Businesses should understand that they will be shipping items constantly to their customers. While most UK businesses will likely ship to other areas in the UK, you may have chosen to branch out and sell your items in India as many Indians crave UK-made items. If that is the case, you may wonder about specific ways of shipping. The postal service is a potential way to send items and can sometimes be less expensive, but the alternative is to use a courier, which will provide more services and offer better options.
Time
The postal service is very slow compared with today’s business standards. When you want items shipped, you likely need them shipped yesterday, so you are on a time crunch. You get no guarantee with postal services that your package will arrive at its destination in a timely manner. However, the courier will ship your items to the recipient within six business days or less. While this seems like a long time, you are guaranteed that the items will arrive when they say they will. Postal services do not offer guaranteed arrival times.
Door-to-Door
Postal services in the UK will not come to your door and pick up your items for shipping while a courier will. The same is true of the postal services used in India as they will not deliver the item directly to the recipient’s door, though they may be able to place it in the mailbox if it is small enough. This means more hassle for the recipient. In this age, people do not want to make a special trip to retrieve a package that they wanted so it can be beneficial to use a courier.
Tracking
As a business owner, you understand the importance of tracking items. If you are anxiously waiting for a specific package, you want to be able to check up on it without bothering others. While the postal service usually offers tracking, they are typically unreliable, especially when the item is going overseas or to a foreign country. In some cases, the tracking system isn’t updated when an item moves to a new location, making it difficult to impossible to use. However, a courier understands the benefits to their customers that tracking provides and will keep their systems updated as much as possible, allowing you to easily track your package from start to finish.