Cross-border injection · Any EU origin · No customs

Sell to Romania without opening in Romania

Label parcels in your warehouse in France with Romanian courier AWBs, ship us one consolidated pallet, and we inject every parcel into Romania's courier networks the same day it crosses the border — with cash‑on‑delivery in RON, a local return address and one support contact for everything.

France → Arad hub: 3–4 days by consolidated road freight

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Pilot from one pallet per week · No integration fees · Support in English

Paris · Warsaw · Budapest

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ARAD HUBthe western gate of Romania, on the A1 corridor

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Bucharest & Cluj next day · 6,000+ localities in 24–48 h

19Mconsumers in the EU's second-fastest-growing e-commerce market

~2 in 3Romanian online orders are paid cash on delivery — we collect it for you

8courier networks under one AWB API, incl. our own fleet in western Romania

1support contact for every parcel, no matter which courier delivers it

Cross-border rates are the tax you stop paying

A 1–2 kg parcel from France to a Romanian doorstep, side by side. Consolidation moves the border leg from parcel pricing to pallet pricing — that's the whole trick.

Cost component	International courier	Via SmartShip
Border leg (your warehouse → Romania)	€9 – 15 per parcel	€1.60 – 2.20 (pallet share)
Cross-dock & injection at Arad hub	—	€0.50
Domestic last mile (DPD, Cargus, Sameday, own fleet)	included, 4–7 days	€2.50 – 3.50, 24–48 h
Cash on delivery in RON	unavailable or surcharged	included
Local return address	no	included
Delivered cost per parcel	€9 – 15	from €4.90

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Indicative for 1–2 kg parcels at one pallet (~300 parcels) per week. Heavier and bulky goods — auto parts, home & garden, sports equipment — save proportionally more. Ask for a quote on your real parcel profile.

One support contact. Every courier. Every parcel.

This is the part merchants underestimate until month two: in Romania your parcels will ride four different courier networks — and you will never talk to any of them. Every AWB issued through our platform is our problem, not yours.

We chase, you sell

Delayed parcel, failed delivery attempt, wrong address, courier claim — our team opens and follows every investigation with the courier, in Romanian, until it's resolved.

Claims handled end-to-end

Lost or damaged parcel? One claim, filed with us. We recover from the courier and settle with you — you never learn four different claim procedures.

Your customers, covered

Romanian-language tracking, SMS/email notifications and delivery rescheduling under your shop's name — your support team answers zero "where is my order" tickets in Romanian.

A named account manager

One person who knows your flows, answers in English within working hours, and reviews your delivery performance with you monthly.

Four steps, and only the first one is yours

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Label in your warehouse

Connect our API, Shopify or WooCommerce plugin. Every Romanian order generates a domestic Romanian AWB — you print it and stick it on the parcel, wherever in Europe your warehouse is.

Your side · ~1 day to integrate

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One pallet to Arad

Stack the labelled parcels on a pallet and ship it with any consolidated freight carrier — Arad is the western gate of Romania, on the corridor every truck from Europe uses. We can arrange the linehaul if you prefer.

Fixed weekly departures · scale to daily

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We cross-dock the same day

Parcels are scanned in, sorted and handed to the right courier for each destination — DPD, Cargus, Sameday, FAN, or our own fleet across western Romania. Your customer sees a local shipment with local tracking, in Romanian.

No storage = no Romanian VAT registration needed

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Money and returns flow back

COD is collected in RON and paid out to you in EUR on a weekly schedule, with a per-order statement. Returns go to our Arad address, get inspected and photographed, and travel back to you consolidated — or re-enter stock for re-delivery.

Weekly payout · monthly returns consolidation

From anywhere in Europe to every Romanian doorstep

Goods in free EU circulation cross no customs — the model works identically from any member state. Typical consolidated road transit to our Arad hub:

from Germany 2–3 days from Poland 1–2 days from Czechia 1–2 days from Slovakia 1 day from Hungary 1 day from Austria 1–2 days from The Netherlands 2–3 days from Belgium 2–3 days from Italy 2–3 days from France 3–4 days from Spain 4–5 days from Lithuania 2–3 days

Your country not on the list? The model still works — any EU origin, plus Norway and Switzerland with standard customs handling. Ask us.

Built for shops one step before a Romanian warehouse

Strong fit

European shops doing 50–500 Romanian orders/week — or ready to switch the market on
Heavy & bulky categories: auto parts, home & garden, tools, sports, pet
Marketplace sellers (Amazon, Allegro, Kaufland, eMAG) testing a new country without fixed costs
Shops losing Romanian carts today because they can't offer cash on delivery

Questions merchants ask first

Which countries can I ship from?

Any EU member state — goods in free circulation cross no customs border. Most of our lanes today run from Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and the Benelux, but the model is identical from Italy, France, Spain or the Baltics; only the linehaul time changes. Norway and Switzerland work too, with standard customs handling on the border leg.

Do I need a Romanian company or VAT number?

No. Your goods stay in free EU circulation and we only cross-dock them — nothing is stored or sold from Romania on your behalf. You declare Romanian VAT through your One-Stop-Shop return at home, exactly as you do for any other EU country you sell into.

How fast does my customer get the order?

Consolidated road freight reaches Arad in 1–2 days from central Europe, 2–4 from western Europe (see the country list above); we inject the same day the pallet arrives and Romanian couriers deliver in 24–48 h. With one fixed weekly departure, promise 4–6 days at checkout; with two or three departures, 3–4 days. Once your volume justifies daily departures, 2–3 days.

Who do I contact when something goes wrong with a delivery?

Us — always and only us, regardless of which courier carries the parcel. Delays, failed attempts, address changes, damages, lost parcels: our support team handles the courier side in Romanian and answers you in English. One contact, one SLA, four networks.

How and when do I receive my COD money?

Couriers settle collected cash to us on their regular cycles; we reconcile per AWB and pay your balance weekly by SEPA transfer in EUR, with a statement listing every order, its COD amount and the exchange rate applied.

Who is liable if a parcel is damaged?

Each leg is insured: the freight carrier on the border leg, us during cross-dock, and the delivery courier's standard liability on the last mile — plus optional declared-value insurance at 1%. One claim contact for everything: us.

What volume do I need to start?

One pallet per week — roughly 50–300 parcels depending on your goods. That's deliberately low: the pilot exists so both of us can measure real per-parcel economics before you commit marketing budget to the Romanian market.

Who arranges the truck to Arad?

Either works. Ship with your existing freight forwarder to our hub address, or we book the linehaul through our carrier network and put it on the same invoice.

Send us your parcel profile. Get a real number back.

Tell us your typical weight, dimensions, weekly Romanian volume (current or targeted) and origin country. You'll get a per-parcel delivered cost, a payout schedule and a pilot start date — usually within two working days.

office@smartship.ro

Licensed postal provider (ANCOM SC-24649) · Operating Romania's multi-courier platform since 2020 · Arad hub — the western gate of Romania, on the A1 corridor