Is it worth sending documents by courier?
When sending documents digitally is not an option, it remains to deliver them to the addressee in physical form. To simplify this task, the shipper can use the services of a courier company. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this solution? Shippers value above all the speed of the delivery process. Documents sent by envelope mail can reach the addressee even the next business day. Courier companies insure the packages they transport, so you don’t have to worry about possible losses due to damage to the shipment.
Both the sender and the addressee can track the route of the documents without hindrance – courier shipments are recorded at each stage of their journey, so that their status is updated in the tracking system provided by the carrier. The waybill number will be used to verify where the shipment is currently located. The string assigned to an envelope only needs to be transcribed into the corresponding field of the monitoring system.
Do you send a lot of documents and fear high costs? Envelope shipping can be much cheaper if you decide to sign a contract with a courier company. Such cooperation means not only lower prices for a single envelope, but also priority support for your company. With the EARLYBIRDS eCommerce selection, you will have access to the useful EARLYBIRDS webapp, so you can easily order and manage new courier shipments with ease. The ability to automate some of these tasks, create templates and edit them will allow you to ship even faster – so the recipient doesn’t have to wait longer than necessary for the shipment.
What to check before you decide to order a courier?
Wanting to send documents by courier, you need to read the carrier’s arrangements in this regard. Courier companies usually indicate precisely in their regulations which type of documents will not be able to be sent through them. Among the copies that are most often refused for shipment are securities, tender documents or treasury bills and other documents of a payment nature in this form. If the document you wish to send is not among those banned by the courier, there is the option of using shipping.
Be sure to strictly adhere to the carrier’s regulations in this regard. If the shipment is damaged and transported unauthorized contents, the customer will not be compensated for this. If you are wondering whether the document you want to send can definitely be sent via courier service, contact customer service.