Delivery
Running your own deliveries: how to set delivery charges and areas, handle cash on delivery and manage your own delivery team.
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Delivery
How to ship products across India as a small business: couriers, rates and packaging
Use a courier aggregator or your own courier accounts, learn how zones and billed weight set your rate, pack in the smallest safe box, enter real weights and sizes, plan for cash on delivery payouts and returns, and check what you are allowed to ship.
Saurabh Shah 9 min read
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Delivery
How to hire and manage delivery staff for your business: pay, cash and daily routine
Hire through local referrals, check licence, vehicle papers and ID, pay per delivery or a base plus distance, add incentives for peak hours, cap cash in hand and settle it daily, and track deliveries per hour, on-time rate and cash differences.
Saurabh Shah 9 min read
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Delivery
How to set delivery charges for your business: methods, maths and examples
Work out what one delivery really costs you, then charge by flat fee, distance, area or weight. Add a free delivery threshold of at least your delivery cost divided by your margin, so each free-delivery order covers its own delivery.
Saurabh Shah 10 min read
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Delivery
How to reduce fake cash on delivery orders and RTO: a 10-step plan
Most cash on delivery orders are genuine, but refused ones cost you twice. Verify the phone number, confirm before dispatch, take a part payment on risky orders, make paying online the better deal and stop COD for repeat offenders.
Saurabh Shah 9 min read
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