An online business should definitely have an address in the United States should it wishes to get customers from there. This is because a shipping address in the US would simplify the returning process for the customer.
There are a lot of businesses in the United States that offer such a service and this is called a mail forwarding service. Most of them require a monthly fee of some sort and rarely would they give an address for no charge at all.
However, this is different with YesShip.com. They give out a free US based address provided that the user would pass their screening test which is most of the time easy. The shipping rates from YesShip.com are also decent for the free account while premium accounts get a further discount.
In addition to that, those wanting to buy products from the US but unable to do so due to the business accepting only US based credit cards can also utilize the Shopping Assistant feature. A fee of $10 or 10% (whichever is higher) will be placed in addition to the shipping charges.
M Faris Ashraf on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 8:17 am