<h1>5 Things Customers Can Do To Ensure Easy Courier Shipment</h1>

International Couriers

You may be a small business owner or a regular person just looking to send out an international courier. And all you want is that the courier be delivered on time and in good condition. However, sometimes that slight delay or a chipped edge might happen, and you could be just as responsible for it. Surprised? Here are a few things you can do to ensure an easy courier shipment.

International Couriers

1. Pack It Right

This may sound fairly obvious but we cannot emphasize on the number of individuals who don’t do it right. International couriers have a long way to travel, so it’s only natural that should ensure safe and secure packing. Think double-walled cardboard boxes and a bubble wrap at the very minimum. Of course, if the product is fragile, it will need to have some extra cover. You don’t even need to wrap it yourself. You can simply instruct your courier service to do so. I mean, you do want the courier to make it through all the logistics distribution centres, don’t you?

2. Check the prohibited items list

Is your product a prohibited item? A lot of people make the mistake of sending a product all the way across borders only to have it held at customs. (God knows, I did!) The kind of items that are prohibited will largely depend from country to country. For example, products such as medicines or plants can’t be couriered from India to USA. So, make sure that you adhere to the prohibited list provided by your courier delivery service and if they haven’t given you one, ask for it!

3.  Accurate Custom Details

Again, this is another fairly simple point that a lot of people get wrong. Imagine an express delivery sent from India to USA. Maybe it even arrived a day early, but the delivery boy is unable to call you because the phone number has one wrong digit. As for the address, a 7 got smudged in transit and now reads as 1. And that’s all it takes to cause an undue delay. Another common problem is not filling out the customs form entirely. We get that forms can sometimes be complicated, but your courier service providers will surely help you with it, if only you ask.

4. Secure Labels

Labels – make sure that it’s securely pasted onto the courier. Labels also need to be weather-proof. Imagine the number of transits for a courier that’s shipped from USA to India. Your labels need to withstand the pressure of tugging, loading and unloading. In fact, we’d recommend that you attach extra labels, both inside and outside the courier, just to be on the safe side.

5. Insurance Cover

A lot of people tend to ignore this and maybe that works if the parcel isn’t an important delivery. But you simply must buy insurance cover if you’re sending any valuable items. This also applies to fragile products. While it’s not likely that your product might be damaged, an insurance will have you covered, if the worst occurs.