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by petecooper 3811 days ago
I can't check your site because it's throwing an application error, but Ali Express has many sub-1USD things, even with postage, and also has an affiliate scheme.

A propos nothing, the cheapest thing I've found, ordered, had delivered and found useful was a Raspberry Pi camera mount for 0.19GBP (~0.27USD) shipped. Astonishing and a bit shameful.

http://www.aliexpress.com

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I've written a blog post on that very subject. Turns out you can have a $0.03 item mailed to you, including shipping, from China!

http://romain.goyet.com/articles/free_shipping_from_china/

China subsidizes the postal service to keep up their exports.
Wonder how long that'll keep up given their current issues...
But you do have a have a lot of patience. It seems to be getting a lot slower. I just hit a new record: An item shipped on November 25th arrived last week to Canada.
I had package of green tea I ordered show up 7 months after I ordered it.
I've had both, between a week and 2 months. About 2-3 things never arrived, but ali (better said the seller) gave the money back each time.
Did you look for each one? Or is there a filter for that.
AliExpress is out of this world!