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0 pointsitsameta412y ago0 comments

Well how could they possibly fix that?

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List shipping restrictions up front?

geoip?

GeoIP isn't really a good solution. I work on a large ecommerce site and this comes up from time to time. GeoIP databases are unreliable at best, especially for areas where IPs tend to jump borders (e.g., Toronto and Detroit)

tempestn12y ago

But they wouldn't need to use it for anything critical. Just for a message like, "It appears that we can't ship this to your current location: Calgary, AB, Canada. Please _log in_ to check availability to your shipping address," or something along those lines.

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draz12y ago

one could also be traveling abroad for business/pleasure yet living in the US. I sometimes order things while traveling....

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