These are three letters that everyone keeps talking about of late. The announcement that the Goods and Services Tax will be raised from 7% to 9% (to be effected between 2021 and 2025) truly shook the ground, even if there were murmurings that this came at no surprise.  Some might complain that even though it seems to be a small increase in the eyes of percentages, some retailers and merchants might use this as an excuse to increase prices way beyond the 2% increase.  On the other hand, some might even wonder if this will even affect them in the long run. So we thought to put together a few things you need to know about how GST affects your online shopping.    WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO PAY GST? For most people who order smaller ticket items you might get away with never having to pay GST for the items you ship into..

Remember once upon a time we all were allowed to bring liquids on board planes. It wasn’t complicated, if you had water and brought it on board you wouldn’t be treated like H2O was a hazardous substance.  Those were simpler times, made a little more complicated in modern day thanks to newer airline regulations put in place to ensure we fly safer. We won’t mention who, but someone in the team got some special artisanal sauces tossed away in front of them at the security checkpoint.  There were tears involved in that story.  You’re probably wondering why this would affect your shipping through BuyandShip, why would we bring it up? Simple, it’s more for the simple reason that airlines and courier partners limit the shipping of liquids, not just with BuyandShip, but also with other small parcel forwarding services too.  We know it’s a bummer, especially when there are skincare items or shampoos that seemingly may not..

Now that you’ve signed up, gotten your free credits, and started shipping things to our overseas warehouses. We noted that some of you have been a little confused on the processes of shipping. Don’t worry, we are here and happy to help.  Maybe you got a little confused because of all the email notifications that you’ve been receiving, and it makes you feel like you need to log into your account to do something. Maybe you have been burned by other forwarding companies before and feel like you always need to be on the ball to make sure you get your shopping.  But let us assure you that at BuyandShip, we make our processes simple. We do mostly everything for you! You can say that it is easy as 1, 2, 3.    ARRIVAL AT THE OVERSEAS WAREHOUSE This is the first email you will get after you’ve declared your shipment on our website via your account page. Once our..

It’s always pretty confusing when it comes to language in Singapore. Our national language is Bahasa Melayu, but English is our first language. To top it off, all of us are required to know our mother tongue. For the majority of us, it was Chinese. Though we have to admit that once ‘O’ or ‘A’ levels are done with most of what we have learnt would be given back to the lao shi, leaving us only with enough vocabulary to order food at hawker centres. That’s why when it comes to ordering from Chinese language online merchants, most of us are hopeless at it. And even we at BuyandShip have to admit that using the Google Translate function to search for a specific item takes a certain art. And it’s even worse now because we only have a few more days until the end of the $3 per pound CNY..