Passport Shipping

From our experience of working with Passport the company felt like a scam. Only few of our shipments arrive on time. Often they are 3-4 weeks late and several never arrived. The tracking gives almost no information about the whereabouts of a package. And the shipments go out with shipping companies nobody has ever heard of: Amarex, Fleet Optics, Colis Prive. Who are these companies? Passport, have you ever heard of Fedex or UPS?

We have been using Passport for our international orders for over a year. With the EU introducing additional requirements for overseas merchants selling/shipping to EU customers, and with Canada, ironically, being incredibly complicated to ship to from the US when it comes to customs and import fees, it's incredibly useful to be able to offer a hassle-free experience to our customers. Having all the costs displayed and collected on the checkout page is one thing, and we used to do that with Zonos, but dealing with everything related to customs on the backend is a lot of work as well, which Passport handles so we don't have to.
So far, our experience has been very good. We're actually migrating to another 3PL partner at the moment and keeping the Passport integration (which is great), orders are mostly delivered within a reasonable timeframe (all international shipping got worse during covid, but is now improving again), it's easy to file claims and get them approved if things do go wrong, and their team has always been responsive when we needed assistance with changing settings. Which is about the only thing that could be better - for some settings, you need to ask them, instead of being able to adjust them directly in the app. But since for us, they're mostly of the set and forget kind, that's never really been an issue.
Overall, if your 3PL can integrate with Passport and you're doing any amount of international orders, having them so you can offer DDP shipping to non-US customers should be a no-brainer.

Passport has been very helpful with following up on lost packages while it can take 24 hrs to hear from them once you know to expect this they are great with response and follow up. They work well with our 3PL to make International Shipping Easy. Would love to see more shipping options and lost package coverage without addtional fee but other than that they're wonderful. Great option to add on to your Shopify store to help clients see upfront shipping costs with duties included where possible.

Passport has been great for us in the 3 (ish) years that we've been working with them. The biggest plus for us is the ability to offer DDP and DDU shipping options that are calculated at checkout. This makes it easy for customers to decide which option make the most sense for them without getting surprised at delivery.

In terms of support, we'll occasionally have an issue which will end up taking over 24 hours to be addressed but every question / hiccup we've had has been addressed with care.

We have a large international customer base and Passport has been a life saver. Before we started with Passport we experienced lost packages, packages being stuck in customs and high shipping rates for our customers. In the last 4 years since we've been using Passport I barely notice that an order is international because there is rarely an issue. Passport also integrates seamlessly with our fulfillment company. Any small issues that do pop up are handled immediately by Passport support staff. Cannot recommend the app enough!