we are a small team, and an unregistered company
Then I doubt it is legal for you to be trading, whether with bitcoin or not.
and we have stated the longer shipping times to cover international orders.. We appreciate due to the nature of the business, we could appear to be a scam but would like to stress, we are legitimate. (We'd appreciate if our past customers would back us up!)
This does nothing to encourage me to trust you.
I would like to stress, I am legitimate, trust me
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An "unregistered company" is not a legal business entity. You are either a registered company, or a partnership (both legal), or possibly just a group of people that have thrown a web site together and pretending to be in business .....
How many customers have you had to date? Sure some of those could back you up?