-based business is international! I’ve expanded my award-winning sensory candle brand to Canada. While this incredible milestone wasn’t on my Bingo card for the business this year, I welcome the growth. I packed the orders and processed the payments. And then. It hit me. First, my e-commerce platform’s 1.5% currency conversion fee on top of the standard 3.6% merchant fee. That’s 5.1% already gone. These fees are on a wholesale order with a 50% markdown on retail value (due to the...