The store declines your card
Some US stores only accept cards with a US billing address. With a forwarder, you are the buyer, so if your card is declined, the order does not happen.
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Stackry is a package forwarder: it gives you a US address, and you buy from the store yourself, with your own card. We found no buy-for-me service on the Stackry pages we checked in October 2026 (homepage, FAQ and pricing). So if a store declines your card or cancels an order sent to a forwarding address, you need another route, such as a personal shopper.
Big Apple Buddy is a personal shopping service based in New York. We buy from US stores for you, check the item, pack it, and ship it to your door in over 75 countries.
4.5★ from 693 reviews (Trustpilot, as of 2026-10-06)
The other service
You sign up and get a free US address (Stackry lists membership as free).
You shop at US stores yourself and pay with your own card.
The store ships to your Stackry address. Stackry charges a receiving fee per package and offers paid extras such as consolidation and repacking.
Stackry ships the parcels on to you. Stackry says it ships worldwide.
Source: Stackry homepage and FAQ, checked 2026-10-06; pricing page, captured 2026-10-05.
The limits of shopping yourself
Some US stores only accept cards with a US billing address. With a forwarder, you are the buyer, so if your card is declined, the order does not happen.
Some US stores do not ship to known freight forwarders, and say so in their own policies. The order can be accepted and then cancelled days later. Our guide explains why this happens and what you can do: orders cancelled at forwarding addresses.
What to do next
Some US stores ship abroad directly, and some checkouts offer PayPal or other wallets. If yours does, that is often the simplest route.
A different retailer may accept your card and ship to your Stackry address.
A personal shopper is like a friend in the US who buys the item for you and sends it on. Each store decides whether to accept an order, and some items cannot be bought or exported.
Where we fit
We place the order ourselves, and it comes to our facility in New York. You pay us once, at checkout or by accepting a quote. Each store decides whether to accept an order.
Our catalog lets you browse products from popular US stores, without a VPN, and check out straight away. For eligible items not in our catalog, send us a link for a quote. No US address, account or warehouse to manage.
The fee covers buying the item, a visual check, packing, customs paperwork, arranging shipment, and contacting the store if something goes wrong. The shipping charge itself is separate.
Our service fee, separate from the item price, shipping and any taxes, is $30 for the first item when the order's total product cost is under $200, or $50 at $200 or more, plus $15 for each additional item. See full pricing.
For over 10 years, customers have worked directly with our founder and CEO, Phillis, and her team, who look after each order from purchase to delivery.
Side by side
Stackry facts come from Stackry's own pages, each linked with the date we checked it. Ratings are from Trustpilot on the dates shown.
| Big Apple Buddy | Stackry | Source for the Stackry fact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you start | Browse our catalog and check out, or send a link for a quote | Sign up for a free US address, then shop at US stores yourself | Homepage, checked 2026-10-06 |
| Who places the order | We do | You do, with your own card | FAQ, checked 2026-10-06 |
| Buy-for-me service | Yes. Service fee (separate from item price, shipping and taxes): $30 for the first item if the order's product total is under $200, $50 at $200 or more, plus $15 per additional item. See /pricing/. | We found no buy-for-me service on the pages we checked | Homepage and FAQ, checked 2026-10-06; pricing, captured 2026-10-05 |
| Main published forwarding fees | Not a forwarder | Free membership; $2 per package received; $3 per package to consolidate; $5 to repack | Pricing, captured 2026-10-05 |
| If the store declines your card or forwarding address | We place the order ourselves, like a friend in the US (each store decides whether to accept an order) | You need another route | n/a |
| Package returns | We bought it and hold the receipt, so we can deal with the store (fee applies, store policy permitting) | Stackry can send a package back with a prepaid label ($7.50) | Pricing, captured 2026-10-05 |
| Countries served | Over 75 countries | "We ship worldwide" (Stackry's wording) | Homepage, checked 2026-10-06 |
| Trustpilot rating | 4.5 from 693 reviews (as of 2026-10-06) | 4.2 from 14,424 reviews | trustpilot.com/review/stackry.com, checked 2026-10-06 |
An honest answer
If you are happy to buy it yourself, a forwarder like Stackry will usually cost less than a personal shopper. Stackry lists free membership and a $2 receiving fee per package.
A US address you keep using, with consolidation, is what Stackry is built for.
We ship to over 75 countries. Stackry says it ships worldwide.
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We found no buy-for-me service on the Stackry pages we checked in October 2026 (homepage, FAQ and pricing). Stackry's website describes a package forwarding service where you shop at US stores yourself, with your own card, and ship to your Stackry address.
Stackry's pricing page (captured 2026-10-05) lists free membership, $2 per package received, $3 per package to consolidate, $5 to repack, and $7.50 per prepaid label to send a package back. International shipping is charged on top.
You can check whether the store has its own international checkout, try another store that sells the same item, or use a personal shopping service. Big Apple Buddy, a personal shopping service based in New York, places the order itself and receives it at its own facility, like a friend in the US buying it for you. Each store decides whether to accept an order.
With Stackry you buy the item yourself and pay Stackry's forwarding fees. Big Apple Buddy charges a service fee for handling everything for you. Our service fee, separate from the item price, shipping and any taxes, is $30 for the first item when the order's total product cost is under $200, or $50 at $200 or more, plus $15 for each additional item. Current fees are at bigapplebuddy.com/pricing/. If the store ships to forwarders and you are happy to buy it yourself, a forwarder will usually cost less.
Yes. You can use a forwarder for stores that accept your card and forwarding address, and Big Apple Buddy for the orders that need someone else to buy them. With Big Apple Buddy there is no account or US address to keep: check out from our catalog or send a link for a quote.
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