Aliexpress Saver Shipping is a budget-friendly way to ship orders from AliExpress. It was created following the announcement of new delivery rules in early 2017, when all sellers were required to send orders with a trackable tracking number.
In the vast majority of cases, Aliexpress Saver Shipping is available for items costing $5 or less. The shipping method is free, but sometimes you must pay a nominal fee to take advantage of it.
The seller sends the goods to the Aliexpress warehouse, where the orders are sorted. From the warehouse, the orders are sent to the airport for onward delivery to the recipient.
Aliexpress Saver Shipping
Aliexpress Saver Shipping is a shipping method from AliExpress that offers a lower shipping cost than AliExpress Standard Shipping but a longer delivery time.
When sellers hand over parcels to the AliExpress sorting centre, each shipment is categorised by weight, size and destination country. Orders are then sent to the next point in the order itinerary. After leaving China, the parcels are sent to a transit state and then go to the destination country.
With Aliexpress Saver Shipping, goods are usually delivered within 15-60 days, depending on the destination country and other factors. The shipping cost depends on the weight and size of the goods, as well as the origin and destination country.
The average waiting time for a parcel delivered by Aliexpress Saver Shipping is around 20-30 days.
Aliexpress Saver Shipping is one of the many shipping options offered on AliExpress, and may be more beneficial if you are in no hurry to get your item and want to save on shipping costs.
Tracking packages
Parcels delivered by Aliexpress Saver Shipping can be tracked with a tracking number in international format. The track number will be in the following format: SA000000000LV to determine the current location of your order.
It is known that delivery of the goods sent by Aliexpress Saver Shipping is handled by postal companies in the recipient’s country. These public postal services have a parcel tracking function on their websites, which can also be used to get information on the location of the postal item.
Some customers confuse Aliexpress Saver Shipping with AliExpress Standard Shipping or AliExpress Premium Shipping. The latter two shipping methods differ not only in delivery time, track numbers, cost, and sometimes the companies that transport the parcels to the destination country. All of these methods have in common that each parcel must go through a sorting centre by AliExpress before being transported to the recipient.
Disadvantages of the delivery method
The main disadvantage of Aliexpress Saver Shipping is that the shipping method has restrictions on the size and weight of parcels. If in other methods you have to pay once for delivery of several items in one parcel, in the method under review you have to pay for the delivery of each item separately.
When ordering 5 or more items you may find that Aliexpress Saver Shipping is not profitable. Sellers have anticipated this problem, and if the buyer needs a large number of items – then, for example, they can offer to change the shipping method to Aliexpress Standard Shipping.
On the one hand, the seller gives you a traceable tracking number and you can see the parcel’s movements all the way to your post office. But it turns out that because of the peculiarities of this type of sending, there are difficulties in receiving the parcels.
The fact is that Aliexpress Saver Shipping ships your parcels in the following way:
- The seller sends your item to an Aliexpress warehouse.
- At the Aliexpress warehouse, the parcels are sorted into large packages. There may be several dozen shipments in a package, going to nearby addresses.
- A single tracking number will be assigned to these parcels. That is, several parcels are combined into one parcel and will have a common tracking number. It is this track number that will be tracked.
- When the parcel arrives at the post office, the package is opened and the parcel is prepared for issue.
This way, your parcel will not have its own track number. You will at most be able to know that your order has arrived at the post office. Then the postman has to bring you a notice to collect the parcel.
Since this method is only for cheap goods, you do not have to worry that the parcel will be stolen. After all, it does not represent any special value. But that’s somewhere to accidentally fall into a remote corner, or get lost, it may. And how do you receive an item if it has no track? You could, of course, try to come and ask the post office staff to look at a parcel in your name. But on the other hand, according to the regulations of the Russian Post, employees are not obliged to look for parcels which have no postal identifiers. Therefore, buyers of Aliexpress are already facing the problem that the track shows that the parcel has arrived. But they have not received a notice. And the post office staff refuse to search by passport. And, in general, they have every right to do so.
It is a strange situation when you see that the parcel is already waiting for you, you cannot receive it. Once again, I would like to stress that this is the case when you do not receive a notice.
We hope that Aliexpress will pay attention to the existing shortcomings of Aliexpress Saver Shipping, and fix them soon. Feel free to give your impressions and feedback on the shipping in the comments to this publication.
Dispute when an Aliexpress Saver Shipping package is not received
It is useless to open a dispute. As there is not even a suitable reason for dispute. The track was tracked, the parcel arrived at the post office and is ready for delivery. The reasons why the buyer did not receive the parcel are his own business. And there is no way to get the money back, the dispute will be closed in favor of the seller. After all, he fulfilled his obligations.
The meaning of Aliexpress Saver Shipping is that the site Aliexpress this method removes responsibility for the negligent work of the Russian Post. Parcels without a track have been lost and disappeared before. Only now Aliexpress and sellers will not lose money for them. All the consequences will fall on the buyer.
One good thing is that Aliexpress Saver Shipping only delivers very cheap goods. And, if something happens and you don’t get the parcel, the amount of loss is small. But, if you want the parcel to go with a regular tracking number, then it is better not to contact Aliexpress Saver Shipping, and choose another way of delivery that offers you the seller.
But hopefully the situation will somehow change for the better over time. And parcels sent this way will not inconvenience the recipients.
Why do you pay for each item in Aliexpress Saver Shipping?
Previously, you could find items on Aliexpress where the number of items did not affect the shipping cost. That is, if you ordered 1 item and 10 items, the cost was the same. But now, if you select multiple items with Aliexpress Saver Shipping, this option either disappears. Or the amount of delivery begins to summarize. That is, if you order 5 units of an item you will pay for shipping at five times the rate. But why does it happen? It’s never happened before!
It’s actually due to the weight and cost restrictions that Aliexpress Saver Shipping has. The item has to weigh less than 2kg and be less than $5. Therefore, often two or more items just don’t fit within these restrictions. They will either be heavier than 2kg together. Or (which is more common) more expensive than $5. Therefore, when selecting multiple pieces of merchandise, the seller will offer a different shipping method and Aliexpress Saver Shipping will disappear from the list of shipping options. Or will send in multiple parcels – one item at a time. So the buyer will have to pay for shipping each one. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
FAQ
Where will parcel delivered by Aliexpress Saver Shipping arrive?
To the postal company in the recipient’s country.
How to track Aliexpress Saver Shipping parcels?
Use Aliexpress mobile app to track your orders. Also 17track.net and global.cainiao.com will be helpful.
How do I choose the Aliexpress Saver Shipping shipping method?
You can check whether you can select this delivery method on the specific item page under “Delivery”.
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