Post Courier - The new year is in and its time to review your
Post Courier costs? Some of the key factors to running your business is finding a reliable distribution How much time do you spend visiting the post office to deliver your items. There are other options available have you considered some of our cheap satchel rates via courier ?
1) Post vs Courier Reliability - pick a reliable courier service how do you know when a courier service is reliable? Ask business colleauges about experiences, look on forums and chat rooms, search on comparison websites where there is a rating system and have a look at different review websites.
2) The Post vs Couriers Service Area - Most couriers in Australia have a core network. Even the big courier companies utilise a local outfit in some regional or far reach areas. Having a good network helps the courier company with reliability as systems, scanning, and tracking are all standardised.
3) The Couriers Pricing - The cost is always important to keep in mind however It is not recommended selecting a low cost courier company for valuable or time sensitive items. We have a range of economy and premium courier companies listed on our system. It is easy to sort our system to identify the cheaper options available to you.
4) Packaging - Depending on what you may be sending you may be able to utilise some of the free packaging available to you from the courier companies. We have satchels and airbags available at no charge so simply contact our team prior to booking to arrange your free satchels. Satchels are only to be used via our courier system.
5) Couriers Tracking Ability- Keeping track of your shipment is very important. Knowing when your clients will get their shipment or being ahead of the game is key when a challenge comes up. Our shipping calculator system has built in shipping labels with a bar code to help your shipment get scanned along the journey.
6) Technology - Does your courier have the ability to integrate with your point of sale. Take for example you own a website. What you may like to have a look at is the courier's technology. Ask questions such as " Can you integrate a shipping calculator to my website? " And if you really want to get technical ask them if they have an API. They will probably just transfer you to the tech department. Our technology helps you connect to multiple shipping companies so we make that part easy.
7) Couriers with Insurance - Its always best to have peace of mind when shipping products around Australia. We have long bumpy roads and our network can take a long time to reach the destination. Take for example Sydney to Perth or Melbourne to Perth. Average trucking to Western Australia is a five day journey by road. Sometimes parcels can sit in depots waiting for the next linehaul truck to go across Australia. Our system comes with optional insurance. It is easy to obtain at the time of booking.