There is also other issues which I have noticed with
international ordering, that may be of interest to nutra.
Because of the cost of shipping:
1. I order less frequently than I would do
2. I am more inclined to "make the order count". i.e. I will deliberate on products, look up reviews and feedback, revise my cart(or in my case a word document) over many days/weeks, pull things out of the cart, put things in, pull things out etc. If you check out AdelV, he really went to town before ordering his previous 900 nutra order posting threads about advice about his order in various forums. He got good feedback and culled his order nicely.
Because we want to make it count we are more cautious.
Another issue is the issue of "that new product". US sellers to US consumers do get a benefit from this phenomenon via the fact that as the shipping is low and the product looks promising, "heck, why not, lets give it a try."
I am and I think other international people overall are less inclined to try "that new product" as they have not read enough feedback/results, and as such will leave it till their next order. By that time, you might find that either:
a) that product that sounded good, was good and received good feedback...from here you would buy.
b) that product that sounded good, was ok, nothing special but ok nonetheless...from here you might buy or your might not.
c) that product that sounded good, was not that good...from here you wouldn't buy
d) that product 2+ months ago that was new, but now there is another product with similar ingredients with better additions(many knockoffs in this industry), and this sounds better than the old product which first got you interested...from here you might wait for feedback, or you might go ahead and give it a shot (however that first product does not get trialled by you, and in reality one less sale for the wholesaler and retailer)
Just some food for thought.