Postage/parcels, best company for a send and return service

Postage/parcels, best company for a send and return service

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sidekickdmr

Original Poster:

5,108 posts

212 months

Thursday 4th January
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I'm after a company to manage a fair few parcels for a fair price

I need to send people bags to fill and return to us, so this will need delivering to them with a folded large bag and a leaflet inside (letter size), the folded bag would be pre labelled and pre paid with our address for return, as a larger (60x60cm ish) parcel ideally with collection for them or at least shop/post office drop off.

No idea where to start, any companies I should try or contacts?

Mr Overheads

2,481 posts

182 months

Thursday 4th January
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To help others respond:
How many parcels a day do you expect to dispatch? Or other intervals?
How many parcels a day do you expect each person sending them back to you to send at a time?
Are tehy being sent to/from business or residential address's.
Is it to/from a concentrated geographic area? Or do you need NI, International, Orkneys, Jersey etc?
What are the weights expected in/out?
Any likely prohibited/specialist materials in the parcels like batteries?
How critical is speed of delivery/collection etc?
Can you/the end point/returners use pickup/drop off shops/lockers?
Do you need insurance both ways?

sidekickdmr

Original Poster:

5,108 posts

212 months

Thursday 4th January
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Mr Overheads said:
To help others respond:
How many parcels a day do you expect to dispatch? Or other intervals? - Who knows, its a new business idea, hopefully at peak I'll be sending 50 a day?
How many parcels a day do you expect each person sending them back to you to send at a time? - 25 inbounds a day? one parcel per person
Are tehy being sent to/from business or residential address's. Residential - this is aimed at the general public
Is it to/from a concentrated geographic area? Or do you need NI, International, Orkneys, Jersey etc? - UK only
What are the weights expected in/out? - not much, 1kg-5kg
Any likely prohibited/specialist materials in the parcels like batteries? - Nope, nothing like that
How critical is speed of delivery/collection etc? - not vital, 2-3 days would be ok
Can you/the end point/returners use pickup/drop off shops/lockers? - Yes and Yes
Do you need insurance both ways? - Not especially, not high value items