How to buy and place an order on Amazon with delivery to Russia and Ukraine: a step by step guide

Amazon is one of the largest trading platforms in the world, founded in 1994 by entrepreneur Jeff

Bezosom. It presents about 34 categories of different types of goods, including electronics, clothing, food, toys, sports goods, etc. Unfortunately, the company does not officially send them to our countries. Nevertheless, today we will tell how to buy on Amazon with delivery to Russia and Ukraine.

Delivery Service (Reseller)

The fact is that the American branch of the Amazonsends parcels only in the United States. Therefore, to receive a parcel in Russia or Ukraine, you must first find an intermediary who will transport your order. For example, you can use the services of NPshopping (Ukraine), Qwintry (Ukraine / Russia) or any other company known to you. After passing the registration in one of the services, the client is assigned personal information with a US shipping address.

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An example of a registration form on the site NPshopping / Qwintry

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An example of personal information (it may differ, depending on the delivery service)

How to register for Amazon

Go to the official website of Amazon.com
We find in the upper right corner of the drop-down list "Account & Lists".

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After that click on the link "Start here" near the inscription "New Customer?".

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Next, in the line "Name" we write the name in Latinletters, as indicated in your information assigned by the delivery service. Enter the email address, password (at least 6 characters) and repeat it to match.

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After that, a special code comes to the mail.confirmation (it should not be given to strangers). Enter the numbers in the line "Enter code". Done! You are registered on Amazon. The next important step is to specify the address and all the necessary information for the delivery of the goods.

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Go to the "Account & Lists" and find the item "Your Addresses".

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Click "+" and fill in the fields.

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In the first paragraph “Country / Region”, select “United States” and then enter the data from the personal account of the delivery service: full name, street, city, state, zip code and phone number.

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Click the button "Add Address" and you can start shopping.

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How to buy on Amazon

Before ordering on Amazon, you should know a few things.

Our countries have a customs limit forparcels In Ukraine, the limit is up to 150 euros. Anything above this amount will be taxed at a rate of 30% (of the excess amount). Such conditions are valid until June 30, 2019, then they will change. Read more about this by clicking on the link.

In Russia, the customs limit is another 500 euro or 31 kg per month. If you exceed, you will be asked to pay a fee of 30% of the cost, or 4 euros for each "extra" kilogram.

The next important point is the warranty. It exists, but does not act on the territory of Ukraine / Russia. If this does not bother you, you can go to the shopping.

Find a search at the top of the site and enter the name of the product. Under it displays popular queries.

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Thanks to the filter, you can customize the search by category, price, seller rating, etc. It is located on the left side of the site.

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Decide on the product and click the "Buy Now" button in the lower right corner.

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The next step is to choose a shipping address. You have already entered it before, so it’s enough to click the “Deliver to this address” button.

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Enter your name in Latin letters, card number (not necessarily currency), its validity period and press the button "Add your card".

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After you have added a payment method, click "Continue".

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After that, a page appears on which you need to add a billing address. Here we select the previously added shipping address by clicking the "Use this address" button.

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The next item is the speed of delivery. Amazon will offer fast two-day delivery for free. This service is only 30 days. Then it will automatically withdraw funds from your account. If you do not want to bother with this, click "No thanks, I do not want, fast free shipping".</ p>

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We check all the information and click "Place your order".

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What's next

After purchasing the product, within a few days(the terms are different), money is debited from your bank card. At this time, the seller forms and sends the parcel. After that you wait for a notification (SMS or message in the personal account of the delivery service) about the arrival of the order at the warehouse in the USA. Then send it directly to you. Terms of receipt are different. There is already as lucky. Naturally, you can track the parcel by tracking number.

Customs clearance and taxes

Since January 1, 2019, the Law No.2245-VIII "On the introduction of the law to the Code of Complaints of Ukraine and the legislative acts on the balance of budgetary funds in 2018 years". Now one person in Ukraine has the right, without paying taxes, to order from abroad by mail no more than three parcels per month, whose cost does not exceed 150 euros each. Starting from the fourth during the same month, each parcel will be taxed, which is 30% (10% customs duty and 20% VAT). More information on how to calculate the amount, where and to whom (and when) to pay the tax, as well as in what cases and how to avoid paying (or pay less) can be found in a separate article from our colleagues at mama.ua.