Royal Mail Tracked service to be enhanced

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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I’m hearing rumours that in the near future Royal Mail will be expanding the Royal Mail Tracked service to include greater weights and new service enhancements.

Coming soon will be a next day service (although it’s not guaranteed, almost all items sent next day will arrive on time). There will also be a signed for service, as well as the bar code scan at the door step, the customer will sign for their parcel.

In addition Royal Mail are rumoured to be increasing the current weight bands (up to 1kg, up to 2kg and up to 5kg) to add an up to 15kg service. If the pricing doesn’t alter too much this is likely to be very competitive with traditional courier rates, especially if combined with the new next day and signature services.

I’ve also heard that the Despatch Express software will be migrated to an online version of the program which is likely to roll out next year after the busy Christmas selling season.

If you don’t already use Royal Mail Tracked it’s suitable for businesses shipping more than 5000 items per year (although another rumour is that the minimum number of items a year will be significantly lowered at some point in the near future).

The big advantage is that most businesses will see significantly reduced postage costs, especially if your mix of parcels includes a large percentage of low (below 1kg) weight parcels. Your price for the service will be determined by the number of parcels you send per annum, and the quantity that you send in each weight band. From talking to eBay sellers using this service pricing is lower than sending items as low as 500gm by other Royal Mail services.

I have to emphasise I’ve been unable to confirm any of this officially, but it’s no surprise that such a successful product is going to be expanded and enhanced by Royal Mail as they step up efforts to compete in an increasingly competitive market.

[smarterdarter]

All ready have "sign for" tracked

[oypostie]

All ready have "sign for" tracked

Don't think we do "officially" though

[DGP1]

All ready have "sign for" tracked

Don't think we do "officially" though

By officially do you mean not having to get the tracked items signed for because the PDA says so

[Biker Mouse]

All ready have "sign for" tracked

I agree! I have had "tracked" items which required a signature.....asked my DOM what was the point, he didn't know!

[SpacePhoenix]

There has been a signature required option for tracked for ages, I don't know how much extra senders pay for it. The mininum number of items I think is around 2,000 atm. It can't be too long before RM updates the priority services guns to be able to process tracked bar codes.

[oypostie]

All ready have "sign for" tracked

Don't think we do "officially" though

By officially do you mean not having to get the tracked items signed for because the PDA says so

No. i meant that it didn't think it had officially been agreed with Postcomm and launched as a service.