Shipito is a service that allows you have items shipped to a “mailbox” in the U.S.
You have just found a perfect subscription box, it has products that you would love to be receiving monthly. It will save you annoying trips to the store when you realize you’ve run out. You have read the reviews, looked into the products you’d be receiving and are very excited. You finally decide to sign up for the service, you get all the way to signing up, and you realize that they do not ship outside of the U.S. You get sad, and hope that one day they will expand their services to also include your country. Well that is what we thought to, then we did some digging and found a really awesome service!
Shipito is a service that allows you have items shipped to a “mailbox” in the U.S. which is then forwarded onto you! There is the option of either $8.50/ package + postage and shipping costs, or you can set up a “virtual mailbox” with them which allows you to bundle shipments together for more savings. The virtual mailbox has a montly fee of $10 or you can choose yearly for $50. That reduces your per package admin fee from $8.50 to $2.50. So the savings can add up if you’re sending a lot of packages. Or if you’re able to bundle a few subscription boxes together.
Now all the great subscription boxes from the U.S. can be available to you! It can however restrict some of the options for the boxes. For example many of the clothing boxes allows you to return the items that you do not want. Often having a grace period in which you are not charged for the items. However because they are timing from the time that Shipito receives the package and not when you get it, you might run out of time before you even get the package.
What we liked about Shipito:
Provide the ability to ship items usually only available in the U.S.
Allow you to ship multiple items together
Have different options for who ships the package
Try hard to reduce costs so the consumer doesn’t pay as much
They have a shipping calculator that estimates your costs to have items shipped to you
This is definitely a service that we would recommend a look into if you have found a subscription box you can’t refuse. Definitely check it out!!
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