How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria

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Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday July 5, 2011 at 11:0:56:

How do you shop from Amazon and get it shipped to your country or wherever you live? If you are a frequent internet shopper, I guess you must have heard of or visited Amazon.com. If you haven't then you need to know that Amazon.com is practically that largest online retail shop where you can get almost anything you want.
From mobile phones to dvs, freezers and designer watches, victoria secret product or books. Amazon offers a very wide range of products for you to choose from. If there is anything you are looking for on the web to buy, say for instance, a product that probably solves household problems, you'll most likely be able to find it on Amazon.com.

Now shopping from Amazon.com is not a problem for most people but shipping is as not everyone that would want to buy from the store will be able to get it shipped to their country. How do you get goods shipped to your country if the seller doesn't ship there? How do you beat the shipping costs even if Amazon finally ships to your country? How do you go round the shipping restrictions assuming some items would not be shipped?

Items that Amazon will ship to most countries including Nigeria
Well for countries like Nigeria, you can get certain items shipped to your doorstep if they fall into the following categories:
Books, DVDs and Video

For more details on shipping restrictions, see Amazon Shipping restrictions

So if you are shopping for items such as books, Music, DVD and video, you can have it shipped to your country including Nigeria in as little as few weeks. I have only been able to buy an original dvd from Amazon.com and it really looked different like the ones being sold in Nigeria - It was really original.

How do you then shop and ship goods that Amazon will not ship directly to Nigeria?
For this, you will need to have something like a US or UK address that helps you store your items as you buy and accumulate them and then ships them in bulk to help you reduce costs. It is like this, the cost of shipping items is mostly based in their kg value so it won't make economic sense if you were shipping something that has no weight or approximate weight so it's best to accumulate it to a state that offers you the best value for shipping.
Now, how do you get a US mailing address?
You can do by by opening an account here.

In Summary
That is all I have to say concerning shopping from Amazon and shipping to Nigeria as there are basically two ways you can do this:
- Shop for only goods that Amazon will ship directly to Nigeria such as books, dvds and videos or
- Get a US mailing address and re-ship your goods to Nigeria

If you live in any other country outside the USA and still want to be able to buy stuff from Amazon and ship to your country, then you still need to order only for items that Amazon will ship directly or get a USA address and then buy it yourself for re-shipping later on

Comments:
Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Obi Akpan on Monday August 1, 2011 at 17:22:20:

Felix, thank you for the article. You can also use this company called Paazi (www.paazi.com) to shop from Amazon and have them consolidate your goods to Nigeria. They provide US mailing address too.

Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Isioma on Tuesday February 5, 2013 at 13:13:32:

You have helped me a lot. There was a laptop I saw on Amazon and now I know how to get it to Nigeria. Really helpful

Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Olufemi on Tuesday February 5, 2013 at 13:13:56:

How about custom duties. Who pays for the custom duties?

Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday February 5, 2013 at 13:14:37:

In most cases, DHL does already consider it as part of your shipping costs. So don't bother about that.

Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Hadiza abdulrasheed on Friday May 31, 2013 at 10:0:54:

I need a us shipping address asap.

Re: How to buy things from Amazon.com and get it shipped to Nigeria Posted by Felix Okoli on Friday May 31, 2013 at 10:0:54:

You should read the article I wrote here on how to get a US shipping address: http://www.multidox.org/cgi-bin/part.pl?b=shopping&bn=1&m=1