CSSBuy shipping cost, read as arithmetic.

What CSSBuy is, in three numbers

What matters practically: Free storage — 90 days from the In Warehouse status; Overdue storage — 15 CNY per order per month after day 90; QC photos — Unlimited images on request; Returns — Return shipping fees are paid; items can go back to the seller. Inspection is listed as Unlimited images on request.

Those facts bound what freight can cost here. Within them, lane selection and whether everything travels together are still entirely yours to decide. The freight options on file: Lane rates published to the US, Brazil and Europe.

Published CSSBuy figures:

Your parcel has two weights. You pay for whichever is bigger.

Two weights get computed before anything ships from CSSBuy. Only the larger one is billed. The free window runs 90 days.

Every carrier bills the greater of two numbers — what the parcel weighs and what it occupies — and density decides which. Return terms read Return shipping fees are paid; items can go back to the seller.

Which means packaging requested at CSSBuy's warehouse is also pricing. Corner guards, extra bubble wrap or larger cartons add centimetres, and centimetres convert straight into chargeable kilos. The freight options on file: Lane rates published to the US, Brazil and Europe.

• Verify, then fly. Unlimited QC images at the warehouse, a 90-day storage clock, then one consolidated parcel once you approve.

The fixed charge that does not care how little you ship

Underneath the headline sits a fixed component that does not shrink when your parcel does. Inspection is listed as Unlimited images on request.

Five parcels leaving CSSBuy's warehouse means five first-weight charges, five handling fees and, in most cases, five separate declarations. One consolidated box removes four of each. The free window runs 90 days.

Where your goods come from several sellers, merging them is normally the cheapest single action available to you. Holding is documented at 90 days from the In Warehouse status.

What CSSBuy lists on this leg:

Speed, tracking and price — pick any two

Speed is priced into the rate itself, so choosing a lane means choosing where your parcel sits on that curve. All of it runs through CSSBuy's warehouse.

Where declared value is high or a date matters, express earns its premium. Where it is a restock, economy nearly always wins. Return terms read Return shipping fees are paid; items can go back to the seller.

Duty treatment matters too. Some lanes quote inclusive of destination taxes, others leave them to be collected at your door — and an inclusive line that costs more upfront can still be the cheaper total once VAT lands. The free window runs 90 days.

• Numbers we stand behind. The six services, the storage rules and the lane rates on this page are quoted from the agent's published terms — never invented.

Deposit, weigh-in, settle: the correction step

What you pay at submission is rarely what the parcel costs to fly. Inspection is listed as Unlimited images on request.

Agents reconcile it afterwards in whichever direction it falls — credit if you over-paid, a request if you under-paid. All of it runs through CSSBuy's warehouse.

Track the difference once or twice and the cause becomes obvious — usually packing volume rather than product weight. Holding is documented at 90 days from the In Warehouse status.

CSSBuy, in its own numbers:

Where the money actually goes — and where it does not

Four things account for nearly all variation between one buyer's bill and another's. The freight options on file: Lane rates published to the US, Brazil and Europe.

• Ship one parcel, not five — every extra carton leaving the warehouse carries its own opening charge and potentially its own declaration fee.
• Trim redundant packaging. A smaller carton lowers chargeable weight even where actual weight barely moves.
• Patience is cheaper than priority: unless a date matters, the express premium buys days rather than value.
• Use the free window — with 90 days at no charge, waiting for a late seller costs nothing while splitting costs twice.
• Check whether duty is included in the quote before comparing two lanes on price alone.

Where CSSBuy puts the freight numbers

How long does CSSBuy take to handle my orders? Usually, the order is fulfilled within 24 hours after you have paid for it — that is CSSBuy's own published turnaround, and our manual tracks how it holds up in practice. Inspection is listed as Unlimited images on request.

On CSSBuy — How does CSSBuy handle returns? The published answer: As long as the return conditions are met — the seller accepts returns, the item has been in CSSBuy's warehouse for less than 7 days, and return shipping fees are paid — CSSBuy can return the item to the seller for you. The freight options on file: Lane rates published to the US, Brazil and Europe.

How long can I store my items in the CSSBuy warehouse? Items sit free for 90 days from the moment the order status hits In Warehouse. After that, storage costs 15 yuan per order per month, and items left past 90 days without shipping or extending are considered given up and destroyed. Holding is documented at 90 days from the In Warehouse status.

Published figures for CSSBuy relevant here: