I'm very new to the GIS world, so my problem could be very stupid, but I'm going to try anyway.

#Objective

Given a list of coordinates in longitude/latitude, stored as a .csv file, I want to create a buffer with distance of x km around those coordinates. (In case this is relevant, these coordinates are locations of the societies in the SCCS dataset. These societies scatter all around the world.)

#Problem

I'm only able to create buffers with distance in radial degrees, but I want to do them in (kilo)meters. I'm aware of the following Q&A's, but following what's suggested therein doesn't seem to solve my problem:

• Understanding QGIS buffer tool units
• Buffering in meters/km using WGS84 layers using QGIS
• How to create a polygon (fixed width buffer) around a polygon in QGIS?
• Changing unit of measure from degrees to meters in QGIS?

#What I have tried...

1. I start QGIS (v2.4), and Add delimited text layer
2. choose my .csv file and the x/y fields, click OK
3. select WGS 84 as my CRS (also tried NAD83 but didn't make a difference), click OK
4. right-click on layer and select Save As..., in the dialog box, choose the following and click OK:
5. add sccs_meter.shp as layer to the current project
6. Select Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Buffers > set buffer distance as 10

The result is a buffer with radius of approximately 1068km, which suggests that buffer distance is 10 degrees rather than 10 meters.

What did I do wrong here?