Hello my lovely US customers,
I am delighted to be able to let you know that I have now aligned my shipping/duties/tariff planets and have been able to reopen and resume shipping to the US. Having done this, I then realised that the duties charged on the abandoned checkouts were varying quite significantly which was NOT good.
So as all my items are handmade in the UK, the tariff rate is just 10% on top of the list price, and then one also has to factor in an additional 10% to the shipping fees charged by Royal Mail. However, the platform I use doesn't support International Shipping through Royal Mail so the Platform I use was fluctuating between 12% and 17% which is significantly higher.
I've created a work-around - US-specific pricing which is inclusive of the tariff charges and a slight manual adjustment to the shipping. This is the best value option I can offer my US customers whilst making sure that the tariff elements can be covered.
What this means is that you won't see a tariff/duty breakdown in your final checkout amount but you can rest assured that it will be covered and should (hopefully) be seamlessly covered by Royal Mail.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch
Stay Twisted!
Amy xx