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Package Forwarding - Repacking
Jetkrate’s repacking service helps consolidate multiple items into a single shipment to reduce shipping costs. By optimizing package size and weight, we ensure safer handling and more affordable delivery. Save money while enjoying a smoother international shipping experience.
What is Package Repacking?
Package repacking means removing unnecessary outer packaging and repacking suitable items into a more efficient parcel for international shipping. The goal is to reduce wasted space while still protecting your goods.
How does Our Repackaging Service Work?
- Your parcel arrives at the Jetkrate warehouse.
- You review the received package in your account. Simply indicate that you’d like us to combine and repack your package by selecting the ‘Combine & Repack’ option.
- If repacking is suitable, Jetkrate experts of course need to open your packages to inspect them.
- If the consolidation process is safe, we’ll repack your order before emailing you with confirmed shipping costs to your destination address. Items are prepared for onward international shipping in a more efficient parcel by removing unnecessary external packaging.
- You choose your preferred shipping service and dispatch timing.
Learn more on how consolidation of shipments saves you money.
Why does repacking matter for international shipping?
International shipping costs are often influenced by chargeable weight, which may be based on actual weight or volumetric weight. If your parcel is light but packed in a large box, you may pay for the space it occupies rather than just the weight on the scale.
Why does this matter to shoppers?
Retailers often pack domestic packages with excessive padding and oversized boxes. The reason for this is because many domestic shipping services ship by scale weight as opposed to volumetric weight – and so many retailers reuse boxes and apply excess packaging to prevent damage to your package during transit. Unfortunately, this can mean that these packages when shipped internationally can end up leading to some very big costs. In reality, these big boxes and excessive packaging is not always necessary to protect your purchase and in many cases we can help you out by repacking your item for shipment.
How can repacking reduce international shipping costs?
- smaller external dimensions can reduce volumetric weight
- less wasted filler can make the parcel more compact
- more efficient packaging can lower the final chargeable weight
- a better-packed outbound parcel can work even more effectively when combined with consolidation
What is the difference between repacking and consolidation?
Repacking and consolidation are related, but they are not the same:
- repacking reduces unnecessary packaging and box size
- consolidation combines multiple parcels into one outbound shipment
- using both together may offer the strongest cost-saving result for multi-store shoppers
What should you check before choosing repacking?
- whether you need the original outer box preserved
- whether the product is fragile or highly presentation-sensitive
- whether consolidation should be used at the same time
- whether volumetric weight is likely to be the main cost driver
Which Products do we not Repack for Shipping?
Repacking may be limited or avoided for:
- fragile items
- gift-wrapped orders
- items needing original retail packaging intact
- products with handling or compliance restrictions
To ensure safe delivery to your destination address, our repackaging service team doesn’t repack all items that come to us. More on prohibited items that we don’t repack.