Buying plush toys on Marktplaats for the Emirates

The case

A customer wanted to buy plush toys on Marktplaats and have them delivered in the United Arab Emirates. Sellers on Marktplaats often ship only within the Netherlands. Packagepro handled the purchase in the Netherlands and shipped the plush toys to the Emirates.

Plush toys are light but bulky. In shipping, the dimensions can weigh more heavily than the weight, and that can determine the price of the shipment.

The challenge

Many sellers on Marktplaats only ship within their own country or charge high fees for international shipments. For a buyer in another country that is a barrier: the item is for sale, but the seller will not send it to that address. Anyone buying from several sellers also ends up with separate parcels, each with its own shipping costs.

How we handle an assignment like this

1. Request: you send us the listing or the list of items and tell us where the shipment has to go.
2. Quote: you receive a custom quote based on weight, dimensions, number of parcels and destination.
3. Purchase and receipt: we arrange the purchase or receive the parcel at our address in the seller's country.
4. Check and bundling: we check the shipment and combine several purchases into one parcel when that is more economical.
5. Shipping: we send everything on to the address you give us.

Who is this for?

This is interesting for anyone who buys on Marktplaats regularly, for resellers who source stock, and for anyone who wants an item that is hard to get in their own country.

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