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Re:EU countries agree on copyright reforms, deal in sight ne... by jakub_g on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:20PM (#19125044)
> determine location through credit card

Displaying the final price _after_ the user has put the CC number is not the most trustworthy experience :)

I don't know how this is done in the wild, but some large companies often have TLDs per country and only accept CCs from a given country on a given site version, for example (and they redirect you by IP).

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Re:EU countries agree on copyright reforms, deal in sight ne... by AnssiH on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:58PM (#19125240)
Another way to deal with that (which e.g. Amazon uses in Europe for international Prime Video and Music Unlimited) is to use a fixed inc.VAT price and then just have the exc.VAT price vary by country.
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Re:EU countries agree on copyright reforms, deal in sight ne... by Brakenshire on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:51PM (#19125205)
Hah, yes, that’s true, but you could just have a country selector mechanism before showing the price, prepopulated from IP, then validate that for regulatory purposes using the credit card.
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