iShip vs Shipped.io
US buy-for-me service with a lovely site — no longer serving Lebanon.
This service has been discontinued.
Where Shipped.io is good
- • Genuinely nice, modern website and a clean buy-for-me flow.
- • Focused on US stores, which made the product easy to understand.
Where Shipped.io stops and we keep going
- • They stopped serving Lebanon after a couple of years — existing users needed a new provider.
- • US origin only; no Europe, China, UAE or Turkey.
- • No ship-for-me depth, no sea or cargo, no export, no selling.
Service by service
| Service | iShip | Shipped.io(closed) |
|---|---|---|
| Buy-for-Me (we buy for you)You send a link, we pay the store with our card and ship it to you. | Yes | Yes |
| Ship-for-Me (free warehouse address)You shop yourself and ship to a free address we give you abroad. | Yes | Limited |
| Warehouses in many countriesUS, UK, EU, China, UAE, Turkey — not just one country. | Yes | No |
| Express AND economy speedsA real cheap lane as well as a fast one — you choose per shipment. | Yes | Limited |
| Sea freight & cargoHeavy or bulky goods by sea, not only air courier. | Yes | No |
| Container consolidation, door to doorGroupage into a shared container and delivery all the way to your door. | Yes | No |
| Export FROM LebanonOutbound shipping and customs paperwork for goods leaving Lebanon. | Yes | No |
| Selling & fulfilment for youWe list your products on Amazon/eBay, store, pack and ship the orders. | Yes | No |
| Payment & money-transfer helpPay a foreign store, collect Stripe/PayPal proceeds, settle locally. | Yes | Limited |
| Worldwide pickup & forwardingCollection from an address we don't have a warehouse in. | Yes | No |
| Delivery to SyriaA dedicated Syria service, not just Lebanon. | Yes | No |
| Local human support (WhatsApp)A person who answers in Levantine Arabic, not a ticket queue. | Yes | Limited |
Compiled from publicly available information, last reviewed 2026-08-03. Shipped.io may have changed its offer — please check their current terms.
The short verdict
Shipped.io built a good-looking US buy-for-me product and then withdrew from Lebanon. That is the pattern worth understanding: a nice website is not the same as staying power. In twelve years we've watched company after company arrive and leave — iShip is still here, with the same team, through every crisis.
What you also get with iShip
- Both services, one account
Buy-for-Me and Ship-for-Me together. Most competitors do one or the other — we mix both in the same shipment.
- Six origins, not one
Free addresses in the US, UK, EU, China, UAE and Turkey — plus pickup from almost anywhere else in the world.
- Express, Normal and Economy
You pick the speed per shipment. Courier-only competitors leave you paying express prices for a pair of shoes.
- Sea freight, cargo and container consolidation
Heavy, bulky or commercial volumes move by sea and arrive door to door — a product parcel forwarders simply don't have.
- Export from Lebanon, not just import
Full outbound service with customs paperwork, HS codes and commercial invoices for Lebanese businesses.
- We sell and fulfil for you
List your products on Amazon and eBay through us; we store, pack, ship and handle returns. No forwarder on this list does that.
- Payments and money movement
Pay a foreign store when your card is refused, collect Stripe or PayPal proceeds, settle locally in Beirut.
- Lebanon and Syria
Dedicated services for both markets — iship.me for Lebanon, ish7anli.com for Syria — with local human support on WhatsApp.
Frequently asked questions
Shipped.io stopped shipping to Lebanon — what do I use now?
Open a free iShip account: you get Buy-for-Me plus warehouse addresses in the US, UK, EU, China, UAE and Turkey, with local delivery and clearance handled in Beirut.
Why shipping companies in Lebanon come and go
Twelve years, still here
iShip has been shopping and shipping for Lebanon since 2014. Through the banking collapse, the port, the currency and the wars, we are the only shop-and-ship company in Lebanon that has stayed active the whole way.
Prices that can't hold don't last
Companies arrive with a headline price below real cost to win customers fast. When the freight bill arrives, the service degrades or the doors close — and the customer is left chasing a parcel.
The details are the job
Customs codes, declared values, prohibited items, airline rules, insurance, documentation. Miss those and shipments sit, get fined or get lost. Surviving here means doing the unglamorous part properly, every time.
We tell you when we're not the right answer
Some jobs — full containers, certain air-cargo projects, some lanes — are not what we do best, so we don't take them. We point you to the right professional instead. That's part of why we're still standing.