Optional box size (cm) for volumetric weight
What the calculator adds up
Enter each item's price in yuan, its estimated weight in kilograms and a quantity, pick the country and a LitBuy line, and the box above prints one total. It converts yuan at LitBuy's own display rate, ¥1 ≈ €0.158 for Germany, Austria and France, ¥1 ≈ £0.132 for the UK and ¥1 ≈ $0.177 for the US (all 27 Oct 2026). Those rates are higher than typical bank rates, so use the total at checkout as the final word.
The tool only sums what you give it. It does not look up products, so find an item first in the LitBuy finds library and take the weight from the listing or from our estimates on each category page.
Item prices, weight and one line in; one door total out.
How the shipping price is worked out
LitBuy's estimator quotes each line at three weights. The calculator keeps those readings as "all-in" prices, meaning the EU lines already include the tariff prepayment. Below 500 g you pay the 500 g price; between the quoted weights the price rises along a straight line. Germany's three main lines look like this:
| Line | Working days | 500 g | 1 kg | 2 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT-Economy-DHL-DE | 10–15 | €23.08 | €30.42 | €45.09 |
| LIT-Quickly-DHL-DE | 8–13 | €23.23 | €30.72 | €45.69 |
| SF-DHL-DE-1 | 10–15 | €23.68 | €31.61 | €47.49 |
Austria, France, the UK and the US use the same method with their own readings. The straight-line step is our simplification: LitBuy only published three points, so a 1.55 kg parcel is priced by reading between the 1 kg and 2 kg figures.
Exact at 0.5, 1 and 2 kg; a straight-line estimate in between.
Worked example: three items to Germany
These are hypothetical items: a ¥110 tee at 0.25 kg, a ¥270 pair of jeans at 0.70 kg and ¥165 slides at 0.60 kg, the tool's default rows.
Three items, LIT-Economy-DHL-DE
Items: ¥545 × 0.158€86.11
Weight: 0.25 + 0.70 + 0.601.55 kg
Shipping: 30.42 + 14.67 × 0.55€38.49
Total to the door€124.60
Per item€41.53
Ship the ¥270 jeans alone and the tool gives €68.68 (shipping €26.02 for 0.70 kg), so adding the tee and slides lifts the bill by €55.92 for two more items. That gap is why parcels of several items are cheaper per piece; see how to combine items in one parcel.
Weigh the whole parcel, not each item.
Box size, volumetric weight and limits
Carriers bill the larger of real and volumetric weight. Fill in length, width and height and the tool divides the volume by 8,000 for DHL, GOFO and Royal Mail lines, or by 6,000 for the EMS and USPS lines it lists. A 35 × 25 × 15 cm box gives 1.64 kg, above the 1.55 kg actual weight, so the same example rises to €39.82 for shipping and €125.93 in total. If any side exceeds the line's size limit, such as 60 × 50 × 40 cm on LIT-Economy-DHL-DE, a warning appears.
A bulky parcel is billed for its box.
Sharing a result and reading the warnings
Your inputs are written into the page address, so copying the link reopens the same calculation on another device. Warnings appear for volumetric weight, oversize boxes, results above 2 kg (extended and flagged) and parcels above 10 kg, which LitBuy says are more likely to be treated as commercial. Customs rules differ by market; the Germany country page and the UK page cover them in short form.
Need a picture for a forum post? The haul card maker turns the same maths into an image. If you have no LitBuy account yet, send the row to us via the WhatsApp QR on the contact page: one delivered price, photos before dispatch, pay per order.
The link is the save file.
What the number leaves out
The figure is an estimate from a not-logged-in estimator. It leaves out coupons, QC extras (¥1 per custom photo), insurance and any import VAT on lines marked duties payable by recipient. For the plain-spreadsheet version of the same arithmetic, download the LitBuy spreadsheet template.
Good for planning, not a quote.
FAQ
How accurate is the LitBuy landed price calculator?
It is exact only at the three weights LitBuy quotes. We read LIT-Economy-DHL-DE on 27 October 2026 at 500 g, 1 kg and 2 kg (€23.08, €30.42 and €45.09 all-in) and the calculator draws straight lines between them. In between it is an estimate, and your checkout total can differ. LitBuy recalculates on the packed, chargeable weight after warehousing.
Why does the calculator use ¥1 = €0.158?
That is the rate LitBuy itself displayed on 27 October 2026, when a ¥95.00 weight fee was shown as €14.98. It is higher than most bank rates, so item prices look slightly more expensive than a card conversion would suggest. The total shown in your own currency at LitBuy's checkout is the figure that counts, and it can move.
What happens above 2 kg?
LitBuy's estimator quoted three weights for each line, so the tool extends the 1 kg to 2 kg slope beyond 2 kg and prints a warning to run the estimator for the exact figure. For the Germany Economy line that slope is €14.67 per extra kilogram. Treat any result above 2 kg as a rough guide, and check the real price before paying.
Does it include import VAT and duty?
On LitBuy's tax-free lines the all-in price already includes LitBuy's tariff prepayment, so nothing extra is added. Lines marked duties payable by recipient, such as EMS, can bring import VAT, duty and a clearance charge at the door, and the tool cannot predict those. Those options carry a "duties paid by you" note in the line menu.
How do I share or save a result?
Every change rewrites the address bar with your country, line, items and box size, so copying the page link reproduces the same calculation. The Copy button adds a one-line summary in front of that link, and phones show a Share button. Nothing is stored on a server; the numbers live in the link itself.
Which weight should I enter for an item?
Use the seller's stated weight if the listing gives one. Otherwise use a planning estimate: this site assumes 0.25 kg for a tee, 0.70 kg for jeans and 0.60 kg for slides, but those are assumptions and we did not weigh anything. Weigh a comparable item at home if you own one, and remember LitBuy bills the packed, chargeable weight.