John Yunker is founder of Byte Level Research and author of the widely acclaimed book, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies and editor of Global By Design.
He has covered the emerging field of Web globalization for half a decade and has published a wide range of reports dedicated to best practices in Web localization and internationalization.
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Going Global focuses on the risks and rewards of expanding into new geographic and cultural markets, from Web globalization to international marketing to global usability.
UPS announced today that it has expanded shipping options for US-based sellers on eBay to include international delivery.
"The UPS shipping tools allow eBay sellers to calculate costs, request a UPS pick-up, track shipments, review transit times and print shipping labels for international shipments, all at the point of transaction."
Cross-border transactions make up a large and growing share of eBay's revenues. The UPS deal is one way to help accelerate this trend. The other tool that eBay hopes will help cross-border transactions is the recent acquisition of Skype.