Expanding into Canada - Very Confused Please help

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Hi there I have a specific problem and I am looking for advice on the best options.

  • I have a store that sells products in the US. We are a distributor for hundreds of brands.
  • Many of these brands are also available in Canada.
  • 90% of our sales are generated from google shopping using our current US shopping feed.

What is the best method to start selling in Canada with a US based company?

I see there are shopify markets, but from my understanding this duplicates my site and changes the price to CAD if the visitor is from a Canadian IP (correct me if I’m wrong)

The problem with this is that it duplicates my site, so there is a lot of US specific advertising and information that may confuse the Canadian visitor. It will also include a lot of products on the store that will not be available in Canada.

The ideal solution for me is to somehow use my US llc to launch a store with only Canadian products on a .ca domain that can have Canadian advertising.

What is the most optimal route to do this? When I tried to set up my shopify store on the .CA domain I was getting errors and it was asking for a Canadian address which I dont have because we are a US based company.

I see quite a few of my competitors advertising in Canada with .CA domains so I know its possible to do what I want I just don’t know how. Hoping someone can shed some light on this confusing issue.

Thank you

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I recommend you enable markets, and choose a folder method.

For example if your normal website is https://example.com then for canada it would be https://example.com/ca/

Or for example it can work by adding the currency query, for example https://example.com/?currency=CAD

You can than use this app to setup the feed: https://apps.shopify.com/multiple-google-shopping-feeds

There will be no confusion, as the links will be specific for shopping ads, that when they click on the ad, the landing page will show the correct currency.

Make sure to use the same GMC account.

I would not setup a new domain, the success rate in getting approved is lower, than if you would use your main primary website domain.