What Shipito warehouse to use and why?

Each Shipito warehouse has its own benefits. The following information will help you to choose one:

Overview of Shipito Warehouses

California

Lowest shipping rates and fastest shipping time, short term storage

Lowest shipping rates and fastest shipping time, short term storage

Oregon

No sales tax, more storage space compared to California

No sales tax, more storage space compared to California

Nevada

Best for long term storage and large consolidations

Best for long term storage and large consolidations

 

 

Shipito Virtual Mailbox

California

12 cubic feet

2× huge 36”x17”x17” boxes, effective January 1, 2014

2× huge 36”x17”x17” boxes, effective January 1, 2014

Oregon

36 cubic feet

Triple of California capacity

Triple of California capacity

Nevada

72 cubic feet

Six times California capacity

Six times California capacity

 

 

Free Storage

California

90days

Oregon

90days

Nevada

180days

 

Sales Tax in different Shipito locations

California

up to9%

Only stores based in California will charge sales tax

Oregon

0%

No sales tax on any transaction

Nevada

up to7.1%

Only stores based in Nevada will charge sales tax

 

Shipito Shipping Methods

California

usps

Lowest price

fedex

Lowest price

dhl

Lowest price

tnt

Lowest price

airmail

Lowest price

russian-post

Available

Oregon

usps

Approx. 10% more

fedex

Approx. 10% more

dhl

Approx. 10% more

tnt

10-13% more

airmail

Approx. 15% more

russian-post

Available

Nevada

usps

Lowest price

fedex

Lowest price

dhl

Lowest price

tnt

10-13% more

airmail

Approx. 15% more

russian-post

Available

 

Speed of delivery from Shipito warehouses

California

Fastest due to the proximity to LAX airport

Fastest due to the proximity to LAX airport

USPS, TNT and Airmail are 1-3 days slower due to transport through California hub. Other methods are the same speed as California.

USPS, TNT and Airmail are 1-3 days slower due to transport through California hub. Other methods are the same speed as California.

 

Shipping Wine with Shipito

California

Only from our Torrance I location (Columbia St). The only location authorized to ship wine by FedEx or DHL only.

Only from our Torrance I location (Columbia St). The only location authorized to ship wine by FedEx or DHL only.

Oregon

No shipping of wine allowed

No shipping of wine allowed

Nevada

No shipping of wine allowed

No shipping of wine allowed

 

Update (December 27, 2013) Russian Standard Post is available not only in the California warehouses, but also in the Nevada and Oregon warehouses of Shipito.

Personally I've been using the Oregon warehouse for most of my purchases. It takes longer to ship from Oregon, this warehouse lacks some shipping methods and shipping from this location is more expensive. However the benefit of using Oregon is that it is a no sales tax location.

Learn more at the Shipito web-site

Shipito opened a warehouse in Austria (Europe)

Shipito opened a warehouse in Austria. For start, it is available to all clients with Virtual Mailbox and account verified to at least 50%. They will lift this restriction in few weeks. Consolidation is available, shipping rates can be found in the shipping calculator.



Now that Shipito has a warehouse in Europe, I'll be more willing to try some European private shopping clubs that don't ship outside the European Union. Although prices are usually higher in EU than in the USA, some items are not sold in the USA and some are to heavy to ship them from the USA.

Update (February 08, 2013)
The Austrian warehouse is available to all customers, and the shelves are filling up already.

All customers are able to use the European address provided in their account for purchases all over Europe (UK, Germany, France, Austria, etc.). Nearly every European store (like Tommy Hilfiger, ebay.de, Amazon.de, Esprit, H&M, etc.) is shipping to the warehouse.

The location provides all services available (content photos, special requests, consolidations, etc.).

Shipping methods available at start: Austrian Postal Service and FedEx. For Austrian Post only real weight is used (not DIM weight).

Ideel (former Ideeli) and international shipping: How to shop on Ideel.com from outside the USA

What is Ideel

Ideel is an american private shopping club (fashion sale site, private sale club, flash sale site, sample sale site). It offers designer clothing for men, women, kids at discounted prices. Private shopping clubs organize sales events for its members that typically last 1 to 6 days. Members can buy fashion clothing as well as other stuff at a 30-90% discount. Ideel (former Ideeli) is owned by Groupon.

Billing and international shipping restrictions on Ideel

Ideel.com states the following:

You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction (which is generally 18 years old, but does vary state to state). You cannot have more than one membership.

You need a US debit card or credit card to make a purchase on Ideel. You may also pay for your order via Paypal. No other payment methods accepted:

Screenshot: Ideel.com: Payment method

And Ideel can ship to the USA addresses only.

Overcoming billing and international shipping restrictions on Ideel

You can shop on Ideel.com from outside the USA even, if you want your purchases to be shipped outside the USA. You need to get a virtual address in the USA using a service like Shipito.

Here is a package from Ideel.com delivered to my virtual USA address:

Screenshot: Package from Ideel.com in the Shipito warehouse before package consolidation and international shipping