Makeup brush shipment

For small orders, some customers would like to ship via DHL/FEDEX/UPS which will be much quicker than via air or sea. Also, they will prefer to prepay the shipping charge to the makeup brush suppliers, as freight charge paid by receiver is much higher than by shipper.

 

While after getting customers’ payment on freight charge, some makeup brush suppliers will choose to ship via DHL agent instead of official DHL, as DHL agent will be cheaper than official. Here we would like to introduce the advantages and disadvantages of DHL and its agent:

 

DHL agent: The most important advantage is low fee. Usually the shipping charge of DHL agent is 30% of official quotation, some may even lower. This is the main reason why many Chinese makeup brush suppliers choose agent.

 

Another advantage of DHL agent is the convenience especially for those suppliers who have no import-export license. Shippers only need to give the packages to the agent, no need to submit any declaration documents, and the agent will handle everything at customs; that is another reason why the agent is so popular in China.

 

However, the shipment via DHL agent will take longer time. The DHL normal time to USA will just 3 days, but if via agent, it may take more than 5 days; some may 7-10 days. That is because to decrease the fee, the agents usually transfer the shipment to another location to combine the packages with others. Such transfer will also cause the package missing or damage, if such issue happens, the shippers will have no way to require any compensation since the shipment is not handled via official DHL.

 

DHL official: The DHL will be quicker and safer than agent. If anything happened, DHL will handle for them, and the shippers can claim compensation from DHL for any package damage or missing. But the shipping charge is too high and shippers need to submit all related declaration documents to DHL, it is not easy for some small makeup brush manufacturers.

 

Despite of the advantages and disadvantages of DHL and its agent, we really suggest DHL official for samples, as the fee will not be much higher; if ship via agent, the small package is easy to be missed. For large shipment, it depends on shippers’ consideration on safety and cost. Usually, large shipment will not be missed.