Package forwarding
Package forwarding, also called Parcel forwarding is an international shipping service offered by shipping companies to international online shoppers who want to do cross-border online shopping. Package forwarding is becoming more and more popular among international shoppers because of the high growth rate of e-commerce websites and shipping limitations of most such websites. Package forwarding service is provided by package forwarders to make cross-border shopping convenient and easy, getting rid of the problems in payment and shipping. A package forwarding service is different from mail forwarding. Mail forwarding refers to the mail in traditional meaning , or magazines or papers that are normally called mail, while package forwarding refers to online purchases or orders that are shipped within a bag or a box. Reasons. There are several reasons that caused package forwarding service into existence: There are several challenges with cross-border (US retailer) online shopping, and these include shipping and paying for orders. For instance, US online stores are popular worldwide, but some of them only ship to US addresses or their international shipping rates are prohibitive. US package forwarding services help international shoppers with shipping their purchases from the US to their home address  or help them place a direct order with the US retailers if they do not have a US billing address. Since 2010, this (US) model has been emulated internationally and currently there are many countries offering a very similar service to overseas buyers. Procedure. A package forwarding service works normally with five steps: