Last update: 4th August 2026

USA Shipping

Shipping is officially back on for the United States; however it comes at a great cost 💀. Unfortunately the tariffs have increased by a ridiculous amount and our US customers will now be paying incredibly high tariffs for Quirky goods. 

To be clear, these tariffs are set and collected by the current US administration and all tariffs collected by Quirky on behalf of our customers are paid to the US Government.  

This is an astronomical tax on international goods for US customers and we are so disappointed things are going this way. 

What has changed?

• The USA has changed the tariff rates from being a flat rate across all product types to being specific for each item. Each product we sell has a unique HS code, and each HS code will have its own specific percentage that is charged for the tariffs. Although we are based and send our goods from Australia, we are subject to Chinese tariffs as that is where we produce our goods. 
• These price increases will appear in the 'shipping price' during the checkout process. The shipping will appear to be super expensive, but if you check the breakdown underneath, you will see that the shipping price is quite affordable and the taxes/tariffs listed alongside actually make up the majority of the portion. 
  
• Tariffs/taxes are currently collected by us on behalf of the customer and we pay this balance to the US customs agency. The rates are calculated and frequently updated by Zonos - we do not calculate or set these rates ourselves. Zonos stay up to date with all updates in the market and apply them accordingly. 

We are so sorry for the continued shit show of the US and the tariffs. Sadly there isn't much we can do and we are taking some big blows as a small business with all of these changes. We know that these increases are going to price a lot of people from purchasing quirky, which we totally understand. 

To the customers who will still continue to purchase with us from here on out - thank you so so much. We know you must really love quirky to be willing to pay for it, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. 

Hopefully we get some lucky girl energy for the next election, huh? Also, remember to vote in all of your elections - plz and thank you 💛