jalal225
Hello,
I'm new to online shopping. I've seen many shopping services including :
- Aramex's Shop n'Ship
- iShip : iShip.me
- LibanPost's EasyShop
- Borderlinx.
Which one shall I choose ? Shop and Ship is the most legitimate to me but I need an advice.
I mostly care for delivery cost and time.
bermudapineapple
Use Borderlinx because you don't have to pay for any account with them. I've used them and they are pretty good. They use DHL to deliver.
jalal225
how much usually it takes to deliver the items ?
Johnaudi
It takes less than a week usually.
d3str0y3r
Borderlinx main disadvantage (if you're shopping online from the US): sales taxes - because they're located in Ohio, so you'll pay US sales taxes as well as VAT etc.
There is a service called "Opas" in a zero sales tax state (Oregon) that you might want to check out, they also use DHL and co. Their membership needs a valide credit card however (even a 0$ one), the permanent registration fee being 25$, which gets canceled by using the promo code USUNLOCKED so it's technically free too. This can save you a lot of $.
Cheers.
m0ei
I'd stick with Aramex Shop and Ship, it's only 10$(they have an offer). Package arrives after 4 days once they get it. They have a very straight forward pricing, I usually pay less tax. I don't know how things work, but I think customs here estimate the price of your package... Anyway, I don't pay any US tax when I order from Amazon, I send them an Airway bill proof provided by Aramex (I submit a message on Aramex website), after that I email Amazon the airway bill proof and they refund me the money instantly
I don't like Borderlinx quite much, they have a better service than Aramex SnS like consolidation and instant US address, but they charge by package size not by weight only and they sometimes makes you pay a lot more than expected. Well that was always the case of DHL here in this country.
Don't waste your time with iship.me, worst company ever. It takes more time, they charge higher and they don't have a clear pricing scheme. So I once asked them how much will it cost to ship a package including 5 items which costs 150$, they said 50$. I ordered it with Shop and Ship and I payed 11$ (0.5kg weight) + 4$ customs (yes, 4$).
Louis40
I work with Iship only for payment to sellers on ebay or abroad sellers.. regarding shipment the sellers will charge me the shipping and i agree with them to ship it to my address in Lebanon so when i pay, i settle price with shipment..
But to every transaction i have to pay 10 extra dollars to Iship no matter how much. Above 100$ they take 10%..