News about Shipito Airmail shipping method

Starting January, 31 for warehouses in California and soon coming to Oregon location, Shipito Airmail Express will be available to almost all countries in the Shipito shipping calculator.

1. For lighter packages it will be cheaper than it is now. The exact price differences depends on the destination, but most packages under 20 lbs will be less expensive than it is now.


2. You will get the actual tracking number at the moment of mailout from our warehouse, there will be no waiting until package arrives to Belgium.


3. Process is still similar, packages will be transported to Belgium and then shipped with tracking to the final destination, but due to the improved infrastructure, the whole process should be faster.


4. Airmail Economy maximum weight will be limited to 4.4 lbs (if you already have heavier package selected for Airmail Economy, it will be still shipped using the old Economy method). No more confusion about Airmail Economy sometimes shipped as EMS.

Additionally:

• No lithium battery restrictions.


• Dimensional weight is not used. This is extremely important as most of packages by DHL, Fedex, TNT are charged as DIM weight.


• Airmail Priority service stays unchanged

Update (November 06, 2013)
Shipito Airmail can no longer be used for shipping lithium batteries

New Shipito Airmail Express for Russia with tracking and insurance

Shipito offers new Airmail service for customers from Russia. It comes with tracking and insurance!

Lithium batteries can be shipped by this method (unlike USPS). Airmail Express packages are delivered to Belgium post and from there by EMS to Russia. Delivery should be about aproximately 15 days (there is no guarantee for speed of delivery).

The pricing is the same as USPS Express mail. Special 10% discount offered till the end of September 2012. Insurance is 0.7% from the value of products and $10 surcharge for packages with value over $500. Maximum value of each package cannot be over $1000.

 

Shipito Shipping Method: USPS, Airmail Priority/Economy/Express, Fedex

Personally I still deliver most of my packages via USPS Priority Mail Express International (former USPS Express Mail International):

• Examples of fees charged by USPS Express Mail and Shipito shipping forwarder in 2013 for sending packages from the United States to Russia
• Examples of fees charged by USPS Express Mail and Shipito shippingforwarder in 2012 for sending packages from USA to Russian Federation
• Some samples on how much it costs to send packages/parcels to Russia using USPS and Shipito (2010-2011)

Update (November 06, 2013)
Shipito Airmail can no longer be used for shipping lithium batteries. But you may use alternative shipping methods offered by Shipito for that including USPS Priority, USPS Express, Russian Post Standard.