Shipping From US

adc7d51b 2017-12-05 12:39:02 UTC #1

Currently I am only shipping inside the US but have interest from the UK and Thailand. My kit costs $8.00 and shipping to the UK is $13 with a tracking number through the USPS. Has anyone found any cheaper shipping options for shipping from the US?

jasminebrackett 2017-12-06 03:25:36 UTC #2

Tracked is always pretty high. If you use First Class International to the UK, it will probably be tracked all the way. However, I think it will stop at the US border when you ship to Thailand (as it does with most countries).

We use https://www.17track.net/en to see the tracking info as it usually shows both USPS and info for the destination country.

You can also send untracked or International first class, but build-in an extra margin to the international shipping cost in case of postal losses. Some countries/cities are more reliable than others for untracked mail.

adc7d51b 2017-12-06 12:00:10 UTC #3

Thanks Jasmine. Doesn’t have to be tracked. Any cheaper options besides USPS at $13? Anyone ship UPS or DHL?

pmfoundations 2018-01-30 01:01:33 UTC #4

USPS prices have gone up recently for international to $14. I used to offer “large envelope” “untracked or International first class” at $3ish for small items but the USPS has been making it difficult to do that, especially online.

I recently changed some European shipping rates offered to $14 (the USPS rate) for first item and then free shipping for additional items. This hopefully has the effect of encouraging customers to do their own economies by buying a bit more. If they buy a lot more because of this incentive, I just cover the shipping since I have a larger order that covers overheads.

I have looked at UPS and they are much more expensive.

de419e87 2018-08-24 22:13:37 UTC #5

It is kind of a joke. I just got my order canceled as “possibly fraudulent and has suspended the order.”.
The support here then told me it is because I wanted to use a mail forwarding service in the US.
I use that service on a regular basis to combine multiple shipments in a trackable Fedex shipment.

Not only would that save me the hassle of dealing with import taxes (Fedex would deal with that), but it would also lower my shipment costs as I would get it as part of a larger shipment.