Tomas Silva

Research Editor

Tomas Silva is the site's Research Editor, tracking logistics and cost data and maintaining comparison tables. His coverage includes agent logistics, shipping-line performance, customs data, price tracking and QC metadata. He records agent response times, warehouse weight, QC photo timestamps, carrier scan intervals and customs-clearance days. He calculates total landed cost from the item price, agent fee, shipping and any applicable tax, and updates the retest queue when batch codes change. The resulting tables and order records provide a basis for comparing the time and cost differences between agents and shipping lines.

7 years covering this niche

Kakobuy agent fees
Shipping line performance
Customs risk by region
Batch code tracking
Rep price tiers
Landed cost math

Career timeline

2016: Began importing goods from Asia for a Rotterdam retail group.
2019: Started logging agent shipping data for personal orders.
2022: Joined Kakobuy Reps as research editor.
2023: Built the desk's landed cost and retest database.
2024: Expanded shipping line coverage to 12 carriers.

Credentials

Logistics Data Analysis
Rotterdam Maritime Institute 2019
Customs and Trade Compliance
Port of Rotterdam Training 2021
Editorial Data Standards
Kakobuy Reps Editorial Standards Board 2023

How I test

Tomas Silva records agent response times, warehouse weights, QC photo timestamps, carrier-scan intervals, and customs-clearance days. He calculates total landed cost by adding the item price, agent fee, shipping, and any applicable tax, and updates the retest queue when batch codes change.