Shipping from USA to Europe

[Genghis_F]

Trying to send a knife to Austria
DHL AND UPS ARW $179 and $219
USPS is $60 but I don’t trust them
Anyone have any suggestions?

TIA

 

[Ok__mode_6953]

If you’re insuring and declaring it at full value (and it’s an expensive knife) it’s going to cost a lot to ship, and a lot to receive after customs I’m afraid.

Fwiw I have had no issues with USPS shipping to the UK, if anything it’s easier than the big name couriers.

 

[blokey]

I only sent USPS to Austria once and it did works fine, takes a bit of time tho

 

[superworrier]

Are you using Pirateship for the rates? Direct is like 2-3x more expensive.

 

[Genghis_F]

Are you using Pirateship for the rates? Direct is like 2-3x more expensive.

No i was just checking directly with shippers
Do I need a commercial account to use them? Or can just do single parcel?

 

[ethompson]

Pirate ship 100%

 

[mc2442]

You do not need a commercial account, I have used them as a one off for personal use.

 

[Gshep91]

I use shippo but it seems pirateship is a little cheaper. About 50¢ per $100 insurance at least.

I was sending via a postal annex and it was $18-25 to ship anything domestic and now I pay $10-20 depending on location/insurance.

I’m sure the rates are cheaper for international as well

 

[ethompson]

The 3rd party insurance from pirateship is also infinitely better to deal with than carrier insurance in the even of the worst

 

[Logan A.]

Pirate ship is a move. I have a few Shopify businesses and ship through those. Wayyyyy cheaper than direct. Pirate ship should be similar.

 

[gentiscid]

I have used Shippo in the past for EU packages but switched to Pirateship this year.

 

[dehory]

Pirateship is fantastic. They have outstanding customer service too. I emailed them to confirm I had inputted the right specs for a tube box for my label, and a real person got back to me with a very helpful response within a couple of working hours.

 

[superworrier]

Another great reason to use them

 

[Gshep91]

Another great reason to use them

They did this automatically? Or you updated after you sent it?

 

[blokey]

woops

 

[superworrier]

They did this automatically? Or you updated after you sent it?

Auto

 

[Delat]

Another supporting vote for pirateship. I shipped a knife to France last year, full declared value around $800 and it was around $60-$80 IIRC.

US domestic rates are a huge money saver too, typically around $12-$15 for knives fully insured.