Packaging and Shipment

There are a few things to take into consideration when choosing the best method to ship your goods. We’d say these are mainly:

• Price
• Size of goods
• How fast you need your goods
• Service

Price – A lot of people are just looking for the cheapest way to send packages overseas. If you can be flexible with things like delivery times, you can save big money as air freight/couriers can cost 4 times more than sea freight for a fairly large shipment.

Size of goods – For all types of overseas shipping, the size is largely what determines the price. Parcels over a certain size will make courier services and air freight far more expensive, whilst packages under a certain size (around 100kg and 0.5 cubic metres) will make paying for sea freight pointless.

How fast you need your goods – A large difference between these international shipping services is the shipping times. Sea freight can take 6-7 weeks from China, whereas courier services can be as fast as 3 days! The following companies are international courier companies we often cooperate with：FedEx, UPS, DHL ect. If you have a designated freight forwarder in the country, it is also possible.

How easy you want the process to be – There are differences in services between these different methods. Courier services are easy to use and are delivered straight to your front door.  Sea freight and Air freight can be simple although you’ll need to be sure that the company controlling your shipment know exactly what is required to get YOUR shipment cleared through customs and delivered quickly and efficiently.