What Aramex Shop & Ship is
Aramex Shop & Ship is a mail-forwarding service. Sign up, get a US (and UK/India/etc.) warehouse address, order from any US online retailer, and Aramex forwards to your home country. Especially popular in GCC, Levant, and South Asia with integrated local delivery.
Strengths: per-kg shipping pricing, established, integrated with Aramex's local last-mile network, works for hundreds of US retailers.
What Selectido is
Selectido offers two complementary services: (1) Live-video personal shopping: a specialist drives to a US store, joins a video call with you, walks the aisles together, and physically buys items at the register. $75/hr, no subscription. (2) US package forwarding: get a personal Suite ID at our Minneapolis hub, order from any US store online, we receive, hand-check, photograph, and forward internationally. $14.99 per package, or free if you book a $75+ live shopping session that month.
Book a $75 live shopping session for items you want to inspect in person, and forwarding for that entire month is free. So if you shop the US multiple times per year, a single session covers unlimited forwarding that month.
Side-by-side comparison
| Aramex Shop & Ship | Selectido | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Mail forwarder (warehouse address) | Live video + forwarding |
| Monthly subscription / fee | ~$45–65/year membership | None — pay per service |
| Forwarding fee per package | Per-kg shipping costs | $14.99 (or free with $75 session) |
| Live video shopping | Not offered | $75/hr at any US store |
| Costco access | ✗ (no membership at warehouse) | ✓ (specialist is member) |
| Trader Joe's | ✗ (doesn't ship) | ✓ (in-store only) |
| Apple Store retail | ✗ | ✓ (in-store, AppleCare) |
| Sephora prestige (blocked by forwarders) | Often blocked | ✓ (purchased directly) |
| Photos before shipment | Not standard | ✓ Always included |
| No item markup | Possible small markup | ✓ Store price only |
| Local delivery (GCC, Levant) | ✓ Integrated | International only |
When they're complementary, not competitive
Honestly: they serve different use cases.
- Use Aramex Shop & Ship for: ordering from Amazon US (when Amazon won't ship to your country directly), buying from small US online retailers (specialty supplements, hobby gear), bulk online orders where you know exactly what you want. The integrated local delivery in GCC and Levant is a major advantage.
- Use Selectido for: shopping at Costco, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Walmart Supercenter, Target, Apple Store retail, Sephora prestige beauty, outlet malls, anywhere you want to inspect items on video before purchase, anything where store-side membership/loyalty matters.
The pricing reality
For pure forwarding of known items: Aramex's per-kg model is predictable and often cheaper on small orders. Selectido's $14.99 flat fee is better for larger items.
For shopping + forwarding: Selectido wins. You get to inspect items on video, and the $75 session makes all forwarding free that month. Aramex can't do shopping at all.
Frequently asked questions
Different cost structures. Aramex charges per-kg shipping with a yearly membership fee (~$45–65). Selectido charges $14.99 per package or free with a $75 live session. For large purchases, Selectido often wins. For tiny one-off orders of known items, Aramex may be cheaper. But Selectido's bundle pricing is unbeatable if you need in-store access (Costco, Trader Joe's, Apple).
Yes. Many customers use Aramex for routine online orders (especially where the local integrated delivery in GCC/Levant matters) and Selectido for in-store shopping or when they want to inspect items on video. This is a valid setup.
Yes — if you've already established an Aramex US address, tell us at booking and we'll ship Selectido items there for Aramex to forward. That's a valid setup if you want to keep both services and minimize confusion.
Because real labor is involved. A person drives to the store, walks the aisles, joins a video call with you, and pays with a card. Aramex has no shopping cost because there's no shopping happening on their end — it's pure warehouse forwarding of items you've already purchased online.
Forwarding alone is $14.99 per package with Selectido. But if you ever shop the US in-store (Costco, Target, Apple, Whole Foods), a single $75 session that month covers unlimited forwarding, making it free. So Selectido's bundle is designed for shoppers who use the US marketplace across both online and retail channels.