How to buy on Wallapop from outside Spain

Wallapop is one of the most well-known and widely used platforms for buying and selling second-hand products. However, outside of Spain it is more complicated to use it because it requires carrying out a series of procedures. So, how about we tell you How to buy on Wallapop from outside Spain?

Below you will find all the details that will help you purchase step by step and with a guarantee.

What Wallapop says about international purchases

If we go to the main page of Wallapop, in the section of specific conditions of the shipping service, you will see that offers different areas such as mainly Spain, Italy and Portugal. This means that you won't have any problems buying on Wallapop from outside the country if you are in Portugal or Italy. But in the rest of European countries, or even in the world, it is more problematic.

As for the shipping cost, it will depend on the weight of the product, the type of shipping and Wallapop's protection. Therefore, until you see the product advertisement and set the conditions under which you want to receive it, you cannot know what the final price will be.

What we can tell you is that the shipping price when it is from Spain to Spain will be much cheaper than if it were international from Spain and Italy or vice versa.

What you need to buy on Wallapop from outside Spain

There are two reasons why you would want to buy on Wallapop from outside Spain.

• The first of them would be in case you were on vacation or temporarily out of the country. While browsing the app or website you have seen something that interests you and you want to buy it. In this case you can do so by sending the product to the address in Spain and you could pick it up when you return from that holiday or from that temporary period.
• The other scenario is that you are outside of Spain and still see something you like on Wallapop, whether it is from Spain or another country. If that is the case, then you will need a central address where the package is received and then managed so that it arrives at your home.

Buying on Wallapop from outside Spain and sending to Spain

As you know, Wallapop always needs an address to guide you when giving you results regarding the product you are looking for. Therefore, in the first case you could enter your address in Spain, or that of a friend or family member and review the different products that are available or that interest you.

Once you have located the product, all you have to do is buy it and the seller will send it to that address in Spain. It will arrive at the address you have given and you can pick it up when you return to the country.

Buy on Wallapop from outside Spain and send abroad

The other option you have is to buy in Spain or any other country and send it to a different one. For example, imagine the case of a person who is in Italy and wants to buy something that is in Spain.

The first thing you should keep in mind with Wallapop from abroad is that to buy you need to be registered on a page that allows you to buy any product in any store both in Europe and around the world, regardless of where you are. For example, a website where you can buy in Germany, Italy, or Sweden and receive those orders wherever you are, at which point you would buy from stores that are not in Spain. But you would receive them at your home or at an agency to pick them up.

One of those pages could be the one my European address. This allows you to register with all the necessary information. For example, this can be your own shipping address and contact details and thus obtain a virtual shipping address.

When detailing the address to which the products you purchase should be sent in your Wallapop profile, you must use that virtual shipping address.

In this way, the product is sent to a kind of warehouse where it is available for you to manage and have it sent to your home in another country.

For example, imagine that you have seen an exclusive Spanish video game on Wallapop and the price is much lower than in your country. So you want to buy it. However, you know that Wallapop does not allow you to buy it if you are not in Spain. So you decide to use one of the websites that allow you to have a virtual shipping address. You register and get that address that you put in the Wallapop shipping address.

Then You contact the seller and come to an agreement. You pay for the product and the shipping process begins.

On the other hand, on the website where you have registered you must notify that a package in your name will arrive at that virtual address so that they are aware. After a few days the package arrives at that warehouse. And you receive a notification that it has arrived. On the website where I have registered you You can arrange for that package to be sent to your home address, whether it's France, Germany or any other country you may be in.

Just a few days later you will receive that package from Wallapop at your home.

Of course, there are two problems you may encounter. The first one is obvious, the virtual address and shipping and delivery service of the product is not free. You have to pay for that service and sometimes the price makes the product too expensive. On the other hand, The second problem you have is the fact that, when Wallapop notifies that the product has been delivered, It only gives you a few days to check if it's okay. And if shipping from the warehouse to your home takes longer, you may not have a warranty. Especially if the product is in poor condition or you've been scammed.

Buying on Wallapop from outside Spain is no longer as difficult as it used to be. But it has its drawbacks. Have you ever bought on Wallapop from another country?