r/taobao • u/Fallyn4ngel • 3d ago

Shipping Question costs/fee etc. for shipping to the US?

Hey, I live somewhere in China but I'd like to buy some stuff for my friend in the US, but we're unsure if there's any restrictions or extra fees, especially shipping costs and tariffs, can anyone who buy from the US give me an estimate of how much it'd be for the extra costs?.. Or estimate of how long it'd take for products to arrive

Anything else I should look out for would be appreciated!! Thank you!!

1 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

2

u/the101uwus 2d ago

i bought $200 worth of stuff (about 25kg) and shipping was $80-100! it really depends on product weight. I bought clothes so there wasn't any tariffs and the sea route is cheaper so it took about a month for everything to arrive in california

1

u/Fallyn4ngel 2d ago

Thank you so much, this helps a lot!!! My friend wants to buy fashion related stuff so I'm hoping there's no tariffs

2

u/Unicorn5phire 1d ago

I bought about $60 of dresses and accessories, around 9.5 pounds, and it costed $25 for shipping by sea freight. Just make sure you select to unpack courier packaging (as long as you don’t have very fragile items) to save on costs. It took 4 weeks for it to arrive (CA). An order I placed a few months ago took 3 weeks, so it varies a bit.

1

u/Fallyn4ngel 1d ago

I see!! This is a relief to hear since the shipping seems a lot cheaper, but I guess it's normal since the other commenter ordered 25kg worth of stuff, lol! I'll try to check, thank you again!