Looking for a Ship To Hawaii alternative that publishes its rates?
Shippy is a mainland freight forwarder built for Hawaii residents who are tired of the calculator wall, the membership tier, and the 'ships at least twice a week' SLA. Published per-lb rates. Same-day scan, photo, and dashboard. Package Protection included. No membership.
Why people switch.
Ship To Hawaii is the 20-year incumbent in the Hawaii package forwarding market. It works. But customers searching for alternatives consistently cite three complaints: they can't see rates until after they've paid the membership, intake is opaque and boxes move without a photo or dashboard heads-up, and a growing number of orders get mis-matched or delayed. This page covers what a Shippy customer gets instead, on each of those three axes.
Shippy versus Ship To Hawaii, point by point.
Pricing transparency, membership structure, intake visibility, transit time, lane structure, and dashboard quality. Here's how the two services stack up across the six dimensions that drive the Hawaii forwarding experience.
| Ship To Hawaii | Shippy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates | Calculator-wall. Must sign up to see prices. | Published per-lb table on the pricing page. |
| Membership | Three tiers: $0, $20/yr, $75/yr. | None. Pay per shipment. |
| Intake visibility | Opaque. No photo, no dashboard timeline, no heads-up before they move your box. | Same day. Scanned, photographed, and live in your dashboard within hours of arriving. |
| Transit to Honolulu | 3–5 days via air. | 2 business days via air. |
| Lane structure | Rotates between partners. | Single dedicated 2-day air lane to Hawaii. |
| Rate for a 40 lb box | ??? (not publishable) | ~$200 published. |
The honest take — what Ship To Hawaii does better than we do.
Ship To Hawaii has been running since 2004. They have warehouse relationships, retail pickup options in Honolulu, and a consolidation program that combines multiple packages into one shipment (Shippy does not consolidate in v1). If you value brand-name incumbency, in-person customer service on the island, or consolidation specifically, Ship To Hawaii is a defensible choice. We're building Shippy for the customer who wants published rates and same-day intake visibility more than they want the incumbent.
Switching takes about 2 minutes.
Sign up at Shippy.
We assign you a real mainland warehouse address. No card required to sign up.
Update your retailer accounts.
Change the default shipping address on any retailer where you shop regularly. Amazon, Summit Racing, B&H — your Shippy address replaces your old forwarding address. Your unique Shippy code goes on line 2.
Add the tracking number to your dashboard.
Same flow you're used to. Paste the incoming carrier tracking number into Shippy. We match it when it arrives at the warehouse.
Your box is photographed and posted to your dashboard the same day.
You see the real weight, the real dimensions, the photos, and the real Shippy rate in your dashboard within hours of arrival. Review, authorize the outbound, and we hand it off on the next cutoff — your box lands at your Hawaii door in 2 business days.
Questions we hear a lot.
Can I run both Ship To Hawaii and Shippy at the same time?
Yes. Nothing prevents it. Many customers do exactly that while they compare. Use Shippy for anything time-sensitive or anything where you want to see the price up front; use Ship To Hawaii for whatever workflow you're used to. After 2–3 shipments, most customers pick one and stay.
Does Shippy have consolidation like Ship To Hawaii does?
Not in v1. Every box you send to the warehouse ships as its own outbound shipment. Consolidation is a planned feature for v2 — if it's important to you, email us and we'll tell you when it's live.
Are Shippy's rates actually cheaper than Ship To Hawaii's?
We can't say for certain — Ship To Hawaii doesn't publish rates. What we can say: Shippy publishes our rates, and a 40 lb box to Honolulu runs about $200 through us versus about $420 at retail shipping rates. That's the comparison we can make honestly.
How fast is 'same day'?
Same day means your box is scanned, photographed, weighed, and live in your Shippy dashboard within hours of arriving at our warehouse dock. A box that arrives at 9 AM is usually in your dashboard before lunch. A box that arrives at 8 PM is in your dashboard the next morning. Once you review and authorize the outbound, we hand it off on the next cutoff and it lands at your Hawaii door in 2 business days.
What if my box is damaged in transit?
Every Shippy shipment is covered by standard declared-value carrier insurance, which we include at cost up to $100 by default. You can declare a higher value at checkout for a small fee. File a claim through your Shippy dashboard — we handle the carrier paperwork.