Real situations we were built for.
Three deep playbooks for the specific moments when ordering from the US gets stuck — and how Selectido unsticks it. Pick the one that fits your week.
Pick your situation
Each card is a real, recurring problem we hear from customers — and the full playbook for solving it. Read whichever feels most like your week. If two fit, read both.
You found the thing. You added it to cart. Checkout rejects your country. Or charges $80 in international shipping. Or just refuses your address. The playbook for getting around the wall — without breaking US merchant terms.
Read the playbook →Similac, Enfamil, Bobbie, Kendamil — the specific US formula your pediatrician recommended isn't sold in your country, or is 3× the price, or stocks unpredictably. The playbook for sourcing safely, legally, and fast.
Read the playbook →Kirkland staples, US-only bulk packs, Costco-exclusive electronics — locked behind the $65 membership. The playbook for shopping the warehouse legally without buying a membership, plus what we can't get even with full access.
Read the playbook →What's the same on every page
I'd been doing the "ask a friend in the US to mail it" thing for two years. The friend got tired. Selectido was the first service that didn't pretend international shopping was already solved — they actually walked me through the three reasons my Sephora orders kept getting blocked, and fixed it.— A customer in Dubai
Not sure which playbook fits?
Most situations actually overlap two of these. A parent ordering baby formula whose retailer also won't ship internationally is reading both Baby formula and Store doesn't ship internationally. Someone wanting Costco-exclusive baby items reads Costco without membership and Baby formula.
If you're stuck on a scenario we don't have a playbook for yet, message us — we'll walk you through it directly and probably end up writing the playbook based on your case.
Every use case here was built from a real customer message — not a marketing brainstorm. If the situation you're in isn't here yet, tell us. The next playbook gets written from the next message we can't fully solve in chat.