Parcel Delivery Companies

[Tony427]

I'm hoping to be shortly setting up a web based business with the office/stores in the West MIdlands. I will need to send out initially small numbers of parcels say initially 10 per week rising to 50 per week weighing between 4 and 15 kilos each.

I'm sure others in here have done this so may be able to give me the benefit of their experience. Who should I look at using?

Pm's welcome if you don't want to go public.

Cheers,

Tony

[RickRolled]

I know that there are plenty of big boys about but this company is worth an email, they do a lot of shipping and buy space directly from DHL so might be able to offer cheap courier shipping rates - http://www.comparecargorates.com

[jbswagger]

One of our sister companies use Nightfreight, and pay £7.50 for up to 20kg, next working day.

[mattdaniels]

Where are you shipping to? (domestic? EU? Non EU?)

[Tony427]

mattdaniels said:

Where are you shipping to? (domestic? EU? Non EU?)

Will all be domestic. We will be UK distributors for a European brand.

Tony

[jamescodriver]

If you want to lose customers use City Link...

If you want to impress customers use DPD, text first thing in the morning giving you an hour slot for deliveries or the option to leave with neighbour / pick up / new day..

I have nothing to do with DPD but I just get a lot of deliveries!

[Sixpackpert]

We use UK Mail and can't fault them to be fair.

We send on average 40 parcels a day so get a fairly good rate of £4.50 per parcel upto 26kg on a next day service.

[Andrew[MG]]

jamescodriver said:

If you want to lose customers use City Link...

If you want to impress customers use DPD, text first thing in the morning giving you an hour slot for deliveries or the option to leave with neighbour / pick up / new day..

I have nothing to do with DPD but I just get a lot of deliveries!

I am just changing from DPD to City Link. £8 + domestic surcharge of 50p Vs £5 is the difference between making a sale and never seeing their business in the first place.

[hedgefinder]

jamescodriver said:

If you want to lose customers use City Link...

If you want to impress customers use DPD, text first thing in the morning giving you an hour slot for deliveries or the option to leave with neighbour / pick up / new day..

I have nothing to do with DPD but I just get a lot of deliveries!

cant agreewith this enough,had 6 deliveries of reasonably sizespacels in the last 3 weeks, 3 of which had to be picked up from depots, 2 from citylink and one from tnt.
All had Fragile marked on them in large letters on all sides...
both times at city link the pacels were actualy kicked through the door into the customer pick up office... and the tnt parcel was literal dropped from 2ft to the floor. I also witnessed a full load of parcels bieng unloaded from a tnt wagon and being stacked in a very haphazard fashion only to see the whole tower collapse and the parcels bang and crash to the floor..

I suppose its often better not to know what goes on in the warehouses at these parcel delivery companies..

[Tony427]

Thanks guys, we are up and running now, will follow up the parcel companies you suggested.

Cheers,

Tony