Buying from abroad for your business

Most of this site is written for someone buying one thing for themselves. This page is for clinics, salons, studios, workshops and small importers — people who need a number they can put in a budget before they commit to anything.

What is different about a business order

You need the price before the decision, not after. That is the whole service: one fixed final price in Egyptian pounds, with Egyptian customs already inside, that does not move afterwards. You can put it in a quote to your own client and know it will hold. If customs costs us more than we expected, that is our loss, not a variation on your invoice.

Quantity helps — but far less than people assume. This is the part worth being precise about, because it changes what you should order.

From our calculator on 7 September 2026. The pattern: on dense, expensive items the product price already dominates, so buying five barely moves the per-unit figure. On small, cheaper items the fixed costs dominate, and ordering together transforms them.

So if you are buying one expensive machine, order it when you need it — waiting to bundle it saves you almost nothing. If you are buying consumables, order a term's worth at once.

What tends to work

Professional equipment with no Egyptian distributor — the specific model, not the nearest local equivalent

Consumables and small parts, ordered in quantity

Replacement parts for equipment you already run, where the alternative is downtime

Specialist tools that simply are not sold here

What tends not to

Anything heavy and cheap. Weight and bulk are what the cost is built on; a heavy inexpensive item is the worst case, and Egypt usually sells it.

Anything needing a serviceable warranty. A machine you depend on daily, bought abroad, means you own any failure. For a critical piece of equipment, a local supplier with a service contract may be worth its premium — and sometimes is not, but decide it knowingly.

Anything on a deadline. Two to three weeks from purchase. If a job starts in ten days, buy locally.

Things to settle before you order

Voltage. Egypt runs on 220 V. Much American equipment is 110 V only, and a motor or heating element will not run here. Tell us if it plugs into a wall and we will check before you commit.

The exact specification. Model number, configuration, voltage, and any accessory you are assuming is in the box. A near-equivalent is not the same machine.

Restrictions. Some categories are difficult to bring in, and commercial quantities are treated differently from personal use. Say what it is for. We will tell you plainly, including when the answer is no — and we will not describe goods as something they are not to make an order easier.

Documentation. If you need paperwork for your own accounts, ask at the quoting stage rather than after delivery.

How it works

Send us the links — or photos of the products and their labels if you do not have links — and a person comes back with one fixed price in Egyptian pounds, usually within hours. You pay 20% to start, the balance before delivery, and nothing at your door.

There is more on the arithmetic in what it really costs to buy from America to Egypt, and on the cases we advise against in what not to buy from abroad. If you would rather talk it through, our page for professionals has the way in.