Do you get a refund on import fees while buying from AMAZON US and shipping it to India?
According to the "Amazon's Import Fees Deposit Policy" mentioned at Amazon.com Help: About Import Fees DepositImport Fees Deposit as added at time of checkout.The Import Fees Deposit is an estimation of the taxes and duties that may apply and isn't an actual calculation.For AmazonGlobal items, you won't be charged additional fees if the actual Import Fees exceed the Import Fees Deposit they estimated. For items sold by Amazon Marketplace sellers, please check the seller's policies.If the actual Import Fees are less than the Import Fees Deposit collected by amazon on your behalf, you'll automatically be refunded the difference to the payment method you used for the order. You'll receive a notification e-mail confirming the amount of the refund. The process takes 60 days from the shipment date.
Does Amazon ship to Norway?
Yes although the selection of items that Amazon will ship directly to Norway is extremely limited so you may need to use a third party shipping service to buy what you want.Your two options:As mentioned, you can use Amazon’s Global Shipping service to buy a very limited number of items from Amazon’s USA store. Amazon will display the full VAT before you checkout so no need to worry about crazy fees on these items.For all other items you can use a third party shipper like Borderoo to buy any item that Amazon won’t ship directly to Norway.
How can I buy laptops online from Amazon (USA) and import to India ? What will be approx Custom Charges?
Every one was thinking this is very tough process, But Now a Days good solutions are there for getting Laptops from USA to India.And it is safe because of some Freight Forwarding Services Like ShopUSA. They are also providing 100% insurance & Assurance for the packages.From Month of April On Wards Custom Rules & regulation Were Changed and Now Custom duty will be around 35% to 40%(Product value + Shipping Charges), Previous it is 16% to 21%.Most of the USA online Stores they will not ship products From USA to India. For that there are some Freight Forwarding Services Like ShopUSA, Shipito and Myus. Once Register With those services you will get USA Warehouse address. While Purchasing Product from Online store use that address as a Shipping address, then online store send product to them and they it to you. Generally they choose UPS or Fedex which take care the all the custom process at Airport.
Can an Indian on an H1B visa in the US sell via Amazon FBA in the US from a business registered in India?
H1B is a very simple proposition - you may not engage in any activity, which constitutes employment except one certified on the LCA. Unlawful employment includes making money in any way, which requires effort except investment. Even with investment, a day trading would constitute employment. It also includes any free of pay activity with the exception to the one, which is traditionally performed by volunteers.
If you live in the Netherlands, what Amazon site do you shop at?
When I look around me I tend to believe that Amazon is hardly used here in the Netherlands. This is because of the presence of a extremely popular webshop called Bol dot com - de winkel van ons allemaal. It is so popular that a company like Amazon will find it very difficult to get a market share. Bol dot com sells nearly everything. They work like Amazon, delivering out of stock, delivered within 24 hours, free shipping, etc but they also have their marketplace where companies can sell on there paying a fee to bol dot com.Besides, the Dutch market is so small for a company like Amazon, that they won't want to risk losing a fortune to enter this market because of Bol dot com. The best thing the could do is buy the company from Ahold (mother company of Albert Heyn, the largest supermarket chain here), but this would come with a huge price, making you wonder if it's really worth it.There are other countries that could be a better option for Amazon to go to.Now Amazon is present though in countries around us such as the UK, France and Germany. If people buy on Amazon, it will be the German one as it is so close to us, and they are targeting the Dutch and Flemish consumer now too as they translated their website into Dutch as well, so perhaps there are some changes going on. For now, go to Bol dot com de winkel van ons allemaal and you will find what you need.Another major website is Coolblue alles voor een glimlach. Here you get all sorts of household appliances, phones and what not. They are growing rapidly, there are hiring 1,000 people for their white goods department as they have become the largest reseller of such products.EDIT: the Amazon.com website is often offering lower prices compared to the EUR prices but don't be fooled as they will charge you shipping costs, VAT and import duties which inflates the prices to the same level as you can buy it here.
If I order a product from Amazon.com to India, how and when do I have to pay the customs?
Yes, Custom duty is Mandatory. Because while shipping products from some other countries definitely you have to pay some custom fee. In previous days based up on product category it will vary. At present, after GST implementation custom duty same for all type of products.You can ship using Amazon USA, Custom clearance process you have to do with your presence in customs office. But the main problem is Amazon US will not ship all the products from USA to India.Now a Days lot of Freight Forwarders are there to ship products from USA to India. Custom clearance they will take care behalf of you. There you can save Time and Money. At present most of the Freight forwarders they are offering Cash on Delivery for Custom duty.How to courier from USA to India? You have to sign up with them. They will assign one USA address. While purchasing products from online store, you have to mention USA address as a shipping address. Then online store will send product to USA address what you have provided. There you can pay shipping charges and create ship request. Then Freight forwarders will send to your India address what you have provided while registering with them. Freight forwarders courier charges from USA to India is very low. Recently I have shipped one Laptop (Price $600) using ShopUSA, for that service I have paid $70 as shipping charges and custom duty I have paid $150. I paid custom fee as COD. Compare to India in USA you will get lot of discounts on products. At present in USA Black Friday deals are started in USA online stores so in this season you will get lot of discounts on all type of products.Thank you for Reading..!
What determines whether Amazon will ship a product to Mexico or not?
The certainly do and Mexico is even part of their AmazonGlobal service where they will even calculate any taxes and duties as part of the checkout process and organise customs clearance so you get your order quicker and to your door.If you just use the normal Amazon.com website they will ship to Mexico but the experience can be a little confusing and the biggest problem is finding the items that Amazon will ship there. This often frustrates many and somepeople assume that Amazon wont ship at all or they wont ship a particular category.Essentially you can ship dvd's, books, clothing, health, tools. watches, jewelry, shoes, electronics, handbags, toys and more to most countries outside the USA.There is a way to make this process as easy as possible if you follow a few easy stepsStep 1 - Visit the official AmazonGlobal page - This is not the main Amazon homepage so make sure you bookmark or favorite it in your browser now so you can come back to this page whenever you want.This is still not perfect as not everything listed here will be able to be shipped to you but everything listed can be shipped out of the USA to somewhere so we still have to do steps 2 to 5.Step 2 - Login to an Amazon Account before you start shopping. If you dont yet have an account create one.Step 3 - Go into "Your Account" settings page and then click on "Manage Addresses" and setup your address and then set it as the 1-Click default address. You dont need to turn on 1-Click but the address in your country should be set to the 1-Click default. This allows Amazon to check if an item can be shipped to your default address.Step 4 - Go Shopping - as you look at every item it will check to see if it can be shipped to your address. If it can't it will indicate so in red writing.Step 5 - International shipping rates by many merchants can be excessive so it is best to only buy from Amazon who have low shipping rates. In the left hand column click Amazon in the seller box to make sure you are only seeing items sold and shipped by Amazon
Do amazon deliver product to Bangladesh?
Well, it depends on the types of products. Amazon has a global shipping program where it ships certain types of goods outside USA. These products are mostly limited to Books and media type products. Amazon USA does not ship electronics type products outside USA.Although there are some obstacles one may encounter while shopping from amazon USA while staying in Bangladesh, like;International Credit Card: You need an international credit card to purchase from amazon. Local credit cards issued by Bangladeshi commercial banks will not work.High Customs Duty: Bangladesh customs charges surprisingly high customs duty. On top of Customs duty (CD), there will be Supplementary Duty (SD), Advance Income Tax (AIT), VAT etc.To overcome these issues, there are some 3rd party services one can use. Such as Buy4me which offer service to bring products from Amazon USA and UK along with few other UK and US based online stores.