Brussels thinks you're a lazy shopper.

Since 1 July, every cheap parcel an online seller sends you from outside the EU pays €3 for each type of item inside. In November Brussels adds €2 more. Some countries stack their own fee on top of that. Ursula is not having it.

Buy in China. Deliver in China. Ship it home yourself.
Not a distance sale, so not their €3.

Import my cart — it's free

AliExpress order

3 different gadgets, shipped by the seller

Gadgets: €51.09
EU distance-sale duty3 item types × €3 · since 1 July 2026: €9.00
EU handling fee3 product groups × €2 · coming 1 November: €6.00
Your country's own fee: up to €5.00

Fees on feesup to €20.00

Lazy shopper surcharge

Ursula order

Same gadgets, bought by you in China

Gadgets: China prices
EU distance-sale dutyyou bought in China: €0.00
Shipping homeone parcel, quoted upfront: You choose

Not a distance sale

Ursula, a cream-furred creature with a blonde bob, pearls and a pink jacket, gleefully slamming a giant rubber stamp onto a parcel.

EU duty €3 per item type, 1 July 2026 to 1 July 2028 · EU handling fee €2 per product group, expected from 1 November 2026 · Romania 25 lei per parcel · Italy €2 per parcel from 1 December 2026 · France €2 per product type, suspended since 1 July 2026

Ursula sitting on a huge EU rulebook, reading the small print through a magnifying glass with a smug grin.

Ursula read the small print.

The €3 only applies to distance sales. By the EU's own definition, that means goods

“dispatched or transported to the customer by or on behalf of the supplier.”

Buy in China, get it delivered in China, ship it home yourself. The seller never sends anything to you, so it's not a distance sale.

Read the European Commission's explanation →

Paste your cart. Ursula does the digging.

Drop in your AliExpress cart or any shared wishlist link. Every item comes across with all its photos.

See the price China pays.

Ursula image-searches 1688, Taobao and Tmall, and puts the local price right next to the AliExpress one. You pick what to buy.

Real match from our image search, 1 October 2026. Item price only.

Ursula strolling through a lantern-lit Chinese market with a basket full of parcels while shopkeepers wave.

Buy it in China, with your own account.

Ursula helps you open your own Chinese shopping account. You're the buyer, and sellers ship to your address at our warehouse in China, like they do for everyone else.

Ursula waving from a wooden dock at sunset as a winged parcel flies off across the sea.

Shipped home in one go.

When everything has arrived, we pack it into one parcel and send it to your door. You see the shipping options and prices before it leaves.

Ursula, unimpressed, holding up an endless receipt covered in red fee stamps that piles up at her feet.

Meet Ursula.

She's read the receipt. Twice. She is not impressed. Small, sneaky and allergic to red tape, she's the one who found the way round the fees.

Questions

Is the Chinese account really mine?

Yes. It's opened in your name and you hold the login. Ursula helps with the setup; you place the orders.

Which marketplaces does Ursula search?

1688 for wholesale and factory prices, plus Taobao and Tmall for retail.

How does the matching work?

Ursula runs an image search with each photo of every item in your cart and shows you the closest matches with their prices. Pick a different photo of the same item to search again.

How do I know the shipping cost?

You see the options and their prices before anything leaves the warehouse.

Let Ursula loose on your cart.

Get early access when the doors open.