Yeh, that's what I'm currently doing, but my issue is trying to not allow visitors to buy through a non-local site due to the tax implications on the business. Until we've setup more localised distribution centres, that's why I'm thinking of auto-redirecting to the localised site, hence the original post.
Cheers, -Dan On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Sid Bachtiar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why not just show links of all the localized URL? Just provide warning > if someone from Australia is visiting the NZ one. This is like what > Ebay does. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Dan Khan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We've been working on some internationalised versions of our website, >> and implemented an IP lookup using GeoIP to suggest visitors use a >> more localised version of the site (e.g. goto www.1791diamonds.com.au >> whilst in NZ or vice versa at www.1791diamonds.co.nz). After doing >> some tax research, since our main despatch location is in NZ for the >> time being, looks like we might require more than just a suggested >> redirect, rather a forced redirect to ensure we invoice and charge the >> correct amount of GST and ship from the correct company. >> >> Apart from the obvious accuracy issue of the IP database that's doing >> the auto-bouncing; is there any recommended approach to avoid >> auto-redirecting web spiders as well as human visitors? >> I assume it's against the rules to code spider-detection code into >> your sites, but we certainly don't want our NZ or AU sites to be >> bounced back to the US site whenever google comes spidering...? >> >> Yeh we could always just code logic into each international site to >> invoice and apply correct GST based on customer's destination vs >> despatch destination, but just trying to avoid an extra month of >> coding/testing/release to some core code. >> >> Any advice appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> -Dan >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Blue Horn Ltd - System Development > http://bluehorn.co.nz > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
