Up to 80% off FedEx list rates

Buy in the US.
Unbox anywhere.

We buy it with a US card, inspect it at our Austin hub, and ship it with discounted FedEx.

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Free consolidation & repacking$0 membershipPhoto inspection on every itemReal humans, same time zone

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How it works

Three steps. A real person on each one.

  1. We buy

    You approve one quote. We order it with a US card and address.

  2. We inspect

    It lands at our Austin hub. We check it and send you photos.

  3. We ship

    Repacked tight and sent FedEx Economy or Priority, tracked to you.

Pick the path that fits your cart.

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Personal Shopping

Send links. We buy, inspect and ship. No US card or address needed. One flat Personal Shopping fee per order.

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Your own US addressComing soon

Package Forwarding

Shop as a local, we consolidate and ship. Paused for now. Join the waitlist and we'll email you first.

Two routes

Pick the path that fits your cart.

Both end the same way: one hand-packed box, one tracking number, one discounted FedEx rate.

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Personal Shopping

You've found exactly what you want on a US site, but checkout won't take your card, or you don't have one that works there at all. This one's for you: tell us what it is and where it needs to go, we buy it, check it, and get it there.

01Paste any US store link: Nike, Amazon, Sephora, eBay.
02We quote item + a small flat fee: $15 under $100, $25 up to $250, $40 up to $1,000, $50 flat over $1,000, one fee per order. No $50 per-item traps.
03Inspected, repacked, and shipped from Austin.
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Package Forwarding

For when your card works and you know exactly what you want, but the retailer won't ship to your country, or shipping costs more than the item itself. Once it launches, you'll get your own US address, check out like you're local, and we'll forward it wherever you actually are. Until then, Personal Shopping can buy it for you.

01You'll get a dedicated suite number at our Texas hub to use at checkout.
02We'll photograph, weigh, and hold it free for 30 days.
03We'll consolidate everything into one box, then ship it.
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We repack it

Smaller box, cheaper shipping.

FedEx bills on size as well as weight. Retail boxes are mostly air, so we swap them for a snug one.

Before
40 x 30 x 20 cm
Billed as 4.8 kg
After
30 x 22 x 12 cm
Billed as 1.6 kg
Example sizes. We repack when it's safe for the item.
Transparent sizing

You shouldn't pay to fly empty air.

Airlines bill on dimensional weight: size or actual weight, whichever is greater. A giant shoe box full of tissue paper can cost triple what the shoes weigh.

So a human at our Austin hub opens every box, keeps what matters, and repacks your shipment into the smallest safe carton. Free. Always.

$0
Repacking & consolidation, every shipment
L×W×H ÷ 139
The DIM formula we show you, in writing
One shipment · 3 retail boxesSydney, express
As shipped by retailers
18.4 kg DIM
$486 to fly
↓We repack it
One Shipbird carton
7.1 kg DIM
$188 to fly
Same goods. $298 saved because we threw away the air, not the packaging you needed.
The honest comparison

Where the money actually goes.

Shipbird
Human-first
Big Apple Buddy
Concierge buying
What you pay
Shopping service fee
$15–$50 flat per order
$30–$50 for the first item, +$15 per extra item
3 items, $150 total
$25 fee
$60 fee
Membership
$0 forever
None
Card payment fee
4% on the order total. None by bank transfer
2.5%. None by Wise bank transfer, $45 on international wires
Shipping
Carriers and rates
FedEx Express at discounted rates
FedEx or UPS, passed through at carrier rates
Dimensional weight
Repacked by hand to cut it
Repacked for safety. No policy published
Handling
Item inspection
Every item, with photos
Included in the fee
Consolidation and repack
Free, every order
Included in the fee
If something goes wrong
Cancelling an order
Any time before delivery. Our fee is refunded
Service fee is not refunded once the order is confirmed
Returns
We handle it while the item is still at our hub
$50 per item, plus return shipping. No exchanges
Support
A named person on WhatsApp
Email, answered within 24 hours, 7 days a week
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Competitor pricing from publicly listed rates, reviewed October 2026. We update this table when they change theirs.

Popular destinations

Shipping to your country, made simple.

DestinationEconomyPriority
AUAustralia5 to 83 to 5SASaudi Arabia5 to 73 to 5INIndia5 to 83 to 5SGSingapore5 to 72 to 4BRBrazil4 to 72 to 4PHPhilippines5 to 83 to 5
Business days in transit after we ship.
Popular destinations

Shipping to your country, made simple.

🇦🇺Ship to AustraliaUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate🇸🇦Ship to Saudi ArabiaUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate🇮🇳Ship to IndiaUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate🇸🇬Ship to SingaporeUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate🇧🇷Ship to BrazilUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate🇵🇭Ship to PhilippinesUp to 80% off FedEx ExpressGet a rate
Global routes

One hub. Every doorstep.

Everything routes through Austin, TX. Then out on the fastest lane we can buy that day.

Austin, TXGlobal hubRiyadhSaudi ArabiaMumbaiIndiaManilaPhilippinesSingaporeSingaporeSão PauloBrazilSydneyAustralia
1–8 business day express lanesSeamless Customs ClearanceDoor delivery, no depot pickup
Portrait of Rahul, founder of Shipbird

Hi, I'm Rahul.

Founder · Austin, TX

Growing up in Nepal, I didn't think of American stuff as "American." I just thought of it as the stuff I couldn't get. A pair of jeans. An Xbox. Things everyone else seemed to just have.

Read the whole story

So I did what everyone did: I asked. A cousin flying back from a trip. Can you bring me a pair of jeans? Any chance you've got room for an Xbox in your bag?

Then I moved to Australia, and later the US, and the message flipped. Now it was my friends and family in Nepal and Australia asking me: can you bring this back, can you order this and mail it, do you have space in your suitcase.

In 2015, I saw a better way than waiting on a cousin's suitcase. I started a company shipping US orders straight to Nepal. No flight home required, no favor to ask.

Shipbird is that same idea, built for everywhere. Not just Nepal, not just people who happen to know someone with a US address. Wherever home is now, Kathmandu, Sydney, Bangkok, Mumbai, you should be able to buy from the US the same way anyone in the US does.

In 2026 I started Shipbird here in Austin, Texas, to do for other people what I'd been doing for friends and family all along.

Rahul, Founder

🇳🇵🇮🇳🇦🇺🇹🇭🇺🇸
Portrait of Rahul, founder of Shipbird
About the founder

The story behind Shipbird.

Growing up in Nepal, I didn't think of American stuff as "American." I just thought of it as the stuff I couldn't get. A pair of jeans. An Xbox. Things everyone else seemed to just have.

So I did what everyone did: I asked. A cousin flying back from a trip. Can you bring me a pair of jeans? Any chance you've got room for an Xbox in your bag?

Then I moved to Australia, and later the US, and the message flipped. Now it was my friends and family in Nepal and Australia asking me: can you bring this back, can you order this and mail it, do you have space in your suitcase.

In 2015, I saw a better way than waiting on a cousin's suitcase. I started a company shipping US orders straight to Nepal. No flight home required, no favor to ask.

Shipbird is that same idea, built for everywhere. Not just Nepal, not just people who happen to know someone with a US address. Wherever home is now, Kathmandu, Sydney, Bangkok, Mumbai, you should be able to buy from the US the same way anyone in the US does.

In 2026 I started Shipbird here in Austin, Texas, to do for other people what I'd been doing for friends and family all along.

Rahul, Founder

🇳🇵 Born in Nepal🇮🇳 High school🇦🇺 Undergrad🇹🇭 Master's🇺🇸 Since 2012

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