Amazon now offers free shipping to the Philippines! If you aren’t familiar with what Amazon is, Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer and a prominent cloud service provider.
Much like Lazada and Shopee, Amazon is an e-commerce platform that pretty much makes things that are unavailable or inaccessible in the Philippines, available for purchase. Most of the time, major price drops happen in November during the Black Friday Sales that happen only in the US.
This traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Although previously, there are a lot of consumers that purchase items shouldering the high shipping fees. International Free Shipping to the Philippines with eligibility on a total order value of USD 49, makes items on Amazon more accessible. Though consumers will have to look for “FREE Shipping to Philippines” or “Your order qualifies for FREE Shipping” as not all items are qualified.
Another thing to note is that if you include items that aren’t qualified for free shipping, there would be a chance that the whole package would be charged for shipping. It would always be best to check the eligibility prior to checking out. Of course, import fee policies have not changed and consumers would have to deal with tax imports and the like. For more details on those policies, you may check them here. 12
Aside from taxation and import fees, do keep in mind the warranty may be different as there are factors to consider when it comes to international versus local warranty. For more information and details, you may head to Amazon.com.
