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Pack it once, pack it right.

Shipping whiskey feels scarier than it is. Watch our two-minute packing walkthrough, follow the steps below, and remember the safety net under all of it: every shipment on our labels is insured door to door. If a bottle breaks in transit, you’re still paid the full quoted amount.

Our actual packing process, start to finish. Worth watching before you pack anything.

Kit, box, pack, send.

  1. 1

    Start with your kit

    Once you accept our offer, we'll mail you a shipping kit containing a shipping box, foam bottle protectors, and a prepaid return label. No extra purchases required.

    The shipping kit box with its lid set aside, a foam bottle protector inside, and the prepaid return label on the table
  2. 2

    Opening your box

    Open your kit carefully, you will use this same box to send your bottles back to us.

    The open shipping box seen from above, with the empty bottle-shaped foam protector inside
  3. 3

    Pack and seal

    Place each bottle securely inside the foam protectors. Tape the box shut and adhere the provided return label directly over the original label.

    A bottle seated in its foam protector, and hands pressing the return label onto the taped box
  4. 4

    Sending the box

    Drop off your box at any UPS Store or authorized UPS drop-off location. Everything is pre-paid, so you can skip the line and drop off your package without waiting.

    Handing the sealed box across the counter at the drop-off location

  5. Heat Warning

    During warm summer months, we recommend dropping off packages on Monday or Tuesday. This prevents your bottles from sitting in non-climate-controlled shipping facilities over the weekend.

Not sure about any step? Stop and open a support ticket in your seller account: Rob, who runs our shipping, would genuinely rather talk you through it than have you guess. This guide, your tracking, and your tickets all live there too.

Insured door to door

Coverage starts when the carrier scans the label at your door and runs until it's on our intake table (both directions, if a deal doesn't close).

Breakage is on us

A bottle broken in transit on our label still pays out at the full quoted amount. The claim is our paperwork, never yours.

Cleared to ship

Alcohol moves through the carrier's own alcohol shipping program on our account, a door an individual can't open alone.

The kit ships after the offer.

First things first: send your list, get your number, and the packing kit (with everything above included) follows when you accept. Most quotes returned within 24 hours.

  • Quotes within 48 hours, guaranteed
  • Insured shipping both ways, on us
  • No fees taken from your payout, ever

Prefer email? Write to hello@webuybottles.com; a real person reads every message.

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