How to deliver the goods?

Today, the purchase of goods on the Internetall is more popular. Internet shops offer lower prices for goods than points of the retail network that need to cover the cost of expensive rent, interior decoration, etc. About the advantage of shopping in online stores read in the article How to buy in the online store.

The only deterrent to purchasegoods in the network - limited delivery capabilities. Some stores refuse to work with the Post of Russia, others do not want to deal with courier services. The first ones explain their refusal by insufficiently high-quality work of mail, the second - excessive costlyness. However, smart entrepreneurs will not decide for the client, they must provide all the methods of delivery, describing the merits and demerits of each.

So, in what ways can you deliver the goods today?

Courier

Delivery by courier is definitely the fastest andcomfortable for the customer delivery, but it is also the most expensive. Mostly it depends on the scale of the company. If the firm has representative offices in many cities, it can keep its own courier service in each of them and offer more or less acceptable prices for the transfer of the goods in person. Otherwise, courier delivery will be delivered with the participation of a number of intermediaries, the work of which will, of course, be paid by the client. In addition, delivery by courier partner is not always as reliable as delivery by own courier. However, in the first couple of online store development few people can afford such luxury as their own courier service, especially in the regions.

Post of Russia

This type of delivery is the longest, but the mosteconomical. Moreover, many Chinese shops provide free delivery through the Post of Russia. Thus, the client receives the goods at times ten times cheaper, without paying a single ruble for delivery. Goods from China are on average a month. Is this so long? Actually, not really. For the sake of big savings, the client can suffer, and rumors about the poor performance of the Russian Post are still somewhat exaggerated.

Express Mail

Express Mail Service is the largest company,specializing in the urgent delivery of mail. This type of delivery is quite fast and inexpensive. The company offers forwarding of goods with delivery personally to the addressee. However, there are restrictions on the transfer by weight and size, varying depending on the specific region.

Pickup

This type of delivery is a kind of golden meanbetween the courier and the mail. As a rule, the goods come fairly quickly - the terms are comparable with the terms of courier delivery, but the client must himself go, maybe in a not very convenient place to pick up the goods. Nevertheless, if you consider that the majority of customers make an order in an online store for the sake of economy, one should think that this form of delivery will be very popular. Some stores, so as not to spend too much on maintaining the points of self-transportation, are combined. Of course, this does not have to be a competitor store. For example, children's toys and sports nutrition can be combined.

Transport companies

This method of delivery is a good alternativecreation of self-delivery points. It, as a rule, is inexpensive for the client and thus the shop does not need to contain a point of self-delivery. Branches of large transport companies, for example, "Business Lines", are in almost every region, and therefore for customers from small towns this type of delivery is the only salvation when urgent delivery is needed.

Each delivery method has its pluses andminuses. The most economical and patient at the same time patiently will use Russian post, and courier delivery will be popular among those who buy in the online store not because of the low price, but because they can not find this product in their city. It is important to respect the desire of each client and provide all ways of delivering the goods.

On the methods of "customs clearance" of the goods, read in the article How to Customs Clear the Goods.