Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


cmys001

13 posts

Geek


#150372 20-Jul-2014 14:13
Send private message

Hello everyone, I am new to this page. and i have been thinking about a business idea of bringing cosmetics from America to NZ. The product although being cheap shipping costs are staggering, so I have now come to a halt. If i go ahead with the shipping then my profit margin will be nill. may even make a loss since i might have to pay duty. so to avoid that i was thinking of doinh drop shipping to avoid duty, but i havent successfully been able to find a cheap reliable shipping company. can anyone please suggest one? thanks in advance :)smile

Create new topic
timmmay
20575 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1092497 20-Jul-2014 14:31
Send private message

USPS isn't bad. Better still ship to NZ as one package (staying under the duty limit if you can) then reship out from NZ to customers.

Though places like strawberrynet and trademe may already be doing it cheap.



Rickles
2933 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

  #1092521 20-Jul-2014 15:39
Send private message

Depending on the quantity of goods you wish to import, check with a reputable shipping company because you may get a good deal sharing a sea or air container .. many larger importers have spare room that they like to off-set costs by 'sub-letting' cargo space.

sbiddle
30853 posts

Uber Geek

Retired Mod
Trusted
Biddle Corp
Lifetime subscriber

  #1092523 20-Jul-2014 15:45
Send private message

To be brutally honest if your business model can't sustain legitimate costs such as shipping and customs/GST charges then it's probably not a good business to be in.

If you're going to try and bring in small quantities of product to bypass customs and duty you'll have to accept shipping is going to be a significant cost vs bringing in goods in bulk and paying significantly less in shipping.

If you're selling goods for a profit you also need to be fully aware of recent customer law changes.




  #1092557 20-Jul-2014 17:19
Send private message

not to mention if they see a sub $400 package every week or so going to the same place, they are going to know something is up and look into it

cmys001

13 posts

Geek


  #1092629 20-Jul-2014 19:52
Send private message

Thanks guys lots to think about...I did want to start small initially and once I figure it out was going to order bulk but having said that paying duty may not work out as a profit at all....

richms
28168 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #1092692 20-Jul-2014 21:26
Send private message

Generally with items like that, there are already plenty of parallel importers of them so you would be hard pressed to undercut them when you are starting small, unless you are like most small trademe sellers and do not value your own time and investment correctly and sell it at a loss.




Richard rich.ms

KiwiTim
376 posts

Ultimate Geek


  #1093512 22-Jul-2014 09:58
Send private message

I used to live in Honolulu and had to ship all my belongings back to Wellington. I used the following company

http://www.dhx.com/Location/Locations.aspx

They were inexpensive and reliable. They ship via ocean or air. So if you are importing 100s of kilos of product, they would be quite reasonable in terms of cost. Some other company's I got quotes from were 5 times more expensive.

Tim 

Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.