Why isn't the United States the number 1 country option for CC forms?

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  • Cory W
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    • Jan 2004
    • 9133

    #1

    Why isn't the United States the number 1 country option for CC forms?

    And the like?

    Or top processing countries?

    How many Afgans ever buy anything?
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  • Libertine
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    • May 2002
    • 17860

    #2
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    • After Shock Media
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      • Mar 2001
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      #3
      I dunno, my Afgan just lays over the love seat all year.

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      • nofx
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        • Nov 2002
        • 16826

        #4
        that pisses me off as well. when I have to scroll down the whole fucking list to the bottom to select the United States.

        it should be default first one, 2nd one Canada, etc. in order from more popular to less popular..

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        • Cory W
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          • Jan 2004
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          #5
          I purchased from Amazon (or one of the major sites) last week. Had to scroll though what seemed like 1000s of countries.
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          • After Shock Media
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            • Mar 2001
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            #6
            Originally posted by nofx
            that pisses me off as well. when I have to scroll down the whole fucking list to the bottom to select the United States.

            it should be default first one, 2nd one Canada, etc. in order from more popular to less popular..
            or umm just hit the U key, though it may pull up uganda first.

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            • Dalai lama
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              • Jul 2004
              • 16540

              #7
              I have them as number #1 option on all of my paysites

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              • Cory W
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                • Jan 2004
                • 9133

                #8
                Originally posted by nofx
                that pisses me off as well. when I have to scroll down the whole fucking list to the bottom to select the United States.

                it should be default first one, 2nd one Canada, etc. in order from more popular to less popular..
                I just signed up for a mainstream forum, same thing. I couldn't help but think how many Afgans are signing up here? Didn't the programmer think of that?

                And scrolling down, you are almost sure to miss US the way it is set up. I have gotten declined before only to figure out I put in United Emirates.
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                • WiredGuy
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                  • Aug 2002
                  • 34512

                  #9
                  I've seen some signup forms (non-adult) actually do geo-targetting on your IP and preselects your country for you. That should be rather easy to do in my opinion.
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                  • Cory W
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                    • Jan 2004
                    • 9133

                    #10
                    Originally posted by WiredGuy
                    I've seen some signup forms (non-adult) actually do geo-targetting on your IP and preselects your country for you. That should be rather easy to do in my opinion.
                    WG
                    What if you purchase from outside the country?

                    I guess you still have the other options?
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                    • Violetta
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                      • Jul 2004
                      • 28735

                      #11
                      Originally posted by WiredGuy
                      I've seen some signup forms (non-adult) actually do geo-targetting on your IP and preselects your country for you. That should be rather easy to do in my opinion.
                      WG
                      that sounds lovely. But until then, just hit "u" and scroll from there...
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                      • WiredGuy
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                        • Aug 2002
                        • 34512

                        #12
                        Originally posted by WEG Cory
                        What if you purchase from outside the country?

                        I guess you still have the other options?
                        The percentage of that happening is very small I would imagine and yeah, you can always change it, your never forced into that option.

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                        • pornguy
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                          • Mar 2003
                          • 62912

                          #13
                          Originally posted by WiredGuy
                          I've seen some signup forms (non-adult) actually do geo-targetting on your IP and preselects your country for you. That should be rather easy to do in my opinion.
                          WG

                          That is a good idea, although it is sometimes off. My geoip always give me SanDiego, and I am actually in Mexico.
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                          • Cman
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                            • Jun 2004
                            • 697

                            #14
                            I know Americans like to believe that they are the only people in the world that matter, but as much as you'd like to believe that, its not true.

                            People in other countries do in fact have money and even CC's. I know its a shock, but the world can be a scary place sometimes.
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                            • Cman
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                              • Jun 2004
                              • 697

                              #15
                              Its your own fault for picking a country name at the end of the alphabet. If you want to be picky, "United States of America" isn't even really a name. Its more of a categorical designation or something lol

                              Sometimes if you hit the "U" key, it will skip straight to U, depending on how its programmed. I usually hit C to get to Canada
                              I could put stuff here, but you don't care.

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                              • RuthB
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                                • May 2005
                                • 7248

                                #16
                                I've seen some credit card lists with USA then Canada then United Kingdom and then the rest listed. That's how I had it set up where I used to work, makes MUCH more sense.

                                I'm actually surprised to learn that places like Amazon and etc don't do it that way. It's a real simple thing to set up too! Maybe they don't want to be viewed as American Elitists by their foreign traffic?
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                                • Cory W
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                                  • Jan 2004
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by exp0sed
                                  I know Americans like to believe that they are the only people in the world that matter, but as much as you'd like to believe that, its not true.

                                  People in other countries do in fact have money and even CC's. I know its a shock, but the world can be a scary place sometimes.
                                  Pull up numbers on Afganistan purchasing vs. consumers in the United States.

                                  Also, scan your passport stamps.
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                                  • Webby
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                                    • Oct 2002
                                    • 14956

                                    #18
                                    It's just the large population, net usage and excellent connections that make places these appear on drop downs.

                                    Wallis Futuna Islands
                                    Western Sahara
                                    Cocos Island
                                    Pitcairn
                                    Uganda
                                    Antarctica
                                    Svalbard Jan Mayen Islands
                                    Norfolk Island

                                    Mmm.. wonder which Cocos Isles - one is in the Pacific with a population of six rangers and no overnight stays allowed and no net connection. The other is in the Indian Ocean with a population of around 500. Oh hell.. a geo problem to start with

                                    Ya ain't lived WEG Cory - these places are the financial hub of the net and beat the US and EU hands down
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                                    • Ron Bennett
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                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 1653

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                      or umm just hit the U key, though it may pull up uganda first.
                                      No need to scroll at all, just keep hitting the "U" key until the right choice comes up.

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                                      • Chio
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                                        • Oct 2002
                                        • 8002

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Dalai lama
                                        I have them as number #1 option on all of my paysites
                                        Me too..

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                                        • Nightnday
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                                          • Jul 2004
                                          • 339

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by WEG Cory
                                          I purchased from Amazon (or one of the major sites) last week. Had to scroll though what seemed like 1000s of countries.
                                          OK, that's hard, it pisses you off!
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                                          • Nilsy42
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                                            • Dec 2005
                                            • 118

                                            #22
                                            no way dude

                                            Originally posted by nofx
                                            that pisses me off as well. when I have to scroll down the whole fucking list to the bottom to select the United States.

                                            it should be default first one, 2nd one Canada, etc. in order from more popular to less popular..
                                            It should be Norway that should be the default value. Cause that's sort of "in the middle", and then you can scroll up or down, making things pretty fair on everyone...

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                                            • eiht_98
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                                              • Jan 2001
                                              • 6103

                                              #23
                                              booo hooooo.. poor americans that have to scroll down the list....

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                                              • MaDalton
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                                                • Feb 2004
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                                                #24
                                                and why do so many US sites makes selecting a state mandatory even when you're not from the US? and then forget to have an option like "outside US"? i hate to choose "Nebraska, Germany".
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                                                • 2HousePlague
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                                                  • Jul 2004
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                                                  #25
                                                  IP-based geo-detection rocks --
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                                                  • BlueDesignStudios
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                                                    • Feb 2003
                                                    • 9492

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by nofx
                                                    that pisses me off as well. when I have to scroll down the whole fucking list to the bottom to select the United States.

                                                    it should be default first one, 2nd one Canada, etc. in order from more popular to less popular..
                                                    I'm sure the 4 scientists living in antartica really appreicate being #4 on the list currently.

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                                                    • Brujah
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                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                      • 22157

                                                      #27
                                                      Exactly Cory, afterall everyone in the world knows that the US is #1. C'mon! ;)

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                                                      • mrthumbs
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                                                        • Apr 2002
                                                        • 11702

                                                        #28
                                                        We have the top buying countries listed first and then alpabetical list

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                                                        • Validus
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                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                          • 4012

                                                          #29
                                                          ISO and select IP/GEO & Browser Lang.

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                                                          • Konda
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                                                            • Apr 2003
                                                            • 2280

                                                            #30
                                                            We have the US as the default country, and at some other projects we use geotargeting (they still can change it to another country if it's incorrect or if they are outside the country, but I think CC processors decline transactions anyway if the country where the card was issued doesn't match the country of the IP address?)

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