How To Get Shopee Orders Shipped To The UK

Shopee is an e-commerce brand that sells everything from makeup to technology, housewares to jewelry. Founded in 2015, Shopee is based in Singapore and serves customers across Southeast Asia and South America.

Does Shopee Ship To The UK?

No, Shopee does not ship to the UK, but I’ve designed a process for getting any Shopee order shipped to the UK with zero headaches.

It involves using Planet Express, which gives you a unique mailbox in Southeast Asia that will accept your Shopee order and forward it on to you in the UK.

Here’s the exact process, explained step-by-step.

How To Get Shopee Orders Shipped To the UK

Step 1: Choose A Package Forwarder

Choosing the right package forwarder is a big deal, because that decision will determine how quickly you receive your order, and how much you have to pay for the service. I spent many hours doing some deep research on different virtual mailboxes, scoring each of them on a wide variety of relevant metrics. Here are five of the main metrics I looked at:

• Service Fees: How much do they charge to provide their core service of accepting and shipping packages, plus ancillary services such as long-term storage, re-packing, package consolidation, and more.
• Monthly/Annual Fees: How much do they charge in monthly or annual fees, if at all.
• Pricing Transparency: How much do I know about their pricing structure before sending my order to their warehouse.
• Speed: How quickly will they process my package.
• Customer Service: How satisfied are other users with their service, and how thoroughly/quickly do they respond to my questions.

After reviewing the data I collected on these and other metrics, it became clear to me that Planet Express was the best choice for this job. Their customer service team responded to my emails quickly and thoroughly, they have thousands of 5-star reviews online, and their fees were consistently lower than all of the other package forwarders I looked at.

Here are a few other things I like about Planet Express:

• Planet Express has thousands of mailbox locations all around the world. This is essential for buying from Shopee, because you’ll need a mailbox in Southeast Asia to place your order and have it forwarded on to you.
• Planet Express has tax-free warehouses in many locations so you can avoid paying sales tax on your orders.
• Planet Express will consolidate multiple packages into a single box, significantly reducing shipping costs when you make multiple purchases.
• Planet Express sends you free photos of your package as soon as it arrives at their warehouse.
• Planet Express offers extremely cheap storage for your packages. Every package receives 10 days of free storage, but after that, Planet Express only charges one cent per pound per day. That means storing a 1-lb package in their warehouse for a month only costs $0.30!

Step 2: Ship Your Order To Planet Express

As soon as you’ve signed up for Planet Express, you’ll receive a unique mailing address at the warehouse of your choice. Once you decide on the items you want to buy from Shopee, just enter your Planet Express mailing address on their site and have your items shipped there.

For example, suppose you’re buying something from Shopee Indonesia. In that case, all you need to do is search for Indonesia within Planet Express’s list of locations, choose one of their Indonesian mailbox locations, and have your item shipped there.

Here are the number of mailbox locations Planet Express has in several of the Southeast Asian countries that Shopee operates in:

• Singapore: 4
• Indonesia: 2
• Malaysia: 2
• Thailand: 1
• Philippines: 1

Planet Express has mailboxes in dozens of countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and many others across Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere, making it an extremely convenient way to buy products from around the world while shopping online.

Step 3: Forward Your Package

As soon as your order arrives at Planet Express’s warehouse, they’ll send you detailed photos of your package to let you know it’s arrived. You’ll also be given a variety of shipping options to choose from.

I find that there’s generally at least 4 shipping options corresponding to 4 different price-speed combinations. Sometimes there can be as many as 10 or more shipping options—it just depends on the weight, size and value of your package.

My Personal Experience

I’ve used Planet Express more than a dozen times to ship Shopee purchases to different parts of the world, and the experience has always been very smooth. Here’s how things went the last time I did it.

First, since I was ordering from Shopee Thailand, I had my order sent to my unique address at an Planet Express location in Bangkok. Less than 48 hours later, I received an email from Planet Express letting me know that my order had arrived, which is extremely quick.

Second, I filled in Planet Express’s super-easy customs declaration form with the four pieces of information required:

1. The item being shipped
2. The number of items being shipped
3. The value of the item
4. Whether the item contains batteries

Third, I chose the shipping option I wanted from a list of eight. Prices ranged from $6-$35 USD, plus insurance at an additional $2 USD, so I chose the cheapest one ($8 USD, including the insurance), and I was done. My package was shipped out later that same day, and when it arrived, everything was in perfect shape.

In Summary

Overall, getting Shopee items shipped to the UK is extremely easy and smooth when you use Planet Express. The costs are low, and in my experience you’ll actually end up saving money, since buying direct from Shopee is often cheaper than buying from other comparable retailers in the UK.

If you’re buying from Shopee, or any other retailer that doesn’t ship to the UK, I’m confident that Planet Express will serve you well.