About

BorderPrep answers one question plainly: can I carry or ship this thing across a border. It doesn't give reassuring answers — it gives sourced ones, stamped with a verification date you can re-check.

Why this exists

The rules for carrying or mailing things across a border are scattered across dozens of agency pages, several languages, and a lot of 'subject to on-the-ground discretion'. What you actually want before you leave is simple: can I bring it, must I declare it, is there a quantity cap — but assembling those three lines means trawling several official pages that often contradict each other. We do that legwork once and leave the result as a checkable determination.

How it works

Every verdict is computed at request time by a rules engine over public regulator and carrier material, tagged with its basis, source, and verification date. When a source goes stale or was never verified, a lenient conclusion automatically degrades to “verify for yourself” instead of pretending to still hold. The full collection-and-verification process is written up in the methodology page.

What we're not

We are not customs, biosecurity, or drug authorities, and not carriers. We don't speak for them, give legal advice, apply for permits, or ship on your behalf. A verdict is an input to your decision, not a promise of clearance. Liability boundaries are in the terms.

Current coverage

Right now: New Zealand, Australia, and Japan as destinations; carry (cabin / checked) and mail (postal / courier) channels; and dozens of high-frequency item combinations. Combinations no rule covers are shown as “verify for yourself” — we won't invent a conclusion for something we haven't verified.

Business model

The verdict layer is free and public: anyone can see the status, reasoning, and sources without an account or email. Payment unlocks only the fuller dossier (one-time, $19 USD). We deliberately avoid subscriptions, ads, and data resale — to keep this a shape one person can maintain long-term.

Contact

Corrections, coverage requests, or any feedback — use the contact page, or write to us directly.

BorderPrep · Contact: borderprep@outlook.com