Courier services with cash services

    Greetings.

    Since the plans to open his own online store with not very large-sized goods, he decided to puzzle himself with the search for a courier service (CS) with cash services.

    Many people know what it means to open an online store and how to make this whole mechanism work properly. Let's look at one of the components of a successfully working small online store, the owner of which is no longer able to cope with the delivery of orders on his own, but is also not ready to create his own courier service.

    In this article we will look at the pros and cons of courier services , as well as go over their tariffs and working conditions.



    Advantages of the COP :
    • No hiring couriers and staff. Especially relevant for IP
    • Availability of “Pickup” for customers, if any
    • You do not need to monitor the integrity of couriers. The COP is fully liable for the goods transferred to them
    • The courier himself will arrive and pick up your goods for transfer to the CS warehouse with subsequent delivery to customers. Often, it’s free for orders> 10 per day. Or you can do it yourself. Also free
    • If you work with the supplier “on order”, then the COP will be able to pick up the order for the client from the supplier
    • Periodic reporting by the COP on delivered orders
    • Lack of opportunity to get fake Gruxon money

    Cons of the COP :
    • The attitude to your orders is not as reverent as on your part. In other words, you will run after each client (especially at the initial stage), but they will not.
    • Although everyone promises that customers will be phoned after the appearance of your order at the CS warehouse, this often does not happen. It's a pity. I have to control the receipt of orders myself
    • Often, work only with St. Petersburg and MSC


    Next, we turn to cash services.

    Pros :
    • You do not need to buy a cash desk and put it in service. However, in this case, you will not be able to legally serve clients yourself.
    • Transparency in the calculations. After receiving money from customers, after a while they get to your bank account. And to remove them from there for SP is not difficult.
    • In addition to cash services, some CSs also offer customer service with Visa / MasterCard credit cards. This is a definite plus.
    • Usually replenishment of your r / s occurs weekly or every two weeks. Sometimes KS replenish it for 3-4 days after the payment of the order by the client.


    Cons :
    • Interest for cash services (on average from 1.5% to 5%)


    Thus, it turns out that you can earn quite decent money without leaving your home. What is not a home business?

    Next, we consider companies that offer courier services along with cash. I must say right away that I used the services of the O-courier as a buyer, and I did not like them, because after receiving two orders to them, they never called me back. As a result, orders went back to the store, which paid a fine for some reason.

    The copDelivery MSCSPb deliveryPickup% (cashbox)VISA / MCCrediting funds to r / sReception of goods at the warehouse
    O-courier2952951304,5% Not Every 2 weeks From 15:00 to 19:00
    Unexpress19020070 (MSC) 2% Yes Once every 2 weeks / month from 9:00 to 19:00
    Axiomus200Not50 (MSC) 1.4% Not 3 business days from 10:00 to 22:00
    Depochto180-250NotNot 1.4% -3% Yes3 business days from 9:00 to 19:00
    Moscow QC200150 50-1001.5% NotWeekly Office hours (unknown)


    The list, of course, is not complete and requires expansion.

    As a short summary, I can say that most of the companies operating in this market serve only Moscow and St. Petersburg. And the most delicious conditions are for Moscow. It, in principle, is understandable, because Moscow is the largest market for online stores. But what then do the regions? Are there any companies that are willing to work with large regional cities? Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk are the largest cities in their regions with a fully undeveloped market.

    The key issue is finding a company that is ready to serve Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large cities of Russia and accept cash as payment for orders purchased in your online store. Hope such a company exists.

    Immediately make a reservation that I do not take into account the courier services that simply deliver the goods. Often, the buyer is simply afraid to fully pay for the goods. This is the reason.

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