valve store doesnt ship to my country

[ROCK | armando]

valve store doesnt ship to my country, Indonesia. and i notice that it doesn't ship to my neighbor country like malaysia or phillipines also. but what makes me wonder is that it ships to papua new guinea, a small country in SEA region too. what should i do to buy from valve store?

[JPMcMillen]

What exactly are you trying to purchase? If it's a physical item, there may be import/export restrictions to those countries.

[ROCK | armando]

just a mousepad. but ill try to ask my friend who lives in singapore for help

[kitt]

valve doesnt sell Mousepads?

[nullable]

I think he's probably referring to https://valvestore.forfansbyfans.com/faq

Where forfansbyfans isn't Valve, but rather is partnered with Valve to sell products with Valve IP.

I mean the short answer is unless you want to jump through hoops you don't buy from them because they don't ship to your country. Sometimes shipping isn't determined by size of the market alone. If there's really difficult laws that makes doing business difficult or unattractive that's enough. If a small country is easier to do business with and can be potentially more profitable that could explain that.

"We ship orders worldwide except to Malaysia, Montenegro, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Burma, Syria and Sudan, UAE, Vietnam"

I mean it's not like you're the only excluded country.

[kitt]

never heard of the Store til like a couple if days ago. Checked it out, saw false advertisement/ outdated advertisement (june) and decided that the Store is bullcrap.

well i learned that Valve has a Store..

[ROCK | armando]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Brockenstein:

I think he's probably referring to https://valvestore.forfansbyfans.com/faq

Where forfansbyfans isn't Valve, but rather is partnered with Valve to sell products with Valve IP.

I mean the short answer is unless you want to jump through hoops you don't buy from them because they don't ship to your country. Sometimes shipping isn't determined by size of the market alone. If there's really difficult laws that makes doing business difficult or unattractive that's enough. If a small country is easier to do business with and can be potentially more profitable that could explain that.

"We ship orders worldwide except to Malaysia, Montenegro, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Burma, Syria and Sudan, UAE, Vietnam"

I mean it's not like you're the only excluded country.

yes this is what i mean. i thought it's the official store from valve because it appears in csgo update. does valve have any official store where i can buy merchandise? sorry if my question is stupid, i'm new in this steam :D

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

That is the only official store for official merchandise.

[nullable]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ROCK | armando:

yes this is what i mean. i thought it's the official store from valve because it appears in csgo update. does valve have any official store where i can buy merchandise? sorry if my question is stupid, i'm new in this steam :D

I don't think it's stupid. Or at least anyone who expects others to keep track of partnerships and agreements is probably being unreasonable.

In general though, when a multi-billion dollar company with its own store has a separate store as a sub domain on some other store's domain. You can probably make some inferences there.

[ROCK | armando]

okay, thx for all the responses. so what's your suggestion to buy from this store, ask for a friend who lives in country that listed in valve store to help?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ROCK | armando:

okay, thx for all the responses. so what's your suggestion to buy from this store, ask for a friend who lives in country that listed in valve store to help?

Yes. A trusted friend.

[mimizukari]

The only physical items Valve sells is Valve Index and its accessories, pretty sure they stopped Steam Link and Steam Controller, there are no mousepads.

[ROCK | armando]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kurumi Tokisaki:

The only physical items Valve sells is Valve Index and its accessories, pretty sure they stopped Steam Link and Steam Controller, there are no mousepads.

Umm im not sure were talking about the same valve store here. Here, i share the link of merchandise that i want to buy https://valvestore.forfansbyfans.com/16-years-of-fragging-mousepad-12167.html

[Mikoyann]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ROCK | armando:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kurumi Tokisaki:

The only physical items Valve sells is Valve Index and its accessories, pretty sure they stopped Steam Link and Steam Controller, there are no mousepads.

Umm im not sure were talking about the same valve store here. Here, i share the link of merchandise that i want to buy https://valvestore.forfansbyfans.com/16-years-of-fragging-mousepad-12167.html

wtf lu beli mouse pad doang?

[м]

Shipping is more expensive than the mousepad, not really worth it:

Subtotal:
$22.00
Shipping:
$23.28
TOTAL:
$45.28