Pricing
One fee for our work. Every quote itemised.
You pay AmeriKiwi for buying, screening, receiving, repacking and supporting your order. Your quote separates the approved product price, our service fee, freight, courier, estimated duty and any same-item sourcing saving.
Service fee
NZ$35
minimum, per request
13.5%
of the product plus US domestic shipping — whichever is greater.
- Placing the order with a US card and address
- Import eligibility screening by a person
- Receiving, inspecting and photographing your parcel
- Repacking to keep freight down
- Consolidating multiple orders into one shipment
- Chasing the retailer or carrier when it goes wrong
Rough estimator
Drag to see how the service fee behaves. This is indicative only — your real quote is itemised and prepared by a person.
- Product cost in NZD
- at 1.71 NZD/USD
- NZ$257
- AmeriKiwi service fee
- NZ$35 minimum applies
- NZ$35
- Freight, delivery & duty
- varies with size, weight and Customs
- from ~NZ$39
Likely landed range
NZ$331 – NZ$421
A wide band on purpose. Small, dense items land near the bottom; bulky ones near the top. Duty and GST above the Customs threshold sit on top of this.
A worked example
What a real quote looks like
A US$150 pair of sneakers, shipped to Auckland. This is the same calculation our quote builder runs.
EXAMPLE QUOTE
Nike Air Max 1 ’86 OG
| Product cost $150.00 at 1.6800 NZD/USD | NZ$252.00 |
| US sales tax $12.38 | NZ$20.80 |
| AmeriKiwi service fee Purchasing, import screening, US receiving and support | NZ$35.00 |
| International shippingEstimate Confirmed once we weigh and measure your parcel | NZ$58.00 |
| NZ courier delivery Tracked courier to your door | NZ$12.00 |
| Estimated NZ duty & GSTEstimate Set by NZ Customs, not by AmeriKiwi | NZ$51.50 |
| Total | NZ$429.30 |
NZ$109.50 of this total is estimated — international freight is confirmed once we weigh and measure the parcel, and duty and GST are assessed by NZ Customs, not by AmeriKiwi.
What’s an estimate, and why
- International freight — charged on volumetric weight, which we can’t know until the parcel arrives with us.
- NZ duty & GST — assessed by NZ Customs at the border. We estimate it, pay it on your behalf, and pass on the receipt.
If an estimate lands materially over what we quoted, we contact you before charging anything extra. If it lands under, you keep the difference.
Fixed at the time of quoting
- Product cost
- $150.00
- US sales tax
- $12.38
- Exchange rate used
- 1.6800 NZD/USD
- Service fee
- NZ$35.00
- NZ courier delivery
- NZ$12.00
Questions
The things people ask first
New to US shopping? Start with the USA buying guide or compare parcel forwarding to quote-based purchasing.
When do I pay?
Only after you've accepted a quote. Requesting and being quoted costs nothing, and declining a quote costs nothing.
Do you mark up the product?
We do not add a hidden product markup after you accept a quote. The quote shows the approved product price used for pricing and our service fee separately. If we obtain the identical approved item for less, your quote may show an AmeriKiwi sourcing saving for your share; AmeriKiwi may retain the remaining saving for the sourcing work.
What about NZ duty and GST?
NZ Customs generally collects GST and duty on goods over the current threshold. We estimate it, pay it for you and show you the receipt. We don't add anything to it.
Can I combine several orders?
Yes — that's one of the main reasons to use us. We hold your parcels at our US address and send them as one shipment, so you pay international freight once.
What if the retailer sends the wrong thing?
We check every parcel when it lands with us. If it's wrong or damaged we photograph it and take it up with the retailer before it leaves the US.
What if it turns out it can't be imported?
We find that out before you pay, not after. If we've already bought it and something changes, we refund what we can recover and explain exactly what happened.
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