What is Amazon?
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
How To Use Amazon In South Africa
To place your Amazon order from South Africa, simply go to Amazon.com and add the desired items to your shopping cart, then go to checkout and enter your address.
At this point, you should see if any items in your cart don’t qualify.
Once you proceed, Amazon adds in all your fees and import duties upfront and delivers your package via courier (Aramex), bypassing the slow and wildly unreliable South African Postal Service (SAPO).
How long will it take for my Amazon order to be shipped to South Africa?
I’ve interviewed several South African readers and they’ve all confirmed that the average delivery time with AmazonGlobal is 8 days.
8 days, people! This is mind-boggling to anyone who’s ever used SAPO for any mail going to South Africa. The standards are so low that you’d be happy to know it arrived there AT ALL. Some of you might remember my experiment with Christmas cards – nothing valuable in them – which confirmed that South Africa is dead last when it comes to international mail delivery.
The fast delivery time is possible because sending the goods via courier and paying the fees and duties upfront ensures that your package will not be held up in customs. Neither will it be held up in one of SAPO’s holding centers. I’ve seen pictures of one of those and it’s not a pretty sight, especially at Christmastime. It reminded me of our school’s lost-and-found bins, only a few thousand times as big (although, I’ll grant them that, perhaps a bit less smelly).
Does Amazon accept PayPal?
The most popular payment gateway and the world’s largest online retailer, it is obvious for this question to pop up – “Can You Use PayPal on Amazon?” The simple answer to this question is no, you cannot use PayPal on Amazon. Amazon does not accept PayPal as a direct payment method for purchases.
How do I get to Amazon from South Africa?
The quickest way to get from South Africa to the Amazon rainforest is to fly which costs R 10 000 – R 22 000 and takes 17h. How far is it from South Africa to the Amazon rainforest? The distance between South Africa and the Amazon rainforest is 9359 km.