Tomás Rivera
Shipping line data, agent fee structures and customs regulations.
Tomás Rivera manages data on agent performance, shipping line transit times and landed costs at PandaBuy Tips, writing comparison tables and shipping guides. Tracking information from the desk's test orders is used to calculate average transit times, while test orders are also placed to verify fee schedules. Fee changes across major agents are tracked, and customs thresholds for EU and US destinations are cross-checked. The research connects parcel timelines, fee structures and destination rules, bringing both the order process and cross-border conditions into the comparison material.
- PandaBuy shipping lines
- agent fee comparison
- customs duties EU
- customs duties US
- logistics data analysis
- GDPR and data privacy
Career timeline
- 2012
- Started as a customs broker in Rotterdam.
- 2015
- Moved to a logistics data analyst role for a freight forwarder.
- 2018
- Began independently testing shopping agents and publishing data.
- 2020
- Joined PandaBuy Tips as Research Editor.
- 2022
- Built our proprietary shipping line comparison database.
Credentials
- Certified Customs Specialist
International Compliance Professionals Association · 2017
- Data Analysis for Logistics
Erasmus University Rotterdam · 2019
How I test
Tomás Rivera collects tracking data from the desk's test orders and calculates average transit times. Fee schedules are verified by placing test orders, and customs thresholds for EU and US destinations are cross-checked.