Shipito warehouses, their benefits and limitations: Package consolidation, USPS shipping, No sales tax,...

Shipito has several warehouses in the United States of America, plus warehouses in Japan, China and Hong Kong. This allows you to make purchases in the United States, Japan, China and Hong Kong and then ship your packages/parcels worldwide.







Update (October 10, 2011): Fully functional Oregon warehouse is live! You can save on sales tax now. Replaced the old Portland warehouse with the Tualatin warehouse.
Update (May 08, 2012): Shipito is getting a new warehouse in Hawthorne, CA. New customers will be able to use it. Two other warehouse in California are completely full!
Update (January 18, 2013: Shipito is opening a new warehouse in Austria (Europe). Consolidation is available, shipping rates can be found in the shipping calculator.
Update (January 18, 2013: Shipito is opening a new warehouse in Austria (Europe). Consolidation is available, shipping rates can be found in the shipping calculator.
Update (May 14, 2013: Shipito is opening is opening new warehouse in Minden, Nevada, USA. Consolidation is available, shipping rates can be found in the shipping calculator.



Warehouses of Shipito, their benefets and limitations

• Torrance, CA : All shipping methods available. Consolidation available. Do not use for shipping pallets or huge packages. Rather use 190th street warehouse.


• Torrance II, CA: All shipping methods available. Consolidation available. Loading dock available for bigger packages and pallets.


• Hawthorne, CA: Regular location, consolidation and special requests available


• Tualatin, OR: Full service location. Consolidation available. Most shipping methods available. No sales tax in Oregon!


• Minden, NV: Location with the biggest mailbox (4 times bigger than in California). Full service location. Consolidation available. Most shipping methods available. Nevada is a smaller state than California so there is better probability that sales tax will be not charged. Shipping using Austria Postal service and FedEx.


• Austria (Europe): Regular location, consolidation and special requests available


• Portland, OR: Location without sales tax! No USPS shipping and no consolidation. You can ship package to Torrance warehouse or to you by FedEx.


• Las Vegas, NV : No USPS shipping and no consolidation. You can ship package to Torrance warehouse or to you by FedEx.


• Japan, JP : Shipito location in Sasebo Nagasaki, Japan. Only Assisted Purchases are available.


• Hong Kong, NT: Full service Shipito location in Hong Kong.
• China, SZ : Full service Shipito location in China. Will be closed in 2012. The last day to receive packages in China location will be August 31, 2012.

Note that shipping is 10% more expensive from Oregon compared to California warehouses, but you save on sales tax (Oregon doesn't have any sales tax).





If you know a service that is better or cheaper than Shipito for making purchases (including assisted ones), consolidating packages, please leave your comment.

See also:

• What Shipito warehouse to use and why?