TAMPA, Florida, August 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Bongo International, a leading provider of global shipments from the
United States to international consumers, is proud to announce the launch of
the Bongo Buddy. This plug-in can be downloaded through the Firefox browser
and provides estimated shipping costs for items purchased across any U.S.
website. Bongo Buddy is the first and only application that scans any web
page and instantly provides BOTH the singular and consolidated international
shipping costs to any part of the world.

"International consumers can become very frustrated when international
shipping costs are not displayed in the shopping cart of a retailer's
checkout process," says Jennean Morrison, Marketing Manager for Bongo
International. "International shoppers are consistently being told that the
retailer cannot ship the goods to their country or that they will have to
wait for the package to be put together before they can be provided with an
accurate shipping quote. We developed Bongo Buddy to help international
consumers estimate their international shipping costs before making a
purchase."

When Bongo Buddy is launched, it attempts to match an exact model number
or product name displayed on the U.S. website. If it is unable to locate an
exact match in Bongo's database, it will display a general average for that
item. For instance, if you are looking at "GUESS? Boot-Cut Jeans" at
Macys.com and the Bongo Buddy does not recognize the full description; it
will provide a typical weight of "Jeans." The international visitor can add
the "Jeans" to a virtual shopping cart and continue with their browsing. As
the consumer adds more and more items to the virtual shopping cart, Bongo
Buddy will calculate an estimate for the total consolidated shipping costs to
their country if the items are shipped through Bongo's service.

While you do not need to be a member or customer of BongoUS.com to make
use of this tool, Bongo customers are able to benefit from the rate quotes
and the Personal Shopping feature. Bongo's Personal Shopper Service allows
the international consumer to make purchases at U.S. retailers that do not
accept international credit cards.

The Bongo Buddy can be downloaded from Bongo's website at
https://Buddy.BongoUS.com.

About Bongo International

Bongo International is a premier provider of parcel forwarding services
which enable international consumers to shop at any U.S. retail website. Many
U.S. companies do not offer international shipping or accept foreign credit
cards. American goods are delivered to the consumer's own U.S. address at
Bongo's warehouse, where they can either be immediately forwarded to over 223
countries or consolidated with other shipments for additional savings. By
providing a consolidation point for U.S. orders, Bongo can save international
consumers up to 82% off common carrier rates. Bongo International's website
can be found at http://www.BongoUS.com.