I have ordered from Amazon a number of times in the past four years for direct shipping to the Philippines. For orders to the Philippines amounting to less than USD 200, there are generally no import duties, and for not-so-heavy items, the shipping costs are reasonable. For my first couple of orders, Amazon used UPS to ship the items. A recent order in August 2022 was shipped using Aramex. For all orders I selected AmazonGlobal Expedited Shipping except for one order where I selected AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping. Orders generally arrived in one to two weeks.
Recently, Amazon began offering free shipping to the Philippines. While this offer is does not apply to the entire Amazon catalog, there is a good number of items that are eligible, including some of the items that I have previously ordered. Free shipping for eligible items will be triggered once the order amount reaches USD 49.
So I went and ordered some items eligible for free shipping on October 2. The free shipping option was displayed as FREE AmazonGlobal Standard Shipping and promised delivery by October 19. The non-free option was labeled AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping which promised delivery three days earlier. Here is my order summary:
The package was shipped out on October 4, and tracking information indicated that it will be delivered by Ninja Van. Package was delivered on October 10, nine days earlier than promised.
The package came in the usual plastic wrapper used by motorcycle couriers.
It is good to know that that the Amazon free shipping offer does not mean that it will be slower. The last time I ordered with paid shipping took longer because it sat for about two days at the Aramex facility. So my first experience with Amazon free shipping went smoothly and this makes Amazon a competitive place to shop, particularly when the USD-PHP exchange rate starts to go down.
This is very helpful! Glad it is delivered door to door and not by claiming at the post office.
Thank you for sharing your experience 🙂
if u purchase from different sellers, will all orders be delivered together? no need to pick up at the post office and pay additional duties?
Multiple items eligible for free shipping won’t necessarily be delivered in one package. It doesn’t matter whether the items come from only one or from different sellers. In my most recent purchase, all three items were sold by Amazon, but they came in three separate packages, and not on the same day. In my experience, Amazon uses either Aramex (delivered by LBC) or Aramex — no need to pick up at the post office. Amazon collects import duties on orders costing more than PHP 10,000.
Are you based in Metro Manila? Baka kase post office ang bagsak ng parcel if provincial huhu.
I’m based just outside of NCR. From my experience, Amazon uses Ninja Van or Aramex (delivered by LBC). I know someone who ordered for delivery to Iloilo and Amazon used Ninja Van.
Dom not order from Amazon. You will lose your money. Order from Shopee COD and not take the chance. Amazon will be your nightmare. Don’t go there.
Wish this were true, but it’s not $200USD, it’s 10,000PHP – which is close, but not close enough. I’ve been waiting for this Prime Day deal for 199.99, and with the exchange rate, it’s well over the minimum and there’s over 110$ in import fees.