My American daughter is living permanently in Australia. I have an Amazon Aus Prime acct so I can buy her things and have them delivered at her house but Amazon isn’t everything in Aus. For Christmas she wants quite a few things from Bunnings (hardware store) but when I go to pay online, it won’t allow a billing address that is outside of Aus. I keep running into the issue and anticipating a grandchild in 2024, I don’t think it’s going to get easier. Is there a way for an American to maintain an Australian bank account or credit card or something so that I will have an Aus form of payment. I do typically travel to Australia 2-3 x/year so I could open an account in person, deposit money in person. Ideas?
Send your daughter money via wise or what have you- tell her its for buying xyz
Use your daughters address for the billing address when you check out. AUS websites don’t seem to cross check the addresses like the US sites do.
Wise. Half my family lives in the U.S., the other half lives in Australia, I live in Scotland and it’s just too easy for us to need anything else. My family can transfer money in minutes from their own country’s accounts with a few clicks.
Thank you. We currently have 2 shared us accounts but if I got wise, maybe I could transfer money to one of her friends and have them be my shopper.