Shopping and Shipping

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Fedex is lowering prices for Shipito parcel forwarder

FedEx is lowering prices for Shipito parcel forwarder. So its customers almost all around the world. The prices are going down usually by 5-10% worldwide, however in some cases the discount can reach up to 40%. The new pricing is put in place already.

The biggest discount is concerning low weight packages to countries in Central-Eastern Europe like Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, etc. For example 3lb package to Prague, Czech Republic, is going down from $86 to $52 with FedEx Economy, or from $106 to $65 with FedEx priority.

Another country with very nice discount is Brazil, where low weight packages are cheaper by 10%-28%. 3lb package to Rio De Janeiro is discounted from $67 to $48 with FedEx Economy and 5lb package from $94 to $81 with FedEx Priority.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

75% off at Myhabit private shopping club

The Summer Refresh Sale is on at Myhabit (an Amazon company)

Up to 75% off summer items!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Semi-annual warehouse sale at Ideeli

Up to 90% off.

Update (January 13, 2016) Ideel (former Ideeli) has moved to Groupon.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Myhabit offers 20% off sitewide via coupon code

Myhabit, an Amazon company, offers 20% off sitewide via coupon code FIREWORK

To receive discount, enter the promotional code “FIREWORK”, in all capital letters, into the Promotional Codes box on the checkout page and click the “Apply” button to receive 20% off all items on MyHabit.

Restrictions and Limitations:

Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. (PT) July 1, 2014.
Offer may be used once and may not be combined with other offers.
Maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $300
MyHabit reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
The offer discount will be allocated proportionally among all promotional items in your order.
If any of the products or content related to this promotion are returned, the value of the offer will be subtracted from your return credit.
Offer only applies to products sold and shipped by MyHabit.
Offer good while supplies last.
Return shipping charges may apply to discounted and free promotional items.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Shopfans Express allows to send items to several customers in one package

Shopfans Express allows to use several customers when sending a package. So to overcome a 1000 EUR customs fee free limit that is valid so far for customers sending packages to Russia, you may just add several recipients to your package. Of course every single item may not cost over 1000 EUR if you want to avoid paying customs fees. But you may send, for example, 4 iphones 5S 64 GB or 4 Macbook Air notebooks in one package by just adding 4 recipients.

That's a really nice feature. It will become even more useful when the limit will be reduced from 1000 EUR to 150 EUR sometime in 2014.

Do you know any other package forwarders (parcel forwarders, freight forwarders, shipping forwarders) that allow to use multiple recipients when sending packages to Russia?

Shopfans package forwarder to offer vacuum sealing for clothing

Shopfans package forwarder plans to offer vacuum sealing of clothing. The company has been testing a chinese vacuum sealer. It allows to reduct volume size significantly:

The service can be useful for customers sending clothing, plush toys,... Thanks to the reduced volume size, you will be able to send a heavier package. And the heavier the package is, the less you spend to per kilogram of shipping weight.

Moreover you can hide a cell phone or jewerly inside the sealed bag.

Do you know any other package forwarder (parcel forwarder, freight forwarder, shipping forwarder) offering vacuum sealing?