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What each Indian store will and will not do for a shopper abroad, what customs allows, and how to get the most out of one consolidated box.
Looking for something specific rather than a shop? See what people buy from India — kasavu sarees, Malayalam books, ayurvedic products and where to get them.
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Package & Parcel Forwarding from India — The Complete Guide
Everything that happens between an Indian checkout page and a parcel on your doorstep abroad, explained once, properly.
Indian Virtual Address for Online Shopping
Your own free Indian address for online shopping, wherever you live. Shop any Indian website to it, and we receive your parcels, store them free for …
NRI Package Forwarding from India
Package forwarding built for NRIs. Shop Indian stores from abroad, or send parcels and gifts from Kerala to family overseas — we receive, consolidate…
India Parcel Consolidation Service
Ordered from several Indian stores? We combine all your parcels into one box and remove bulky packaging — so you pay one international rate instead o…
Shopping the Indian stores
Shop from India: the online stores worth knowing from abroad
To shop from India from abroad you have to get past one thing first: Amazon India, Flipkart, Myntra and almost every other Indian store are built for…
Paying Indian Stores from Abroad
The order is in the basket and the payment page wants an Indian card or a UPI ID. Here are the ways round it that actually exist, and the one thing w…
How to Add Your Indian Address on Flipkart, Myntra & Amazon.in
The address fields Indian stores ask for, filled in the way that gets your parcel to our warehouse and then to you.
Shop from Amazon India & Ship Worldwide
Buy anything on Amazon.in and have it delivered to your door anywhere in the world. Use your free Indian address at Amazon checkout — we receive, con…
Shop from Flipkart & Ship Worldwide
If Flipkart cannot deliver to your country, an Indian address of your own is the way round it. Use your free Indian address at Flipkart checkout, and…
Shop from Myntra & Ship Worldwide
If Myntra cannot deliver to your country, an Indian address of your own is the way round it. Use your free Indian address at Myntra checkout, and we …
Shop from AJIO & Ship Worldwide
If AJIO cannot deliver to your country, an Indian address of your own is the way round it. Use your free Indian address at AJIO checkout and we forwa…
Shop from Nykaa & Ship Worldwide
If Nykaa cannot deliver to your country, an Indian address of your own is the way round it. Use your free Indian address at Nykaa checkout and we for…
Shop from Purplle & Ship Worldwide
India's second big beauty marketplace, delivered wherever you live.
Shop from Meesho & Ship Worldwide
If Meesho cannot deliver to your country, an Indian address of your own is the way round it. Shop budget fashion and home goods on Meesho, and we com…
Shop from Shopsy & Ship Worldwide
Shopsy is where a kurta, a set of bangles and a lunch box can all cost less than a coffee abroad. If Shopsy cannot deliver to your country, order to …
Shop from Snapdeal & Ship Worldwide
The value end of Indian e-commerce, reachable from wherever you live.
Shop from FabIndia & Ship Worldwide
Handwoven cotton, khadi and block prints, delivered to your door wherever you live. Order to your free Indian address and we combine it with the rest…
Shop from FirstCry & Ship Worldwide
India's largest baby and kids store, reachable from wherever you live.
Shop from Tata CLiQ & Ship Worldwide
Tata CLiQ is an Indian marketplace for fashion, footwear, accessories, jewellery and electronics. Its FAQ says the shipping address has to be in Indi…
Shop from Shoppers Stop & Ship Worldwide
Shoppers Stop runs department stores in India and sells clothing, beauty, home and gifts online. Its FAQ asks for an Indian delivery address. We give…
Shop from Manyavar & Ship Worldwide
Manyavar is the menswear name people abroad ask for before a wedding: sherwanis, kurta sets, Indo-western and Nehru jackets, with Mohey for women. Or…
Shop from BIBA & Ship Worldwide
BIBA is one of the best-known Indian labels for women's kurtas, kurta sets and dresses, and for girls' ethnic wear. Order to your Indian address and …
Shop from Libas & Ship Worldwide
Libas makes everyday and festive kurtas, suit sets and Libas Art pieces. Order on the Indian site to your Indian address and we forward it to you.
Shop from W for Woman & Ship Worldwide
W for Woman sells kurtas, kurta sets and dresses for work and festivals. Order to your Indian address and we forward it to you.
Shop from Suta & Ship Worldwide
Suta is known for soft cotton and tussar silk sarees, and people buy it for the blouses as much as the sarees. Order to your Indian address and we fo…
Shop from Westside & Ship Worldwide
Westside sells clothing for women, men and children, ethnic wear, footwear, beauty and home. Order on the Indian site to your Indian address and we f…
Buy Dot & Key from India, Shipped Worldwide
Dot & Key makes serums, sunscreens, moisturisers and lip care that people abroad ask for by name. Order to your Indian address and we forward it to y…
Shop from Forest Essentials & Ship Worldwide
Forest Essentials makes luxury Ayurvedic skin, hair and body care. Order on its Indian website to your Indian address and we forward it to you.
Shop from Mamaearth & Ship Worldwide
Mamaearth makes skin, hair, body and baby care that families abroad buy by the basket. Order to your Indian address and we forward it to you.
Shop from Jaypore & Ship Worldwide
Handloom, block print and Indian craft, reachable from wherever you live.
Shop from Mirraw & Ship Worldwide
Mirraw is an online marketplace for Indian ethnic wear: sarees, lehengas, salwar suits, kurtis and menswear from many sellers. Order to your Indian a…
Shop from Lenskart & Ship Worldwide
Lenskart is an Indian eyewear brand selling prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. Order on the Indian site to your Indian address and …
Shop from Kalki Fashion & Ship Worldwide
Kalki Fashion is a Mumbai label for bridal lehengas, sarees, gowns and occasion wear, with menswear alongside. Order on the Indian site to your India…
Shop Nalli & Pothys Sarees from Abroad
Two of the best-known saree stores in South India, and two of the most searched by name abroad. Order to your Indian address and we forward the saree…
Shop from Isha Life & Ship Worldwide
Copper, rudraksha, clothing and books from the Indian Isha Life store, forwarded to wherever you live when your regional store does not have them.
Buying from Kerala
Shop Kerala Boutiques and Ship Worldwide
The shops Keralites abroad actually want to buy from mostly do not ship abroad. Give them your Indian address instead, and we send it on.
Kerala T-Shirt and Malayali Merch Brands
The Malayalam-slogan tee you want is made by a shop in Kochi or Calicut that was built to deliver inside India. This is how it reaches you.
Buy from Instagram Sellers in India and Ship Abroad
Instagram is where a lot of the best Indian clothing, jewellery and handmade work is actually sold — and almost none of it ships abroad. This is the …
Indian Wedding Shopping from Abroad
Wedding shopping is dozens of purchases from dozens of shops over several months. One Indian address collects all of it, and one box brings it to you.
Send Onam, Vishu and Christmas Gifts Abroad
Festivals are the one time of year when what you send matters more than what it costs. Order Kerala gifts to your free Indian address, or have family…
Kerala Christmas Gifts Abroad
A Kerala Christmas travels well if you choose what to send. Here is what each country lets in, and how early to send it.
Shop Kalyan Silks from Abroad
Kalyan Silks says it has been making and selling silk sarees since 1909. Order online to your Indian address and we forward the saree to you.
Shop Seematti from Abroad
Seematti began in 1910 in Alappuzha and calls itself the bridal destination of Kerala. Order online to your Indian address and we forward it to you w…
Buy from Jayalakshmi Silks from Abroad
Founded in 1947 and known as one of Kerala's bridal destinations, Jayalakshmi sells in its showrooms. Here is how a saree from there reaches you abro…
Shop DC Books from Abroad
DC Books was founded in Kottayam in 1974 and publishes more than 1,500 titles a year. Order to your Indian address and we send the books on to you.
Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala from Abroad
Arya Vaidya Sala was founded at Kottakkal in 1902 by P.S. Varier. Order from its shop to your Indian address, keep the prescription with it, and we s…
Choosing a forwarder
DHL Courier from India to the USA
DHL is one of the carriers we hand parcels to, so this is not a versus page. It is the arithmetic behind the quote — chargeable weight and consolidat…
A ShopPre Alternative from Kerala
If you are weighing up forwarders, here is the honest comparison.
A Shop India Se Alternative from Kerala
Shop India Se sells plans. We sell one service. Here is what that difference actually means, from their own published pricing.
A MyXBorder Alternative from Kerala
MyXBorder and India Rabbit both give you an Indian address for online shopping. Here is where the two differ, taken from MyXBorder's own pages.
An iWishBag Alternative from Kerala
iWishBag is mainly a buy-for-me concierge across several countries. India Rabbit is an Indian address that you shop with yourself. Which suits you de…
Beyond the marketplaces
Buy from Instagram Sellers in India and Ship Abroad
Instagram is where a lot of the best Indian clothing, jewellery and handmade work is actually sold — and almost none of it ships abroad. This is the …
Indian Wedding Shopping from Abroad
Wedding shopping is dozens of purchases from dozens of shops over several months. One Indian address collects all of it, and one box brings it to you.
Shipping Abroad for Small Indian Businesses and Online Sellers
For the boutique, the Instagram seller and the small brand with overseas customers and no idea how to send to them.
Ship from India Without a Warehouse There
For courier companies, parcel forwarders and shipping agents outside India who want to offer India as an origin without opening an office there.
Buying from India When You're Not Indian
Invited to an Indian wedding, hooked on a particular tea, or after handicrafts you cannot find at home? You do not need family in India to buy from I…
What you can send
Ship Clothes from India Worldwide
Clothing is the single most forwarded thing out of India. Here is how to buy it and how to get it home cheaply.
Ship Household Items from India
The things you cannot buy abroad, or cannot buy at an Indian price: cookware, bedding, brassware and the specific kitchen gadget nobody outside India…
Send Gifts from India Abroad
Buying a gift in India and getting it to someone abroad, without asking a traveller to carry it.
Ship Baby and Kids Products from India
Where FirstCry, Hopscotch or another Indian baby store cannot deliver to your country, order to your free Indian address instead and we forward every…
Send Indian Food & Snacks Abroad
Pickles, chips and podis for a son in Dubai or a daughter in Toronto: your family hands the parcel over in Kerala, and we pack it and send it on with…
Buy Medicines from India & Ship Abroad
Need Indian medicines delivered abroad? We help you forward personal-use medicines from India to your country.
Shipping Musical Instruments from India
A sitar from Kolkata, a veena from Thanjavur or a mridangam from Kerala can travel by courier. Packing does most of the work; the paperwork is lighte…
Buying Indian Handicrafts from Abroad
Most of the best Indian craft is sold by its makers in India, to buyers in India. A free Indian address lets you buy it the same way.
Students Moving Abroad: Sending Your Things
Two suitcases rarely hold a whole term. The rest can follow you from home in Kerala by courier, packed and declared properly.
Moved Abroad? Get Your Things Sent from India
The suitcase only held so much. Here is how the rest of your clothes, books and everyday things get from home to your new address, without your famil…
Costs and services
Volumetric Weight Calculator for Parcels from India
Light but bulky parcels cost more than people expect. Here is the formula couriers use, worked examples for the things people send from India, and ho…
Economy or Premium Shipping from India
Two ways to send the same box from India. One is faster, one is cheaper. Here is how to choose, box by box.
DHL, India Post or a Forwarder: India to the USA
Three ways to get something from India to the USA, and which one fits what you are sending: a parcel your family hands over, or orders from Indian we…