Shipping and storage

Storage, consolidation and packing limits

The warehouse is where an order waits and where most of the money is decided. This page covers the storage ladder, why combining items is cheaper, and the two limits that quietly break consolidation plans.

Check your storage dates Check a box

Ninety free days, then a ladder

ACBuy's storage policy is more specific than the usual single number, and the specificity is in your favour as long as you know it. Free storage starts the day an order is marked Stored, not the day you paid.

90 daysfree storage from the Stored date
28 daysgrace window to buy an extension
180 daysabsolute cap including extensions

Put your own date in

Type the date your order was marked Stored and this works out the three dates that matter. It is plain arithmetic on the published rule, not a quote.

Planning model using the policy recorded on 3 August 2026. Confirm current fees, storage deadlines and route rules in your account. This result does not establish present eligibility or a shipping quote.

Free storage ends (90 days): -
Grace window closes (+28 days): -
Hard cap (180 days): -

Source: ACBuy storage policy, how long can items be stored. Checked 2026-08-03.

Why combining items saves real money

International freight is not linear. A route charges a first weight band and then additional bands, and a customs declaration fee applies per parcel. Ship three items separately and you pay three first weights and three declaration fees. Ship them as one parcel and you pay one of each.

ACBuy's own restrictions page works an example through EMS to Singapore and shows the combined parcel costing substantially less than three separate ones. Those rates are an illustration on their page rather than a live quote, so the mechanism is the part to take away, not the numbers. For an actual figure use the official estimator.

The packing rules that decide what can travel together

Two limits on ACBuy's restrictions page do most of the damage to a consolidation plan.

First, if any single side of the packed item reaches 70 cm it has to be packed on its own. A tripod, a long poster tube or a hard suitcase can therefore break a plan that looked fine on weight alone.

Second, small volumes of liquids and medicines are suggested to stay under about 10 percent of the goods in a parcel. And one restricted item restricts the whole waybill, so a single problem product can block everything else you selected.

Source: ACBuy mailing restrictions, shipping restrictions Q and A. Checked 2026-08-03.

Checker

Will this box travel with the others

Enter the packed dimensions and weight. This checks the 70 cm rule and compares volumetric weight against real weight, which is what decides whether the box or the contents sets your price. It deliberately does not quote money.

Longest single side: -
Length plus width plus height: -
Volumetric weight (L x W x H / 5000): -
Likely chargeable weight: -

Choosing a route without chasing the cheapest number

ACBuy states it works with more than 150 shipping lines, and it filters the list down to what your specific goods and destination allow. Rather than hunting for the lowest figure, compare on four things:

Weight and size ceilings. A cheap line is useless if your box exceeds its limits.
Whether your goods are accepted. Electronics with batteries and anything liquid narrow the list quickly.
How duty is handled. Some lines are quoted as tax paid and some are not, and that difference dwarfs a few units of freight.
Published transit range. Treat the slower end of the range as the real one and you will be pleasantly surprised rather than annoyed.

Then run the numbers on the official estimator, because it is the only place that sees your actual parcel. If a route you expected is missing, the parcel contains something that route will not take, and the interface shows a reason.