DDP shipping for gym equipment looks like the simplest number in the whole purchase: one price, delivered to your door, nothing else to pay. In practice it is the number most buyers understand least, and the gap between what they think it includes and what it actually includes is where orders go wrong. Here is […]
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Gym Equipment Container Loading: How Many Machines Fit in a 40ft, and How to Plan the Load A 40 ft high cube holds roughly 20 to 26 commercial machines in a mixed cardio and strength order, or around 40 if you are shipping bikes and racks only. The number that actually decides your plan is […]
Gym Equipment Lead Times: How Long It Really Takes From Order to Installed Gym A standard container of gym equipment takes about 8 to 12 weeks from the day you pay the deposit to the day your installers finish bolting machines to the floor. Split roughly: 25 to 45 days in production, 3 to 7 […]
Gym Equipment Landed Cost: How to Work Out What Your Order Actually Costs Delivered The FOB price on the proforma invoice is not what your gym equipment costs. Landed cost is the FOB price plus ocean freight, insurance, duty, customs clearance, port charges, inland delivery and whatever it takes to get the machines off the […]
Gym Equipment Shipping Guide: Containers, Freight Costs, and Customs for Importers The price of the machines is only half the story, and importers who learn this the hard way learn it at the port. A container of gym equipment from China can cost $2,000 to $6,000 in freight alone depending on the season, and the […]