Re: What shipping method do you use when buying from China? Quote:
Originally Posted by jakobrockz Cost of the shipment is about $1300 and $360 for DHL.
I'm asking the forum because I believe my supplier is incorrect. He also claims that shipping by sea usually needs 200kg+ shipments.
I will ask him about China post.
And I've read some talk about Shipping agents? How would I go about that and what would the advantages be? |
Your supplier is "kind of" correct. He would need to find a company that combines smaller shipments into containers and ships them over to the US in bulk. There are plenty of companies that do that, and they often have different minimum sizes and/or weights that they will take.
Shipping agents are mostly bullpoopy. It's just another Chinese person who wants to line up to charge you an additional 15% for doing business in China.
In THEORY though, you can't ship out of china without a tax ID. So, when I was moving back from China I couldn't ship my own items back to me because I don't have a Chinese Tax ID (or "citizen number" similar to our SSN). So a shipping agent would assist with you in that.
Gotta be honest, it's pretty easy to Google what you're looking for. You should either take the time to familiarize yourself with the process of shipping items from China to the US, or "practice" doing business in china by turning a stool upside down and doing squats.
Your supplier is counting on taking the second route, which will put a tidy profit in his pocket.
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