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At Shippo we help make importing easy for lots of different businesses – everyone from Amazon and eBay stores, market stall traders to precision engineering companies. If you’re a small to medium sized business that needs to import your goods from abroad, Shippo can help!
You could be an individual/sole trader with a great idea, a partnership with a hunch, a limited company looking for a saving, or a charity reaching for a difference. If you want to import goods from overseas then we can give you a helping hand.
If you’re looking for a freight forwarder, you’ve come to the right place. We’re not just a freight forwarder, we go the extra mile to make importing as simple as possible!
We know all too well that organising shipments from overseas can be a daunting task, and for some businesses it’s just simply not feasible with such small orders. At Shippo, we look at things differently. If you need a shipment, no matter how small the order, we’ll work our magic and make it happen.
If you fit into one of these categories, Shippo could be a great partner for you or your business:
- First Time Importers – If you’ve never imported by sea before, you’re the reason why Shippo was founded, we’d love to help you!
- Amazon Sellers – If you sell goods on Amazon FBA, we can make importing, storage and distribution easier than ever before!
- Growing Businesses – You’re doing brilliantly but could use a boost when it comes to importing. Shippo are here to drive efficiency and cost savings for you.
- Larger Importers – Importing takes up time and energy that you should be spending elsewhere in your business. Let us be your outsourced Freight Management department!
- Private Importers – Buying something big from Asia and now need to get it to you in the UK? We can help.
First Time Importers
We get it. The idea of importing products from the other side of the world can be daunting. This is the main reason why Shippo was founded. We are here to take made importing easy.
Whether you’re starting an online business or a high street store, Shippo will:
- Simplify the shipping process so you don’t need to be an expert.
- Give you a quote that ‘s easy to understand that includes all foreseeable costs so you’re not caught out with hidden costs.
- Clear your goods through UK customs and help simplify EORI Numbers and tariff codes.
- You’ll be given regular updates throughout. We know that it can be stressful sending money to another country and hoping that goods are delivered a few weeks later!
- In short, Shippo remove the headache that comes with a complicated and daunting industry.
You may have been importing your products by courier and an increase in demand has caused your volumes to increase leading to your courier costs sky rocketing! Sea freight could be the answer.
Here’s a real success story of one of our customers who had never imported before!
If you’ve not imported goods to the UK by sea in the past. We are here to make importing simple. We’ll do the hard work for you so you can get on with running your business.
Amazon FBA Sellers
Looking to start selling on Amazon? Already sell on Amazon and need to streamline the process?
Shippo provide a door to door solution so you never have to touch your products. We’ll have them collected from your supplier and delivered directly into any of Amazon’s UK FBA warehouses.
If you’re looking for a shipping company that runs its own warehouse, fully staffed with experienced and expert Amazon specialist we can unload your containers, palletise them to Amazon specification every time and deliver within days of unloading your goods.
Why not try out our store and replenish solution to better manage your stock, understand your run rates and reduce Amazon storage costs. With Amazon experts on our team, we’ve seen businesses grow from a few pallets to multiple containers a month through selling on Amazon and using our warehousing solutions.
Here’s a real success story of one of our customers who sell on Amazon.
Growing Businesses
If you’re doing a great job building your business but are experiencing growing pains when it comes to your importing costs and processes then Shippo is the perfect partner for you.
For growing businesses Shippo can help you with all the key strains experienced by growing importers:
- LOWER COSTS : Help lower your importing costs by helping you transition from courier services to sea freight solutions.
- INCREASE EFFICIENCY: If you have multiple suppliers across China we can help you make efficiency savings by consolidating shipments.
- PLAN AHEAD : Shippo have a warehouse in the UK so can help with stock management and planning once your goods are here to remove another headache.
- MORE TRANSPARENT : If your supplier is sending you goods (on CIF terms) or you’re being hit with hidden costs, we can help.
- HELP CASH FLOW : If you’re VAT registered and want to delay paying your Import VAT we can help you by using Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA).
- SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS : Looking to grow your business but concerned that of the complexities of importing? We make importing simple.
Here’s a real success story of a customer who had grown 5-fold in a year!
Larger Businesses
Moving a lot of LCL from Asia to the UK and looking for consistency and reliability in your shipping partner? Don’t be caught out by uncertainty! Work with your dedicated account manager at Shippo to ensure that all your shipments set off and arriving as expected every time.
Need a flexible shipping agent that understands your business and puts your needs at the forefront of everything they do? Want the highest quality service possible so that you can trust in the information and understand all of your options each and every time? That’s us.
We can do nearly everything on your behalf as that makes your life easier! Need a shipping solution which can see your goods shipped, cleared and delivered in as little as two emails? We can do this! First email, let us know that your shipment is ready (or even have your supplier do this if you would prefer), second email, confirm the date you’d like us to deliver the goods once they’ve arrived in the UK. Everything else will be taken care of for you!
You’re busy enough, let us be your outsourced freight management department so you can focus on being the experts in your business!
Private Importers
Whilst Shippo don’t arrange shipments of personal effects (house moves etc.) we can help you import large consignments from suppliers in Asia to you in the UK.
Looking to bring over products to complete a home-renovation? Looking to ship over a home gym or a state of the art mobility scooter to avoid having the pay the high street prices?
If your import is at least the size of a pallet and over 100kg it’ll be too big for couriers like DHL, UPS or FedEx to handle at a reasonable price! You need sea freight to keep your costs down… but it can be complicated! That’s where Shippo come in:
- CLEAR COSTS : Don’t get caught out by hidden costs, UK Duties or taxes. We can get you a clear breakdown of your costs before you buy your items!
- DELIVERY OPTIONS : Don’t get caught out with a truck arriving that you can’t unload! You may need us to help you, we’ve got plenty of experience so just ask.
- HONESTY : If we think it’s going to be not a good idea to import your bamboo chair from China (because by the time you’ve paid your shipping, Import duties and VAT it’ll be easier and cheaper to nip to the high street!) we’ll tell you.
We look forward to hearing from you.