Zonos Duty and Tax

Edited in 2024: I was contacted by Zonos a few years after writing a 2020 review and they explained the program is completely different now from what it was in 2020, based on customer feedback. They issued a full refund for the overcharges from 2020, with no expectation of an updated review. The entire refund transaction was respectful and professional and based on that alone I would give them another opportunity. We are not shipping as much internationally so we don't need the app now, but if our international shipping got busy then I would give them another look. I never had any unpleasant interactions with any of their support team during what was a stressful time for us in 2020 with huge overcharges from DHL. They say they have now taken over all the charges from DHL so our experience would be 100% different with no overcharged duties. That is reassuring and I'd be glad to deal with them in future. I have updated the review from 1 star to 3 stars based on the customer service. Earlier review from 2020: Would give MINUS 5 stars if possible. I've lost $600 by shipping my most recent five orders using this app. (Zonos reported, and customers were charged, shipping, taxes and duties of $2960.57, but DHL charged me $3560.42 for those five shipments.) I've spent hours trying to deal with the problem and provide accurate info to their support team in the past five months I've had the app installed. Their support team responds quickly but is useless at fixing the actual problems with the app, despite my providing detailed screenshots of exactly what is occurring with shipping pricing. Despite their "fixing" the dimensions of the products. Despite their "fixing" the charges. Nothing actually "fixed" the reason the app continually undercharged every single international customer for shipping, taxes and duties. Oh, and of course, absolutely zero refunds from them and zero response to my multiple requests for a refund of the monthly fee or the shipping undercharges. I relied on others' glowing reviews to install Zonos but this app completely disappointed and I would 100% recommend you stay away from it. I suggest checking out EasyShip or FlavorCloud for shipping from US to international destinations. That's what I'm doing as soon as I uninstall Zonos.

'Been using it for a few months. Not really sure how the pricing goes. For Canadian shipment I often see a $13 advancement fee which I don't understand. Zonos replied to my inquiry it's a FedEx fee to advance pay the duties and taxes which makes no sense since those duties are paid by us up front or by customer on delivery. FedEx is unresponsive at this point. I have my doubts the app is valuable or not to my internal shipping operation.

Zonos started off great, had it for over a year with not one issue. This year they are clearly going through some ‘changes’ I.e expanding too fast. Constant issues, they make changes to our store tax set up without evening letting us know, one minute charging no tax for a country and the next minute they are. Meaning all our website text is incorrect about shipping. The reply is the government have changed and it’s now mandatory to collect x amount in this country, well Zonos, how about an email to your stores letting them know! Rather than letting them go for days thinking sales are slow to find out customers are now paying hefty fees at checkout went they weren’t before! It’s called communication or a blanket email that you have/are changing the current set up to do XYZ for instance. Pretty naive to think you can just go around changing stuff and not have an effect on checkout conversion. I think the best one was when zone started charging duties on or EU products to the EU. Without telling us, once we realised I received a reply that they had a new blanket rule about preferential rules of origin and had decided our goods didn’t meet the criteria, yet they didn’t think to tell us and lastly were wrong! Our goods are of EU origins and are duty free. Hopeless. Also now makes me laugh support are Monday to Friday, great when they make changes on a Friday and disappear for the weekend leaving the store loosing money. AVOID

Horrendous and confusing 3 weeks of trying to get this app set up- there is nothing easy or straight forward about it as advertised. Waste of time.

Excellent customer service and assistance from the implementation team. Easy app to use. Would definitely recommend for international shipping.

Zonos makes cross-border much less intimidating and it is very easy to set up! Trevor and Adam were great at walking us through the process.

We use Zonos for international tax calculations and the Welcome Mat (we haven't moved over to Hello yet). We were launching a promo in less than 24 hours and needed last-minute changes to our now Zonos-unsupported Welcome Mat. Brandon Morin was knowledgeable, patient, and persistent (with his very busy team) and had the changes made with time to spare. Thousands of users and not a single Zonos issue during the madness of our promo. Thank you, Brandon -- you’re an awesome teammate.

I added this app so that my international customers weren't blindsided by taxes and duties upon receiving their packages, but I've had nothing but trouble with it. The support people who work for this company are awesome (hence the two stars instead of one), but unfortunately the app itself is terribly inaccurate. I worked with several of my international customers to ask them what their taxes were and they were absolutely never even close to what Zonos estimated for Landed Costs. They were always way higher than my customers had to pay. Additionally, simple things like adding UPS shipping was difficult because, again, the rates weren't even close to what I'd pay to ship via Shopify Shipping. I'm worried that the overestimations are scaring people away during the checkout process. I've just changed all of my shipping fees to say "You may be expected to pay taxes/duties upon receipt of your item." Problem solved and now I get to keep my $20/month plus whatever percent they were taking per international order.

I agree with the previous review. The app is supposed to give International customers a heads up into Duties/Taxes and make it easier for them to pay. Unfortunately, I'm losing more International orders than gaining because of the extra Zonos fees and Brokerage fees I could otherwise discount or rid of if I were allowed to use my UPS pricing agreement and a second account number. International is expensive as it is. Tagging on Zonos Fees and exxagerating to cover the spread is not generating more business. Not worth $99 in new orders after more than two months.

For the first time I have been able to sell products internationally with our customers being charged the correct shipping rate and more importantly our customers can see the landed costs with any duties at checkout. We love this transparency and it helps sell knowing that we don't have angry customers getting unexpected charges when goods are imported and delivered. The support team are really efficient and helpful. Highly recommend Zonos

Zonos takes the guess work out of selling abroad. More importantly, our international customer love and appreciate the full transparency that comes with having the total landed costs prior to checkout. It's a win-win for all involved.

The app works wonders, and they have a top notch customer support. Would totally recommend it, they even have additional quoting tools on their dashboard.

Zonos is Great! Support is always super fast and helpful. Love the transparency that this app adds to our international orders, makes it super clear for our customers about any extra charges, etc.

After a few hiccups (my fault not zonos) we were able to get the app up and running to expand service to our international customers. Zonos is user friendly, efficient and their customer service is top notch! Really love their test cart so you know what to expect without having to commit to placing an actual test order. Really great team- couldn't recommend them more!

We have used this app to improve our customer journey and to reduce returns due to customers not having transparency over the taxes applicable to their order. Zonos has been really helpful in reducing issues relating to customer taxes and duties and the team are really responsive and very helpful when we have any questions. Zonos is really easy to use and saves a lot of time when automating the shipping labels.

We have been using Zonos for about half a year now and the service has been exceptional. It's relived so many headaches for us and our customers when it comes to international duties and taxes and has enabled us to scale our brand globally. The team are A+++ too. Highly recommend!

The app & team behind Zonos have made the transparency with duties/taxes for our international customers very clear and seamless - they are not hit with any hidden fees at the borders. Highly recommend if you have international customers - Zonos will assist with every step & query along the way!

Zono's has helped increase our international sales. We have shipped international for years, but with all the custom forms, HS codes and rules, it was overwhelming to ship each package. After we got past the setup part with Zono's, it is so easy. We literally click create label and everything populates correctly, it interacts with our UPS account and we do nothing but print a label. It even puts the tracking number into the Shopify order once its created. It has made our lives so much easier and the customers now know exactly what they are paying, they have the option to pay duties/tax upfront or when it arrives, but there are no surprises for them or us.

The customer service with these guys is amazing. They are thorough and take time to explain things whenever you need help. This app also helps you to deal with duties and taxes worry free. Would highly recommend their services.

越境ECのオンラインショップを構築するにあたり、ShopifyエキスパートのアドバイスでZonos Duty and Taxを実装しました。FedExの運賃レートをAPI連携で反映させることが出来ること、HSコードを各商品に割り当てることで各国の税金も正確に反映させることが出来る点が、当社の目的に合致しました。2022年1月にFedExが改編した新サービス体系への対応が少し遅れたようで正確な料金表示が一定期間できなくなりましたが、サポートチームが対応してくれました。おおむね満足しています。