Save on shipping costs – with a strong multi-carrier shipping partner
For many small and medium-sized companies, rising shipping costs are an issue. And quite a few of our customers regularly report that price is one of the decisive arguments when choosing a shipping service or provider – if not the decisive one! However, this creates a dilemma for companies with little or irregular shipping volume: on the one hand, there is the understandable interest in keeping costs low, but on the other hand, large shipping service providers such as DHL, UPS or FedEx offer cheaper rates only from a certain minimum shipping volume. Finding the right shipping partner can therefore be crucial to organising your own shipping in a cost-efficient and smooth way.
The solution: multi-carrier shipping
Let’s be honest: who does all their shopping in just one store? It’s the same with shipping. Regardless of price, shipping service providers differ in terms of quality, reliability, customer service and shipping network. When are parcels picked up? Is there a guaranteed delivery time? Is customer service available to answer questions? What is the quality of delivery and what delivery options are available? Should you use the same provider for national and international shipping? The question of whether a multi-carrier strategy makes sense for your company is not really relevant:
- Maximum flexibility: Depending on your needs, you can choose the best offer from the various services and strengths of the shipping providers
- Risk minimisation: High utilisation or transport failures will no longer be a problem in the future – you can simply rebook with another provider
Multi-carrier partner – so you don’t have to be a shipping expert
A good multi-carrier strategy can save time, nerves and money. But let’s be honest: implementing it is about as easy as juggling several balls while doing a crossword puzzle. You have to keep an eye on the prices and services of the various service providers and compare them; you have to track shipments so that you can react to unforeseen circumstances if necessary, and at the same time someone has to know about shipping. When is which service useful? What do the various additional options mean? Which advantages does UPS have and when should DHL, FedEX or DPD be used? And what do you do if a shipment is stuck in customs? Or if it is delivered late or damaged?
The best way to benefit from all the advantages of a multi-carrier strategy without having to carry the administrative burden and build up the necessary expertise internally is to work with an experienced multi-carrier shipping partner who simplifies the process. This gives you access to numerous international and national parcel service providers and freight forwarders without the need to set up and maintain your own system connections or develop your own multi-carrier software. All with full cost transparency.
And you benefit from better rates, as the large shipping service providers grant better prices due to the bundled volume of multi-carrier platforms.
LetMeShip – your unrivalled personal multi-carrier partner
LetMeShip offers you even more: we believe that the shipping needs of SMEs in particular can only be met by those who know their customers. And by that we don’t mean an abstract idea, but you and your company in the most concrete sense. With over 20 years in the market and now represented in seven European countries, there is no problem and hardly a requirement that the shipping experts in our in-house customer service or your personal account manager are not familiar with.
- Do you have a request or a question? We are here for you: our employees still answer the phone themselves!
- Are you having difficulties with a shipment? We will contact the shipping service provider – you don’t have to worry about anything for the time being.
- Do you need a solution for a special shipment at short notice? We will always find a way.
In short: LetMeShip is the personal multi-carrier shipping partner for SMEs with medium shipping volumes who lack shipping know-how, do not want to be tied to a shipping service provider and want the best price-service ratio on the market.
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More than 3 Mio. Shipments
We send over 3 million
items a year via
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Shipping requirements in companies are often complex and time-consuming. A task in which you can count on our support.
Tips on how to choose a multi-carrier shipping solution
To get the best out of your shipping, it is important to choose the matching multi-carrier shipping partner. We recommend that you check the following in particular:
- Does the platform provide a transparent price calculator?
- Can addresses and package dimensions be saved for later reuse?
- Does the platform offer a supplier connection that allows you to attach your suppliers to your account?
- Is there an archive for shipping documents and invoices?
- Is there an integrated tracking function?
- Can individual rates be agreed?
- Do you receive a collective invoice or individual invoices for each booking?
- Are customs documents created and transmitted automatically?
- Is there a telephone customer service?
In addition to these more technical factors, you should also consider how much experience the company brings to the table. Is it already established in the market or still relatively new? Does it have a customer service department and how much shipping expertise is there?
Now here’s where we could say: ‘You’ll find all that with us.’ But then again, anyone could claim that (even if it’s true in our case).
Instead, try LetMeShip out for yourself without obligation and see for yourself – our shipping platform and our employees.
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