by Senior Staff Writer – Jason Bean

If you haven’t noticed, it’s a global economy we’re living in. Or is it? I know that I can go see stuff available from a variety of international merchants, but I really don’t consider a location outside of the United States as a supplier for any of my needs. At least not a direct supplier.

I’d say one of the hurdles for me is to worry and pay for international shipping. I’m not really concerned about the integrity of international merchants for the most part. I’m also not very concerned about currency exchange. As long as someone takes care of it for me and says the money will get to wherever it needs to be in the format it needs, I don’t over think it. Shipping is another matter though.

How much is it going to cost? When will it get here? What headaches do I need to take an aspirin for now to start thinking about it all?

Bongo International is a mail and package forwarding service for international delivery.

Bongo International and its distribution partners, who have been delivering goods worldwide for decades, have developed technologies and processes that have positioned Bongo to become the premier mail forwarding and parcel forwarding service in the US. Bongo employees are behind the scenes from the time your shipments are sent to Bongo International to their arrival at your door, ensuring that every step is completed in a timely manner. From the active tracking of inbound and outbound shipments to and from the Bongo warehouse, to ensuring the proper packaging is used to protect your goods, Bongo employees are working tirelessly to ensure you have a positive experience.

Bongo International is working on simplifying all of that and have even developed the Bongo Buddy that you can install on your browser to help answer those questions. If suppliers have provided catalog details of their inventory, Bongo Buddy will match descriptions with size, weight and quantity to provide you with a total international shipping costs.

Watch this video to get a visual explanation of how all of this will work.

Through the other services provided by Bongo you can then check-out and finalize the process. Currently Bongo Buddy works with Firefox only.