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International shipping from China to Japan has been a problem ever since companies began selling their products on the internet. There are a few reasons for this. Companies get hamstrung with costs associated with exporting goods. Customs forms, require additional labor costs -- as does the additional reinforcement of shipping parcel in order to make an overseas or long-distant delivery. Then, there are the additional packaging costs. And there is increased risk of damage to the products being shipped, given the extensive handling of their parcels. Because of these costs and risks, many companies have said "no" to shipping to customers living in other countries.
The world is full of people who love certain brands and products, though. For them, being able to shop on the internet without being able to receive those items is like having one's nose pressed up against a candy store window with the store owner shaking his head "no" in return. For those global shoppers who just know there's got to be a way, they are right.
There is an international shipping solution to the dilemma presented to from China to Japan shopping customers though. It just isn't that widely known yet. It is a service called parcel forwarding or mail forwarding. Recently, two of the largest corporations who do tremendous global business over the internet have developed global shipping programs based on the concept of this service. The concept is basically that the company ships its item to the service (or program) and the service (or program), in turn, ships the global customer his or her parcel. The end result is that global shoppers get their products internationally shipped to them.
The rare few global shipping programs attached to the rare few companies that offer them are only aimed at shipping from China to Japan. Parcel forwarding or mail forwarding services have more to offer global shoppers, though, than just international shipping. Many offer such perks as no memberships or free memberships, free addresses, free 30 day storage, per transaction fees only, free concierge services (i.e. hand-delivery, shipment expediting), personal shopper service (i.e. finding a specific item, finding best deals on desired items) and assisted purchase (also known as cash-to-credit) whereby the global shopper doesn't even need a credit card or account because the service uses its own credentials to purchase for the shopper.
In recent years, more people have begun to hear of parcel forwarding (mail forwarding) thanks to the significant increase in online shopping. The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to have access to what companies offer. And with that has come the demand to fill the need to get these world-wide customers the products they love. As technology continues to develop new and more mobile products that makes the internet even more easily accessible, so will online shopping become easier. This will create even greater demand for shipping from China to Japan to fill this product demand. With this, maybe in a few more years, parcel forwarding and mail forwarding will become household words.
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