toideve:
Has anyone ordered phone from Aliexpress recently? I want to order a phone but I am told I would be charged custom duties of around 30-50k. Is this true?

fibonacci2526:



I hope you have gone through this thread very well. Many people are complaining that their items have not arrived after 60-70 days and you still want to go ahead to order from AliExpress. To your question, custom charge is real but you might be lucky.

mctfopt:


Alibaba is faster as the seller does the dispatch...and most of the sellers I met there are in a freaking hurry to dispatch the goods and get their dollars

HarrierJumpJet:


please have you received your order that was despatched to overseas on 17th July??

fibonacci2526:



I hope you have gone through this thread very well. Many people are complaining that their items have not arrived after 60-70 days and you still want to go ahead to order from AliExpress. To your question, custom charge is real but you might be lucky.

ceaser:


Bro, how do you do your purchases on Alibaba? Is it in anyway similar to what obtains on AE?

mctfopt:


I have once had to wait 9 days to see the DHL tracking of a goods sent via DHL by an AE seller. But that was the only time I used DHL from AE and it was in the middle of the pandemic and seller ended up using FedEx. These days I buy mostly from Alibaba and the maximum it takes is just a day to show. I have had same day tracking of a package sent out that same day. I think AE shipping is a bit slow as it appears it goes out in batch. Alibaba is faster as the seller does the dispatch...and most of the sellers I met there are in a freaking hurry to dispatch the goods and get their dollars

Try tracking via 4px site shown in attached image.

Mofolam:

Yes. It was delivered to my home. There is no Particular sequence to it because I’m yet to receive the one despatched July 8th

chocolatee:

pls what is the cost of shipping in alibaba and can you recommend any shipping agency

toideve:


Yes I've gone through the thread. We all know the reason for the delay. My concern is about custom duty charge.

mctfopt:


Cost of shipping varies from store to store. Here are some few examples:

I've shipped 10kg package for $175 via DHL, item worth $500

I've shipped 1kg package for $40 via DHL, item worth $45..very important item

I've shipped 2.2kg package for $38 via FedEx, item worth $113

Funny enough virtually all sellers will tell you that FedEx is costlier I don't know how one seller like that
shipped the 2.2kg package for $38!


I use shipping agency for very heavy stuff, I can't recommend any agency as all of them comes with one wahala or the other.

adeniranfam:


How did u get agency

HarrierJumpJet:


what was/is the tracking showing at the point of collection?

peterincredible:
it seems alot of people recieved their packages today i think things are begining to come back to normal

georgee:


Wow.. Means I should expect my order this week as well.. Placed my order June 26

Aliexpress standard Shipping

mctfopt:


Cost of shipping varies from store to store. Here are some few examples:

I've shipped 10kg package for $175 via DHL, item worth $500

I've shipped 1kg package for $40 via DHL, item worth $45..very important item

I've shipped 2.2kg package for $38 via FedEx, item worth $113

Funny enough virtually all sellers will tell you that FedEx is costlier I don't know how one seller like that
shipped the 2.2kg package for $38!


I use shipping agency for very heavy stuff, I can't recommend any agency as all of them comes with one wahala or the other.

mctfopt:


I have once had to wait 9 days to see the DHL tracking of a goods sent via DHL by an AE seller. But that was the only time I used DHL from AE and it was in the middle of the pandemic and seller ended up using FedEx. These days I buy mostly from Alibaba and the maximum it takes is just a day to show. I have had same day tracking of a package sent out that same day. I think AE shipping is a bit slow as it appears it goes out in batch. Alibaba is faster as the seller does the dispatch...and most of the sellers I met there are in a freaking hurry to dispatch the goods and get their dollars

Try tracking via 4px site shown in attached image.

mctfopt:




It's kinda similar, but I think it gives you the buyer more work but it is more flexible.

1) Search for the goods you like.

2) Contact seller.

3) Negotiate both the item price and shipping fee. This negotiation is where the most work lies in. You'll see a seller that has, say lithium batteries 100AH to 250AH with price $4 to $300 (1-50pcs). But when you ask the seller the cost of one piece of 250ah, the seller will tell you $558, a cost not covered by the range. The next thing the seller is asking for your name and email address. Most firms may have like 20 salespersons. The only way they track the price offered to you is via that email provided. Notice the different salespersons can give you different prices for the same goods! So you better really know the price of what you are buying. Notice in the screenshot below one of the salesperson added a dollar to the cost of the charger. And also knew that Danny has given me a PI

4) Some sellers will even get you cheaper shipping method, but most of the time I don't use it as some of the shippers they'll get for you have no presence online and no guarantee what happens after your goods get to them.

5) I'm never in a hurry when dealing with the Alibaba sellers, we can spend 5 days negotiating till I get a fair deal. Apart from that, it is similar to AE, just that AE is more suited for retailers. While Alibaba is for people buying in bulk. Even stores with MOQ of 1 are still hesitant to sell that one when contacted.

chigirlangel:
I got this mail from AliExpress since last week Tuesday but nothing is showing when I try to track it on nipost site

Jayveed:


Seems you've been in this business for long.
I'd like to know the amount you paid for the import and customs duties so I can prepare ahead

mctfopt:


Paid import duty of 14k on the 10kg pack. I guess custom can't just let that pass without charging it. Haven't paid any other custom duty on the other packages. Import duty is random. You can pay import duty on same package that others will get free. The custom people are so random, but I've noticed that you are more likely to pay duty on goods shipped by DHL than other courier services in my experience. That does not mean the others are free of duty, custom duty in Nigeria is VERY random.

Jayveed:


Thanks a lot...you don't know how long I've been searching for this kind of information.
So you're saying I might pay and might not?
And if I was to pay does it depend on the weight of the material?
What I'm importing is like a quarter of a kilogramme.

mctfopt:




It's kinda similar, but I think it gives you the buyer more work but it is more flexible.

1) Search for the goods you like.

2) Contact seller.

3) Negotiate both the item price and shipping fee. This negotiation is where the most work lies in. You'll see a seller that has, say lithium batteries 100AH to 250AH with price $4 to $300 (1-50pcs). But when you ask the seller the cost of one piece of 250ah, the seller will tell you $558, a cost not covered by the range. The next thing the seller is asking for your name and email address. Most firms may have like 20 salespersons. The only way they track the price offered to you is via that email provided. Notice the different salespersons can give you different prices for the same goods! So you better really know the price of what you are buying. Notice in the screenshot below one of the salesperson added a dollar to the cost of the charger. And also knew that Danny has given me a PI

4) Some sellers will even get you cheaper shipping method, but most of the time I don't use it as some of the shippers they'll get for you have no presence online and no guarantee what happens after your goods get to them.

5) I'm never in a hurry when dealing with the Alibaba sellers, we can spend 5 days negotiating till I get a fair deal. Apart from that, it is similar to AE, just that AE is more suited for retailers. While Alibaba is for people buying in bulk. Even stores with MOQ of 1 are still hesitant to sell that one when contacted.

Mofolam:

Up until I collected it, it didn’t even show EDI received. It was still dispatched to overseas 1 day after it was delivered. I didn’t check back since then.

ceaser:


Thanks for this bàbá. I've always believed that Alibaba thingy is strictly reserved for big time commercial importers and not few items meant for personal use.

I go definitely need more tutorial and guidance as I continue the foray into that Alibaba niche.

Edited:

• But the "Alibaba payment method with credit card" option you selected is not the same as using the MasterCard debit card on AE, is it?
• And is there anything like Buyer's protection on there, in case a deal goes south?
• What's "PI"?

mctfopt:


Debit card or ATM card is what I meant. The PI is proforma invoice which gives the breakdown cost of item , shipping and handling fee (if any). You can use this PI to source dollars from bank for bank payment.

See sample below

ceaser:


Thanks.

So do you in most cases source for the dollars from banks to pay up or you just pay with the MasterCard debit card and the bank deducts the naira equivalent as it obtains with most users of AE on here?

mctfopt:


I sourced for dollars to make payment for orders above $500

mctfopt:


I sourced for dollars to make payment for orders above $500 or I can decide to max out several cards telling seller to split payment