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Shipito

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Overview

Shipito has a rating of 3.5 stars from 873 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Shipito most frequently mention fast delivery, many years, and shipping costs. Shipito ranks 4th among Mail Forwarding sites.

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  • Value
    163
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    161
  • Returns
    115
  • Quality
    153

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 71.4%
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Top Positive Review

“Superb service”

Ignatius T.
3/23/24

First time using a freight forwarder to ship a package from US to Australia. The website was relatively easy to use, I could track my package and make payment with no fuss as the website was user friendly. They were very quick to ship out my package after I made payment for shipping on the same day it arrived. Was a bit hesitant at first due to reviews I read online but in my experience, they have been excellent and am glad to go with them over the other competitors. Rates were also good as I expected double of what I had to pay in the end.

Top Critical Review

“Worst shipping experience”

Charles R.
5/14/24

I've used many international shipping companies in my time and this has to be the worst I have dealt with. The website is terrible and confusing to use and the hidden costs are ridiculous they will force your parcel storage time to laps and keep your parcel

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Thumbnail of user jon25
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 3rd, 2019

Do not set up a mailbox with this company under ANY circumstances. They are a fraudulent scam company who are well known to US law enforcement. I was a very light user. Packages weighing under 200g sent to their mailbox are held hostage until the user pays 70USD upfront, they lie on the customs declarations regarding on the contents of the box,; a box weighing under 200g was listed at a value of 200USD - actual value 50USD - which resulted in a £70UK import charge and they refuse to post items which was cost less than 10 dollars unless you pay them £100. I have reported to both UK and US police forces and intend to take legal action against them.

They refuse to close down the mailbox and they refuse to delete personal information - including credit credits (which I cancelled) - but still have official ID, full names and addresses.

AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COSTS

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April B. – Shipito Rep

I'm sorry you had a bad experience. Please email me your suite number so I can look into what happened. Annab@shipito.com
With your suite number, I can also delete your account. I'm not sure what happened but we will delete your account when you are ready.

Thumbnail of user alaab
Saudi Arabia
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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July 8th, 2015

It should be rated with zero star as one star is too much for them. It is my first package and they already made me sick with their ( verification) system.
NOT RECOMMENDED

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Hello Alaa B. Please understand that the verification process is to protect clients and us against fraud. We have recently relaxed our verification requirements.

Thumbnail of user peterh208
Australia
1 review
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July 25th, 2017
Verified purchase

Shipped parts for a motor home. No issues. Package arrived quickly. Have used Shipito for a number of years and found them to be very reliable.

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California
1 review
15 helpful votes
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February 3rd, 2010

Very expensive fees to open a mailbox and high monthly charges.
Beware of the hidden fees!
If you want to get burned... then go their way.

Thumbnail of user johnb291
Australia
1 review
11 helpful votes
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June 10th, 2014

I have to agree with other reviews. This is a company to avoid at all cost. Very very difficult system they use. Find another mail forwarder.

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Brazil
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December 27th, 2019

Don't have free dinner. Pay for the service, declare what you have purchased and be happy.
I have nothing to complain about, my orders are delivered.

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Thank you for the review!

Thumbnail of user timc97
Australia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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December 15th, 2016

The complaints raised are 100% true. They stole my goods and not entered parcels into my account. I ve been a loyal customer, not any more.

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Brazil
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July 25th, 2017
Verified purchase

The service is very good, although we always have something to comply, the prices are good, and fast, we have 4 different storages, 3 in USA and 1 in Europe, so i rate this 5 stars

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Canada
1 review
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August 19th, 2014

I wish there is 0 star, they donot deserved even 1. This is a real scan and pain is $#*!. Site told you it is very simply sign up a account and have your thing forward. After sign, ask you ID, credit card personal information, seriously? R you out of you mind, I will send my personal information to you this small online business, put my credit card at risk, maybe one day someone spent my credit $******* and I didnot know how and who. So I ask refund, as the previous review, they have difficult process, non responded, I ask paypal to refund.
And unfortunately my purchase has shipped out and this business has my package, that is a nightmare. It endless pain harassment, complex process. I still havenot my package ship it out. They might keep the package and re-sell. Just simplr forward a package but they made it very stressful and complex. I pretty sure who rate 5 start, it is their staff rate for themself. This is a real $#*! site.

It is scam, it shall close up. This business shall not online. I will report it yo BBS.

Tip for consumers:
stay away

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Thumbnail of user chrisw256
Australia
1 review
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May 26th, 2017
Verified purchase

Always on time, reasonably priced, well packaged, if any problems have occurred they have been felt with promptly

Thumbnail of user daniels904
Switzerland
1 review
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August 14th, 2019

Perfect service. Package processing was quick and everything arrived in perfect condition. I will use this company again.

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Thank you for the great review!

-Shipito team

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Angola
1 review
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June 27th, 2019

Thanks you, for your service. Once again my package was delivered with sucess. 9 years without issues... Thanks..

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April B. – Shipito Rep

The Shiptio team loves to hear such positive feedback. We look forward to helping you ship!

Thumbnail of user kanishkag
AE
1 review
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September 18th, 2016

All ok packing, Shipping and package security but shipping cost is little high

Thank you for kind support

Thumbnail of user arnieh1
New York
2 reviews
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October 12th, 2022

I am a resident in the United Kingdom emailing to contact you regarding a fraudulent theft by a mailing company called 'Shipito' which operates an international mail forwarding service.

Their business specialises in re-forwarding mail/parcels to international customers. Since using the service for the first time I have discovered hundreds if not thousands of people online who have fallen victim to this company and their illegal practises. They notify you of issues with your parcel, then proceed to charge additional storage time while they take up to 7 days to reply to support tickets.

I had an issue with my first parcel purchased from Ebay, they subsequently informed me that they would not send it out to me, so I requested a mail-out to the ebayer who sold the item (special request which was charged for) They have now since created additional barriers in order for me to get my parcel returned to the ebay vendor, they're requesting that I have someone collect from USPS which is impossible to do as a customer from outside the United Kingdom.

A quick check on their google reviews will show hundreds of people falling victim to the same issue I am having, that this company uses practises and behaviours to purposely tap customers and their purchases.

My Parcel is quoted to be at their local reception near your police station, however I have no ability to get USPS to collect it as they also waited several days to reply that the ebay return period is closing.

Please avoid this company, the say its setup is a complete trap. You; ll get charged at every point, even for refunds, for more storage time because they take ages to reply, then you simply get told to collect your own parcel despite paying for a special request

Tip for consumers:
Do not use this company.

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Mail forwarding to the united kingdom

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Thumbnail of user nataliee42
Canada
1 review
6 helpful votes
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November 26th, 2018

I sent to this company many products to ship it. ALL MY PRODUCTS WAS LOST. No products and no money! Around $1000 lost!
All this good reviewes is fake.
Be careful people!

Thumbnail of user bradleyc34
Australia
1 review
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November 14th, 2014

A ripoff, waste of money, waste of time, and my package is still not in Austraila

Got a pair of ski boots sent from a ski shop to Shipito. Based on all the poor reviews their were one or two good ones so i thought i might take a chance. Was easy to set up, box was sent to Shipito warehouse, and they tokk a photo and gave me options for shipping. They sent the box to Australia and i received it ok.

A week late i decided to get a ski jacket and ski pants and get it sent to Shipito Warehouse once again. They received it, and then it all started to go downhill.

First they wanted my credit card details, (I used Paypal the first time), then the credit card had to be verified, which they charged my account, then they wanted a copy of my PASSPORT, a copy of my DRIVERS LICENCE, a UTILITY BILL, all my credit card details and paypal details

They still have my package.

Just a complete rip off and waste of time.

Tip for consumers:
You are a windowlicking knuckle head if you are considering using this site. Be prepared to get ripped off.

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Thumbnail of user booplop41
France
1 review
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November 11th, 2023

Perfect, today my package Y was delivery. Happy! 25 package delivery perfectly.

Thank you Shipito!

Keep like that!

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Thumbnail of user johnm69
Australia
8 reviews
10 helpful votes
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May 28th, 2017
Verified purchase

I have only used Shipito twice but, the service was very good. When I contacted them for information they were very helpful and courteous.

Thumbnail of user geraldof3
Brazil
1 review
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July 30th, 2018

I was very well attended in the chat and all my special requests were carried out fast, product dispatched fast for delivery, very satisfied.

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Thank you

Thumbnail of user christinel1025
Canada
1 review
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September 11th, 2021

I received a package via UPS. Shipito would not mail it out to me unless I get a USPS (nothing to do with UPS) form 1583 notarized and sent to them. The customer service representative, Erisa, gave me the link to an online service to notarize the form, saying that if I use the service with the link she gave me. I would not have to mail to form, the service would send it to them directly. This costed more than $100, but I did it. Now, Shipito is refusing this notarized form by the site THEY told me to use, and are asking me to get the form notarized via a different link than what the customer representative initially sent me.
I am trapped, have to pay hundreds of dollars to get my package mailed to me, and powerless unless I give up on my package, which I absolutely refuse to do. This is a total rip off, I am beyond furious. Do NOT use their service, you will only pay insane mailing charges, and sometimes be stuck having to pay ridiculous amounts of money for a notarized form that should not be required.

Tip for consumers:
Stay away from this service

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Thumbnail of user denib1
Croatia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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December 26th, 2017

Since it was bought by another company and changed the visuals, shipito has changed from the company that we used to love into what you'll read below. Before we had problems 1-2 per year but now it's 1-2 per WEEK.
- Before we could talk with a real person: Jason (customer service manager), Ryan (warehouse manager) or even John (CEO and owner). Now we only talk with receptionists whose only job is to apologize. Recently some of them are even unpleasant over the chat, not showing any willing to help the customer to work out the issue.
- New look of the website is complete pain. It's quite messy, a lot of great features that we loved before have gone for some unknown reason.
- Handling with items is poor. They've ruined a lot of my expensive and sensitive items although I've messaged them numerous times saying how NOT to handle with them. Quality of photos they take is also unacceptable. 20 years old cheap camera would make better ones.
Though they still charge customers anywhere they can, even for what is not special request actually.
- They lost my item and after weeks of back and forths, I was never refunded for my loss. They suddenly just stopped replying about that issue, like it's quite normal to get stuff lost. Completely unprofessional. This never happened before.
- They offer ONLY FedEx shipping within USA! Not even largest carriers like USPS or UPS. One more thing that is hard to believe. FedEx prices are ridiculously high btw.
- Price have hiked with no explanation. Shipito is now run by people like Nicole, Katrina, Mariana, Nancy, which are toddlers with no responsibility. Everyone is a supervisor, all email accounts redirect to the same inbox.
- It takes them very long to respond on Support Tickets filled by customer. Before we used to get reply almost instantly.
- They also removed their support forum, I guess they were overwhelmed by their incompetence.

Stay away and look for other alternatives.

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Thumbnail of user catiac1
Portugal
1 review
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September 1st, 2019
Verified purchase

The item arrived quickly and in perfect condition, very well packed. I highly recommend to use shipito to everyone who hadn't tried yet

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Thank you for the review!

Thumbnail of user sabrinac20
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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November 3rd, 2015

I tried shipito because I was desperate needing a few item from the states that doesn't ship oversea. You need $5 deposit to start the account, an other small charge to be on your card in order to have it verified. $1 processing fee for each package to be shipped. Although they have free account option and comes with 180 days on hold on warehouse, if you have more than 1 parcel in the warehouse you are not allow to ship out anything unelss you pay another $10~50 dollar for virtual mailbox to consolidate your packages.

You will not know how much your shipping is for consolidated package until it is done (dah!), and for each parcel you have consolidated will be charged $1.

After seeing all these add on charge, restrictions, and so on. I got fed up with this whole ordeal and just wanted to get over with it. I wanted to charge my account just enough so there won't be any remainders. However the shipping cost the site showed me was over charged so I have left over in my account. Now the agent told me how I can refund the money, but they didn't mention there is a $5 "administration fee" plus 4.3% bank fee, not to mention if you want to do wire transfer, there's additional $32 transfer fee. So now not only I'm overcharged, I can't even get that little money back after paying all those ridiculous charges I've paid.

Oh, and they sure do blame the carrier. For my items, there are only 5 carriers available, and they are either too expensive, or the cheapest one will charge customs upon arrival (one more adding on your grand total!)

One time is enough, I will never go back to this business again, and hopefully this will help others avoid making the same mistake as I did.

Tip for consumers:
Their customer service representatives are at least honest and friendly. Make sure you ask them every questions you need to know before using this site.

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Hello Sabrina C.,

Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I am happy to tell you that we are no longer require $5 deposit to activate the account, and you are allowed to recieve more than one package with the free account.

However, we will not be able to provide you with the shipping rates before consolidation because we need to measure the consolidated box to give you the correct shipping prices.

Thumbnail of user andreb30
Brazil
1 review
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May 11th, 2017

Best solutions in storage and send parcels.
With all trust and care possible.
If you wanted a great solution think shipto

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April B. – Shipito Rep

Thanks for the review! We ❤️ you too.

Thumbnail of user mohammeda252
Saudi Arabia
1 review
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September 1st, 2018

I would highly recommend and use the Shipito Mail to get the most out of our experience. Myus. Ship and shipped...

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We ship packages to you, no matter where you are in the world. Use your Shipito mailbox, US address, to shop online from the US. Then have packages consolidated and forwarded to you.

Business History

Shipito was started in 2008 for international shoppers and businesses seeking to reach international shoppers.

Many products are less expensive or more authentic in the US. Unfortunately, a lot of stores do not offer shipping for international customers. We have solved that problem. Now you can shop in the US using your Shipito mailbox, US address, and have parcels shipped to you anywhere in the world.

We welcome your ideas, feedback, and constructive criticism. That said, please understand that we will not be able to address specific customer service issues here. We encourage you to discuss specific issues regarding individual orders with our customer support team.

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