Looking to Export?
Free Export Help for Ecommerce Brands
Whether you’re launching in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we connect you with trusted experts for warehousing, sales tax, duties, freight and banking. Pick only what you need.
✓ Free ✓ No obligation ✓ One point of contact
300+ businesses helped · Madd Gear · The Brooklyn · Gigi & Tom · First Thing · Troverr
Why now · Example: selling into the US
Shipping every order from overseas is getting more expensive
Aug 2025
The US removed its $800 duty-free de minimis exemption for every country. How to reduce the impact.
Jun 2026
US Customs made it indefinite. Every parcel needs a formal entry and pays duty.
The fix
Ship stock in bulk to a local 3PL and fulfil orders domestically. We’ll set it up →
Build your Export Starter Pack
Use one service or all five. Free either way.
Tick the help you need. We’ll introduce you to a trusted expert for each one and coordinate everything through one point of contact. Not sure where to start? Read how to choose an international fulfilment partner.
Wondering what a 3PL costs once you’re set up? Read our guide to 3PL warehouse costs or try the 3PL cost calculator.
How it works
3 steps to start exporting
1. Book a free consultation
Talk to one of our experts about your products, target markets and goals.
2. Share your requirements
Tell us what you need across the services you picked.
3. Start exporting
Review the recommended partners together, choose the ones that fit, and start selling.
This is for you if
- You already sell online, at any size
- You’re planning to launch in a new market within 6–12 months
- You’d rather get impartial advice than a sales pitch
Not the right fit yet if
- You’re still at the idea stage
- You have no plans to sell overseas this year
Browse our cross-border selling guides in the meantime.
What clients say
“They did all the heavy lifting. We then made the move to the new 3PL, at no cost to us.”
Dylan, The Brooklyn
“He pulled all the data together so we could make a true comparison.”
Glen, Madd Gear
Read more customer success stories.
our partners
Supported by trusted experts in every part of exporting
We partner with leading, reliable experts in their field. Warenous built the Export Starter Pack because exporting should be easier to start than it is, so we coordinate every part of your setup through one point of contact.
Local Bank Account
Open a local currency business bank account in your new market, so you can get paid and pay suppliers without costly conversions.
Local Taxes
Understand where and when you need to register, collect and file sales tax, VAT or GST, with a clear compliance roadmap.
Freight Forwarding
Move stock from your factory or warehouse into your new market, with a forwarder suited to your volumes and lanes. New to shipping terms? Read our guide to freight terminology.
Duties, Including Importer of Record
Clear customs correctly, with duties calculated and an Importer of Record arranged where you need one. Read about the new US Importer of Record rules.
Export Starter FAQs
General
Our partners pay us when you choose to work with them, so you pay nothing to Warenous. You’re free to choose any partner we recommend, or none.
No. The Export Starter Pack covers 3PL warehousing, sales tax advice, duties and Importer of Record, freight forwarding and a local bank account. Pick only the services your business needs, and add more later.
No. Once you get in touch, we coordinate the partners for you, so you have one point of contact through the whole setup.
No. The Export Starter solution is completely free to use. No credit card required.
There are some optional services we can provide for which there is a fee i.e. warehouse modelling, however these are entirely optional.
You can use any of these services:
- Being matched to a reliable 3PL warehouse in your export market
- Sales tax advice for your export market
- Duties guidance, including an Importer of Record where you need one
- An introduction to a trusted freight forwarder
- Help opening a local currency business bank account
The Export Starter Pack doesn’t include 3PL set-up costs or ongoing warehouse fees. It also doesn’t include ongoing collection and filing of sales tax from your shopping cart; our tax partner can provide that as an optional paid service.
We help brands set up in markets including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. For market-specific detail, see our guides to selling in Australia from overseas and expanding into Canada.
Yes. We introduce you to a freight forwarder suited to your volumes and shipping lanes, to move stock from your factory or warehouse into your new market.
Sales tax and duties
It depends on the market. In the US, each state sets its own rules. You generally need to collect sales tax in a state once you have “nexus” there: a physical presence, such as stock held in a 3PL warehouse, or sales above that state’s economic threshold. Other markets use VAT or GST, with their own registration thresholds. Our tax partner will confirm where you have obligations.
Register before you start collecting tax in a market: as soon as you pass a registration threshold, or when you create a physical presence such as storing inventory in a local warehouse. Thresholds are usually measured on sales over the current or previous year, so it’s worth tracking them before you launch.
It depends on how you ship. If you send parcels direct from overseas, duties are either collected at checkout or charged to the customer on delivery, which can lead to refused parcels. If you ship stock in bulk to a local 3PL, you pay duties once at import and your customers pay nothing extra on delivery.
Since August 2025, parcels shipped to the US from overseas no longer enter duty-free under the US$800 de minimis exemption. Every parcel needs a customs entry and pays duty. Shipping stock in bulk to a US 3PL means you clear customs once per shipment, not once per order. Read more on how to reduce the impact of de minimis removal.
The Importer of Record is the party legally responsible for bringing goods into a country: filing the customs entry, paying duties and making sure the goods comply. If your business isn’t based in the market, you’ll need to register as a non-resident importer or use an Importer of Record service. See our guide to the new US Importer of Record rules.
Not always. Many brands sell overseas without a local company, using a non-resident registration for sales tax and an Importer of Record for customs. A local entity can make sense as you grow, for banking, contracts or tax reasons. We’ll connect you with the right advisor to weigh it up.
You might. Many markets, including most US states, require registration based on sales volume alone, even with no physical presence. Once you store stock in a local 3PL, that warehouse can create an obligation too. Our tax partner will confirm what applies to you.
3PL warehousing
We meet with you to understand your specific requirements and answer any questions you may have regarding moving to an overseas 3PL warehouse.
We then run a competitive pitch process with the 3PLs to obtain proposals.
We will then run through the proposals and the benefits of each of the 3PLs.
We will then organise a physical or virtual warehouse tour to ensure that there is a cultural fit between your business and theirs.
The last thing you want is for the 3PL to create more hassles than they save.
Three main reasons:
- We have years of expertise and know the market
- We can save you both time and money
- It is free and so zero risk for your business
We thoroughly screen each of the 3PL warehouses we work with to ensure they have the systems, IT and resources to provide a reliable service.
Most importantly, we meet with the management team, often visit the warehouse, and talk to some of their customers before recommending them to a client.
This is highly variable but usually we can have rates back to you within 3-4 days.
The danger of ‘off the shelf’ rates (or instantaneous rates) is the 3PL has to include a buffer to take into account some clients will create more costs for their business than others of the same size. That means you can end up paying more for those instantaneous ratecards.
The majority of our 3PL warehouse partners will take your requirements and develop a custom ratecard for your business. While this can take a day or two longer than an ‘off the shelf’ ratecard, it ensures the rates are aligned to your specific business.
What’s important is that you don’t rush into making a decision given your logistics’ costs can have a huge impact on your bottom line.
YES, absolutely. The vast majority of our warehouse partners have multiple warehouses across different states/countries.
We will be able to help you with advice on a single node or multi-node warehouse solution.
No, but it usually helps. Shipping each order from overseas means longer delivery times and duties on every parcel. Holding stock in a US 3PL gives customers domestic delivery and lets you pay duties once per shipment. Read how to choose the right cross-border fulfillment model.
Costs depend on your order volume, product size and the services you need. Typical charges cover receiving, storage, pick and pack, and shipping. Read our guide to 3PL warehouse costs or estimate yours with the 3PL cost calculator.
Local bank account
Availability depends on the market. Tell us where you’re expanding and we’ll introduce you to a banking partner that supports it.
Collecting sales and paying local suppliers in the same currency avoids conversion fees on every transaction, speeds up payouts from marketplaces and payment platforms, and makes it simpler to pay local partners such as your 3PL.
Not always. Some providers can open local currency accounts for overseas businesses without a local entity. We’ll introduce you to a partner that fits your situation, and you apply with them directly.
Book your free consultation
Tell us what you need and where you’re expanding. We’ll reply within 24 hours.
- Free, no obligation
- Choose only the services you need
- One point of contact for your whole setup
