"what company is the cheapest? The price of eight logistics companies is measured and the skills to save money are calculated: new hands to avoid pits, how to save them at once!"
Do you want to send something, open up a bunch of couriers? Direct calls to couriers are expensive and afraid of pitting themselves; information is fragmented and confusing. The central question is one: which company is the cheapest? How can you send it save money and depend on it
Don't worry, this article is for a novel like you. I've sorted out the pits i've been sending all these years with my friends, the money i've saved, and the data i've measured. We don't talk nonsense, we talk about the most real price, the most powerful techniques, and we'll make sure you get it through your eyes。
First, let's get this straight: what is the delivery fee? Why is the offer so bad
Before you bargain, you need to know how the delivery company calculates your money. You don't know if it's expensive or cheap。
It depends mainly on the “real weight” and “heavy weight” of your package, whichever charge. The actual weight is understood to be the weight you weigh. What is the volume weight? In short, if your package is a big box, but it contains only a lump of cotton, which is light, but too much space, the delivery company will charge a “weight” based on the size, width and height of the box. The formula is typically (long x wide x high) a fixed value (commonly 6,000 or 8,000, different companies)。
You must have heard the other two words: first and second. The first priority is the weight that the start-up price contains, with domestic couriers mostly 1 kg. For example, the first 12 bucks, which means 12 bucks in a kilo. If your package is 2 kilos, the excess of 1 kilo is called "renewal" and requires extra money. As a result, the more heavy the cost of freight per kilogram is likely to be more economical。
These are the three main points that influence the final offer: 1. The distance of delivery (which varies significantly from city to province and across provinces); 2. The type of parcel (documents, ordinary goods, large pieces of furniture); 3. Your next channel (which is the biggest variable and which is the key to saving money today)。
Ii. 8 mainstream delivery price comparisons (mainly small items)
In order to give you the most intuitive sense, i recently checked the pre-valuation cells on the official express delivery/apps, using the same mail demand (from guangzhou to beijing, a package with a normal shoe box size of an estimated weight of 2 kg). Attention, this is an official public offer, which is the price when you have no discount。
Swift transport: the target is estimated at approximately $28. Recognized fast and reliable, but price is also the first. Suitable to send emergency documents, valuables. Kyoto express: estimated at around $26. The system of home-based logistics is strong, especially in second-line cities, where speed is comparable and services are well served. Chinese express: estimated at about $18. There's a lot of internet points and a lot of good options. It's a common choice of ordinary packages. Round toll: estimated at around $17. Prices are similar, sometimes lower, and stability is good. Rhonda express: estimated at about $16. Prices have a certain advantage and are the choice of many electric operators. Express: estimated at approximately $16-17. It is within the same price range and may vary from region to region. Polar rabbit delivery: estimated at around $14. The recent momentum has been strong, with prices often the lowest, especially for users who are extremely sensitive to prices. Te pun express: note that the main german logistics operation is large (usually over 20 kg). For this small piece, it's more recommended to you by the tepan express, which is expected to cost more than $20, but its advantage is not here。
That's the first problem a rookie has to face: a family check, too much trouble. And it's just an official price! I'm telling you in my own personal experience, if you call the courier directly, or send it to a station in front of the neighborhood, the price may be even worse than this, some will charge you a dollar or two to pick it up, some will pay you a high price if you don't know what to do。
I sent a blanket back to the country, and zhang zhang, the boss of the station, said, “you have to do at least 50”. Later, at the suggestion of my colleagues, i accidentally used the public-name price of "close speed", entered the same address and weight, and the system showed that the cheapest courier was only 30 out of 30 and clearly indicated an "official discount". Since then, i have understood that the delivery doorway was here — the next channel directly determines your ultimate cost。
Iii. The secret to real savings: the price platform + understanding the rules
How do you get a price? That's the dry stuff。
The first, and the most important, move: make good use of the price tools, and stop looking at each other. That is also the method on which i rely most. Just like you're buying something that'll cost you money. For example, in the sky speed, you fill in mail and info, with weight sizes, and you can put real-time discounts on a lot of couriers like china, rounding, zen, yingda, polar rabbits, sunfung, kyoto, etc. Which is cheap and which is the right time frame, and that is clear. For starters, it helps you quickly build price recognition and avoids poor information。
Second move, pick a delivery based on something. Don't cut it cheap。
The third move is to prepare for the basics and save the others。
Four, a few pits that the new guy must avoid
Oral quoting trap: the price is not always the same for express couriers or station personnel. The best way to do so would be through formal authorization platforms, such as official or “close speed”, where prices are locked in advance and paid as much as possible without hidden consumption. Preserve myths: premiums must be priced. The premium is usually a few thousand cents of the value of the premium, and it costs a little money to buy it. Do not take hundreds of loss risks to save a few cents of the price premium. Packing pits: some express delivery points offer packing services but may charge fees. Pack it up early and save the money. (b) fuzzy pits of information: when sending a message, the addresses of both parties and the telephone must be clearly stated. The names of the items are also filled in in the same way, so that the words “gifts”, “parts”, especially electronic products, liquids, etc., are not vaguely written, and couriers are informed accordingly to avoid subsequent complications。
V. Other issues that may concern you
Is the delivery really good online? Will it be lost
The answer is solid and increasingly mainstream. The key is to choose the right channel. The public sign, like "the wind up", which is attached to the official system of the express delivery companies, goes directly into the headquarters of the express delivery company, just as you do to the official app. The courier is also a regular networker who picks it up and can be tracked through the manifest. It's much safer than looking for an unknown person。
How can a mail be the best
The most prudent approach is to standardize processes. It's my habit to pack up and measure weight sizes and open the "cloud speed straight" public call to select a satisfactory price and to pick up things like the express delivery order. All-way mobile phone operations, no network points, no bargaining, transparent prices, time savings。
What's the big bag
It is common to send luggage for graduation seasons. This is a “large piece”, but may not have reached the level of excess furniture that the deutsche masters hit. You can lose weight (e. G. 30 kg) and volume (package size) on a price-rate platform, as well as large-scale services such as texas, sunfung, kyodong, and “thirt one”. You'll find that there's sometimes a good discount on big things for ordinary express delivery, which may be much cheaper than i remember。
At the end of the day, in order to save money, the centrepieces are “transparent information” and “triple price”. We didn't have the tools before, but we accepted the offer passively. There are now price platforms such as "close to the clouds" that give ourselves the right to choose and to know. The same mail demand, as i have known for most of the year, saves on average 40 to 60 per cent of the cost of a direct order to the official, nodal point or even the navigator station. Over the course of the year, several couriers were sent to save a hot pot and light. More importantly, it can help you avoid 90 per cent of the oral offer trap and mark-up, which, for start-ups, is a pit-proofing device. It's worth a lot of money to do the same。
