Once your items arrive at the FansBuy warehouse, they wait in your personal storage until you are ready to ship. Before that international parcel goes out, you can ask the warehouse team to handle a range of optional value-added services that protect your goods, trim shipping costs, or give you more control over timing. These are add-ons layered on top of the standard forwarding flow, so you only pay for the ones you actually choose.
How to request a value-added service
The simplest way to trigger any of these services is to leave a clear note in the order remarks, or to select the service in your warehouse parcel before submitting it for shipment. Describe exactly what you want and include any relevant details (for example, which items to consolidate or how you want them protected). The warehouse staff read these remarks and reply so nothing is missed. Any fee for a paid service is shown when you request it, and prices can change, so always confirm the current amount in-app before you confirm the parcel.
Services you can add
- Preview package — Have your parcel packed and weighed before you commit to a shipping line. Once the real weight is known you can compare routes and pay the freight that suits you, avoiding surprises at checkout.
- Priority packaging — Move your parcel to the front of the packing queue so it is boxed and dispatched faster during the service window, useful when you are in a hurry.
- Box corner protection — Reinforced corner cardboard spreads the pressure of stacking, loading and jolting during transit, keeping cartons from denting or collapsing at the edges. A good pick for fragile or heavier boxes.
- Free storage — FansBuy holds your items in the warehouse free for an extended period (up to around 90 days), so you can wait for more purchases to arrive and ship on your own schedule. Confirm the exact free window in-app.
- Parcel consolidation — Combine several separate packages sitting in your warehouse into one larger shipment, which usually lowers your total international shipping cost.
- Quality control (QC) inspection — Staff photograph your products so you can check them before shipping. If there is a problem, they can help arrange a return to the seller, so you are not stuck with a faulty item.
- Vacuum packaging — For soft goods like clothing, compressing the parcel reduces its volumetric (dimensional) weight, which can meaningfully cut the shipping fee since couriers often bill by volume.
Practical tips
- Decide on QC and consolidation before you submit the parcel — they are easiest to arrange while items are still separate in the warehouse.
- Combine free storage with consolidation: let orders accumulate, then ship them together for the best freight value.
- Because fees and exact limits are dynamic, treat the figures above as guidance and confirm the live price and free-storage window in your FansBuy account before checkout.