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Shipping whole container of furniture to the United States! I bought an entire house of furniture for just 70,000 yuan Chinese RMB. (Today's rate: =$9,701.79)

This is a Chinese who live in United States tell the story. 

What is it feel like to sign for the entire house of furniture that shipping from China at one time in the United States? You don't need to go to the furniture store to choose and wait for price drop and other discounts. You can buy furniture at source factory prices directly at home. All the furniture Sell on Amazon, Wayfair, IKEA, Shopify Furniture Store you see on the top of Google search result, or at your local furniture store is made in China. You go your local furniture store or online brand furniture store, which is also made in China, the furniture displays you see are all samples. They don’t have them in stock. After make an order, you have to wait 6 months because they send your order to China’s manufacturer to make for you. In local furniture store, a lot of furniture is out of stock, too. They need Chinese furniture factories to make them and then ship back to United States. You have to wait a long time.

Furniture in the United States is really expensive. The basic sofas in the United State start at $4000, and the customized ones are more expensive. The price is basically 3-6 times of the China domestic price when converted into RMB. Most of the furniture is made in China. While the China domestic price is cheap that ranging from several hundred to several thousand RMB (Chinese Yuan). Now many Chinese in America after buy a new house, they will go to Chinese retail platform Tao Bao to buy entire house of furniture. Because you do not just save a little bit money, you save a lot. Since US furniture all come from China, why you do not buy directly from China retailer or factory?   

How to ship to United State? let us share Mr. Zhou’s shipping experience.

Mr. Zhou has planned to buy furniture since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, many basic styles he wanted to purchase in the United States were in a state of waiting for producing and distributing.Some high-priced furniture he was expected to wait for discounts before buying, unexpectedly, the longer he waited, the more the price went up. Because the new home needs a lot of furniture. If he waited one piece at a time, he didn’t know how long it will take to complete the matching. After looking at it for a while, Mr. Zhou turned his attention to his home country-China and started planning to buy furniture and ship it by sea.

 

How to buy a 27 cubic container of furniture from China?

 

1.       Determine furniture style

 

Mr. Zhou determined the simple style of the furniture before shipping. He made a list of the quantity of furniture in each room and planned the size and color of the furniture. He placed the order soon after confirming the shipping.

 

2.       Furniture buying experience

 

Most of Mr. Zhou's furniture was bought online. He basically taking advantage of the platform's discount time to make orders. The large sofa in the living room only costed 3K+RMB (Today’s rate: $416+ and the very good bed was 2K+RMB ($277+,) and they were not included the discounts that given by the store. In the United States, it will start at least several thousand dollars.  

    

3.       List price comparison

Mr. Zhou only spent 140,000 RMB ($19,449) to complete the furniture for the entire house. There were hundreds of items of all sizes: bedroom beds, bedside table, sofas, dining tables, coffee tables, tv cabinets, shoe cabinets, dressers, various storage cabinets, and ornaments, etc. Compare to buy in the United States, it may cost 300,000 yuan ($41,621.) The key is in United States, many furniture styles are only basic models, and customization is another price.

 

Customized Plans and Cost-Effective Shipping

 

Mr. Zhou’s furniture he purchased was calculated by the shipping consultant to be nearly 27m³. After comprehensive comparison, Mr. Zhou felt that the whole container could be shipped as soon as possible. The shipping fee of 70,000 ($9,725) was also included deliver to his house and assemble the furniture. Plus the furniture costs, it is much more cost-effective than buying in the United States.

 

Domestic Moving Company in China Receive Furniture Service

 

Mr. Zhou’s purchased furniture is sent directly to a moving company's warehouse to sign for him without having to bother his family and friends in China. The moving company not only provide feedback on the quality of the furniture and take pictures to provide feedback, but they can also change the packaging and help reinforce them as required. Mr. Zhou can also know the details when he is in United States.

 

Oversea Duty-Free Customs Clearance Services

 

Because all of Mr. Zhou's furniture is new, based on the consultant's experience, the new furniture needs to apply as family use old furniture. During the whole process, Mr. Zhou only needed to provide a scanned copy of his passport and fill in the US customs clearance form according to the guidelines. Customs clearance was also smooth afterwards without additional duties or anti-dumping duties.

 

Worry-Free Delivery to His Home

 

After customs clearance, an agent will arrange a time with Mr. Zhou and use a special moving vehicle to deliver his furniture to his house. A list of items will be sent to the consignee in advance. The moving company’s staff will check the checkboxes of the list when every furniture is unloading to make sure no missing item. For the protection of the house, the living room, kitchen, and bedrooms, they are unpacked and put in place as required, and make a simple assembly of the furniture.

 

Shipping entire house of furniture in container will take about 50-60 days. If share a container with others, it may take longer.

I can also help you to purchase items on Tao Bao. Go to Upwork to hair me at a fix price $30 service fee.