ForwardVia

Service Description

Signup and Usage

Signup is free with ForwardVia, and because we have not as yet used their service hence, we can only talk about as they appear to be on the surface.

They offer to give 30 days of free storage, and if your parcel stays longer, you will then pay £1/day/package. This may seem like an expensive punishment, but hey, at least they are upfront about it, right?

Once you have purchased your items, you can start sending them to your shiny new UK address. You can let them know that your purchases are coming by entering the details in 'Place New Orders' section of the dashboard. Although this happens to be an optional task, if you like you can inform them via the form, or if you prefer not to, then too they will tell you once your packages have arrived.

If you would like them to shop on your behalf, then you will need to fill out a form in your dashboard section titled Shop4me.

If you wish to combine your packages, then once everything has arrived, you can begin the consolidation and then ship it off to your destination. They claim to have a lot of shipping methods, but upon close inquiry, they prefer just the ones we have mentioned above.

Additionally, ForwardVia also provides a service called Supermarket shopping. Supermarket Groceries - allows ForwardVia to repack groceries into multiple items on user’s behalf. All you have to do is give your supermarket name, expected delivery (From supermarket to ForwardVia) and upload your supermarket order, if available.

In all the above options, you can order additional services such as shipping insurance, pre shipment photo, detail content inspection, and removal/re-invoicing of original receipts for gift purposes.

Verdict

ForwardVia doesn't shy away from declaring their fees and nor do they claim to be affordable but in every other essence they have an aura of honesty and reliability which is why we are confident that their service has an excellent future.