How will the recently implemented tariffs affect your doll collecting?

With Sartoriaj, you ordered from one of the best companies on how they're handling tariffs. They are prepaying taxes for DHL Express orders, so you should be in the clear: Important Shipping Notice: DHL Express with Prepaid TaxesNOTICE - SartoriaJ

 

Thank you for the link! I also have a little difficult time navigating their website.

 

Has anyone recently ordered from Alice Collection? I’m wanted to make a purchase but I am so worried about the tariff situation. (Is it 35 or 45% now idk). Any pointers? Messaged them to see what they say but their website says tariff free shipments. I’m hoping to luck out on the second hand market..

 

i am in the US and i've purchased multiple times from Alice's Collections this year-- i've gotten two different shipments of doll bodies from them plus an order of shoes. i have not been charged any tariff fees or extra charges of any kind on any of my Alice's packages-- the website is accurate.

 

Oh that gives me relief it’s my wedding gift to myself (hubby likes to see me happy) so I’m really hoping to get this doll all finished by 2026. Thank you!! The whole situation has put a damper on my doll purchases this year so hoping this will be a smooth sailing purchase!

 

Speaking of distributors, I got a message today from Erica of Legend Doll. My AoLingshi 75cm body is ready to ship. I knew that she uses SF Express with no tariffs for US customers and had asked for that. Today she messaged that the box was too big to use SF Express and was I okay with shipping by ship. I wrote back asking who would be the company involved with import customs clearance since 2 of my orders were destroyed by customs through UPS. I know I can ask for DHL (high cost and an import tax for me but I always get my DHL orders). Does anyone have experience with shipping by ship these days? If I could definitely get my order, I would choose that method since it would save me $40-$100 (guessing). (I know it takes a month’s time.)

 

Congrats on the wedding!

 

Thank you thank you

 

Mine was right before tariffs, so take it with a grain of salt

I ordered through dollaphere and obviously they didn't have enough orders to fill a whole container. So when someone else using the container had contraband that had to be destroyed, mine got delayed at customs for about 4 months. The box was entirely destroyed and fortunately it was just. 75cm ufdoll and they packaged it in clear plastic like an action figure within the box but with how resin dolls are wrapped, I imagine the destruction had a huge potential to be much worse.

It ultimately got to me safely, but it does make me wary, especially in today's environment. Dollsphere gave me huge coupon though, so it worked out in the end for me

 

Ugh. I’m sure Legend Doll would do the same. Erica told me the tariffs are prepaid and they have had a lot of success with ship by ship to the US lately so I took the dive. I think there is more quantity coming from China these days as far an empty containers so my fingers are crossed. Luckily this body is low priced. I will report back…

 

Update for anyone in countries requiring Zonos to send commercial parcels to the US: my local post office has said people have been required to pre-pay tariffs for gifts valued over $100 USD sent to the US.

I recently sent a parcel as a gift to the US valued at $50 USD and wasn't required to pre-pay tariffs.
16/12 update: The parcel arrived safely with no tariffs imposed on the receiver at time of writing.

 

anyone have any info on denver doll and their tarrif state? ik theyre us based but they still buy their dolls from companies overseas so they either have to eat the tarrif price or pass it onto their customers

 

I don't know for a fact how Denver doll is handling things however I have compulsively browsed their site regularly this year @vyn_in_the_rain and it looked like all their prices on what I was looking at, wigs and shoes they import, went up a few dollars per item recently.

 

good to know

 

i had to dig around to find the right edition of DDE's newsletter and the October 2025 one had "a note about tariffs" included:

"We are slowly navigating the newly adopted Tariff policies and are happy to announce our business model remains the same! So far, we have been able to absorb the extra taxes we incur and are hoping to continue to do so.
Yes, we are still receiving shipments!
Yes, we are still PREORDERING dolls!
Yes, we plan on being around for a long, long time!
If anything changes we will announce via Social Media or our on webpage but for now, it's business as usual at DDE!"

hope that helps!

 

I don't know if this'll help anyone to know as it is a little more common knowledge, but while I was aware FedEx can come back to people about tariffs really late, I didn't realize how late.

I had to have a package sent through them in mid - September because it was the only option (not strictly a doll-related parcel, but it was from Japan containing various items) approximately valued at ~300 and I was just hit for the tariff for 72.93 today. Kinda completely forgot because it had been so long.

 

thats rough (
hopefully that doesnt happen for more expensive parcels? imagine the late tarif on a package valued at like 800 or more

 

I pre-ordered a doll from Do Dolls Dream who is in Poland, and I don't know whether that means I'm going to escape the tariffs or being paying $144. Fortunately for me, I'm not planning to add many more BJDs for my collection.