An Orientdig order, with the decisions marked
This board is built for comparison, so this walkthrough marks every point where you have a real choice and every point where you are simply waiting. Three decisions matter: whether the inspection photographs satisfy you, how long to hold goods before shipping, and which line to send them on. Everything else is process. Knowing which is which stops you worrying about the wrong things.
← Back to overviewThree decisions, the rest is waiting
Buy, inspect, hold, dispatch. Only inspection approval, holding time and line selection change the outcome — the remaining stages just happen.
- Buymarketplace price and domestic leg
- Inspectuncapped photographs, so request what you need
- Holdextra-long free storage, the widest window here
- Dispatchcompare lines, then pay freight on chargeable weight
Timings below are Orientdig's published figures. Your order page is the record.
Placing the order
Four moves, the first of which is a comparison.
Several sellers often list the same goods. Compare before you paste.
Your size, colour and quantity are fixed at submission.
Marketplace price and domestic leg; freight comes later.
A domestic number, then the warehouse scan, then photographs appear.
Nine stages, three of them decisions
Nine stages in total; three involve a choice, the remaining six simply happen.
- 1
SubmittedOrder placed and paid
- 2
PurchasingOrientdig buys on your behalf
- 3
Seller dispatchedDomestic tracking appears
- 4
ArrivedScanned into the warehouse
- 5
InspectedPhotographs posted — decision one: approve or query
- 6
In storageHeld free — decision two: how long to wait
- 7
Parcel submittedDecision three: which line; freight paid
- 8
DispatchedWith the carrier now, tracking visible end to end
- 9
DeliveredReceived at your address
Condensed from Orientdig's published flow. Your account and Orientdig's notices govern.
Where the long window matters
Scan-in happens roughly two days after dispatch, inspection a day after that, and storage from then on is free. That window is the last point at which a price comparison can still change what you do.
Attached to your account the moment the carton is scanned.
Request additional angles, including comparative shots.
Time to compare lines rather than take the first available.
Contents and timing chosen by you.
Dispatch as a comparison exercise
Three moves, the middle one being the actual decision.
- 1. Price several lines
The same box can be quoted very differently by two carriers. Model both.
- 2. Watch the duty threshold
A slightly larger parcel can cross into a different band entirely.
- 3. Declare and pay
Your declared value stands; carriers bill whichever weight is greater.
- 4. Track
The first scan shows up roughly twenty-four hours later.
Packing and release to the carrier follow submission, and tracking appears on your parcel page. Measured weight, line and destination set the freight, which is why the quote can move slightly — the balance is trued up afterwards.