Shop Indian stores from South Africa, delivered to your door

Yes. India Rabbit is a package forwarding company that gives you a free Indian address at its warehouse in Kerala, with your own suite code. You shop Indian websites to it, and it combines your parcels into one box and ships them to South Africa, typically 4 to 6 business days after dispatch.

Yes. Order to your India Rabbit address as an ordinary customer in India. We receive the parcel at our warehouse in Kerala, hold it free for 30 days while your other orders arrive, and forward everything to South Africa in one box.

Sign up free and you get an Indian delivery address in Kerala with your own suite code. Use it as the shipping address at checkout on Amazon.in, Flipkart, Myntra, Nykaa, Ajio and most other Indian stores. When your parcels reach us we let you know, and you choose when to have them forwarded to South Africa.

From India to South Africa, a 1 kg parcel starts at ₹7,950 (about ZAR 1,394), and the rate per kilo falls as the box fills: about ₹3,640 (about ZAR 638) per kg for a 5 kg box and ₹2,230 (about ZAR 391) per kg for 20 kg, on Premium, with GST and payment charges included. We charge in rupees; the ZAR figures are approximate, at this week's exchange rate. Forwarding one box to South Africa runs about ₹7,000–9,000 for 1 kg and ₹16,500–20,000 for 5 kg by direct courier. Ranges worked out 2026-10-31, not quotes, and duty at your end is separate. What you pay depends on the finished weight and size after we repack your parcels into one; the table on this page shows indicative totals by parcel weight for Premium and Economy, with our handling, GST and payment charges included. The calculator gives the exact figure for your box.

Yes. Order from Indian shops to your India Rabbit address, or have family in India send things there by any domestic courier. We receive and photograph every parcel, combine everything into one box and ship it to South Africa with tracking, typically 4 to 6 business days after dispatch.

Order everything to your Indian address first and have it forwarded as one box. International shipping is charged per shipment on the greater of actual and volumetric weight, so five parcels sent separately cost far more than the same goods repacked together. Where we run an Economy lane to South Africa, it is cheaper again than direct courier in exchange for a few more days in transit.

Typically 4 to 6 business days from the day your consolidated shipment leaves our warehouse, plus customs clearance at your end. Time in storage before you request shipping does not count towards that.

International shipping is priced on weight and size, so five separate parcels cost far more than one. We repack everything into a single box and strip unnecessary packaging to cut volumetric weight. The saving scales with how bulky the original packaging was — up to 80% on bulky retail boxes, considerably less on small dense items.

VAT is 15%. Low-value parcels under R500 pay a flat 20% duty plus VAT; above that, duty follows the tariff line. Gift rebate: unsolicited gifts between private individuals, max 2 parcels per person per year, each up to R1,400 — wine, spirits, tobacco and perfume excluded. Above R1,400 duty applies to the full value. Inspections by SAHPRA or other agencies can add up to 48 working hours. Duty is charged by the customs authority in South Africa, not by India Rabbit.

Prohibited for South Africa: Narcotic and habit-forming drugs; Counterfeit goods and pirated works; Explosives, fireworks, poisons and toxic substances; Automatic, military and unnumbered weapons; Prison-made goods; Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones. Check before you order.

30 days free from the day each parcel arrives, which is enough to finish a sale-season order and send it all together. Storage can be extended for a fee if you need longer.

For most stores your own card works fine. Where a store insists on an Indian payment method, message us on WhatsApp before ordering and we will tell you what is possible.