Book Your Shipments 24/7 Using BookMyPacket.com

As online sellers you must no doubt be aware of the critical importance of logistics and shipping to the business. Logistics is also a big pain point for many because of the constantly changing costs and the expense incurred in shipping. Another major pain point is the inconveniences suffered by online sellers due to the tediousness of the process. Since the birth of e-commerce in the country, the situation is gradually improving but it is by no means solved. A new logistics venture called BookMyPacket.com is aiming to make shipping products a convenient affair for online sellers. The service is being run by eGroup Solutions, which is a three month old startup but they are already associated with e-commerce majors like Dhamaal.com, Jaipan Industries, 99Labels, Infibeam and others.

BookMyPacket.com is an online portal where you place an order for a package/courier to be delivered anywhere around the world. A user has to log onto the website, give details of package pickup location, delivery location and other things like package weight and volume. Based on the information entered, the website suggests shipping vendors like Blue Dart, Aramex, FedEx and other. These vendors will show you the cost of delivering your package to the said location. Here, you can choose one of the vendors based on the pricing or the shipping brand that you are comfortable with. The best part of the service is you can pay for the delivery right there on the website using your debit/credit card. This speeds up the process considerably. Additionally, once your order is placed, you track the package easily through the website in real time.

Delivery timings are also very good given the current shipping standards. Delivery to a metro can be accomplished in 24-40 hours while delivery to a smaller cities is estimated to take 40-72 hours. The website also claims that it can deliver your packages to international addresses in between 3-5 working days. BookMyPacket assumes full responsibility if the package is not delivered due to service oversight in its process and will refund the full amount to the customer. However, if the package is not delivered due to shipping vendors, then it will not make any refunds. The website allows you to place an order 24/7 on its website. This is possible because the whole process is based on an ERP and completely automated.

The company claims to offer deliveries to around 17000+ Indian pincodes and is looking to add even more destinations to its network. Internationally, it delivers to 200+ countries, which is indeed a big deal if you are looking to sell your goods internationally. The company accomplishes this by having tie-ups with various shipping and logistics companies across the world. The list includes India Post, Blue Dart, Aramex, FedEx, UPS, First Flight and TNT.

What benefits does BookMyPacket.com have for sellers?

As you must have realized, this new service is going to be of great help to sellers because of the ease with which you can place your delivery orders. Instead of managing the logistics part of your business offline, you can simplify it by ordering it on the website and paying for it online, which rids you of the extra effort that is associated with dealing with logistics companies. It also helps you get started with your business without having to figure tie-ups with logistics companies. Since these vendors have their own rate calculation mechanism, you will probably not get the best deal when you tie-up with one entity in order to ship your product.

It offers to pick-up your package from the location you have mentioned, which is clearly an advantage, since pick-ups is a pain point for new sellers who do not yet have heavy transaction traffic and order fulfillment. Another advantage that I can see is that if all the vendors are taken together on one platform like BookMyPacket, the number of serviceable pin codes are higher than with settling with one vendor. If you are aiming your sights at the International market, this is definitely going to make your life easy because of the delivery times it promises and its reach.