Tag: courier

  • Better delivery ratings and how to get them – properly

    Better delivery ratings and how to get them – properly

    Better delivery ratings and how to get them – properly It’s that time again. Once more into the breach, of delivery ratings. Those pesky performance trackers. Not only are they a part of delivery apps, but also important enough to stymie better pay, if not monitored. Experienced couriers are very aware of delivery ratings. In…

  • Delivery tracker, and can you see me now?

    Delivery tracker, and can you see me now?

    Delivery tracker, and can you see me now? Most of the time the courier is easy to find. Occasionally, the courier isn’t so easy to find. If a delivery is involved, the odds are good the courier will be in the delivery tracker. In fact, the courier will be the little red or blue dot,…

  • The average courier pay – then and now

    The average courier pay – then and now

    The average courier pay – then and now Back in the day, at home delivery was rare. It was all about pizza, if delivery was available. Unless it was the lumber yard delivering new home building supplies. Those days of no or extremely rare delivery are not part of a fiction story. Furthermore, it wasn’t…

  • Driver for delivery and the best dispatch courier moves

    Driver for delivery and the best dispatch courier moves

    Driver for delivery and the best dispatch courier moves Every delivery has a beginning and an end. The process is clean and simple. Pick up cargo at point A, and deliver the cargo to point B. The distance in-between point A and B, is the run. The more runs a courier can tag in an…

  • The low mileage delivery and the best of short hops

    The low mileage delivery and the best of short hops

    The low mileage delivery and the best of short hops One thing about courier work, stay with it long enough and a delivery style will evolve. It happens somewhere along the way. Additionally, it happens to every courier. Somewhere between, jammed up waiting at a merchant location, and stuck in a stalled traffic jam on…

  • Tales of the Courier – Guilty until proven delivery

    Tales of the Courier – Guilty until proven delivery

    Tales of the Courier – Guilty until proven delivery The tribunal is quiet while debating the facts. 1courier watches only barely. He is more interested in what is for dinner. Additionally, he is ready to get back to work. Somehow, sitting, while contract violations are examined, seems…Well, at least he had the Off the Wall…

  • A better driving experience with practical effort

    A better driving experience with practical effort

    A better driving experience with practical effort Delivery driving is as much about strategy as it is speed. In fact, the best delivery times happen because of skill and timing, rather than sheer speed. Furthermore, this may sound far fetched. The natural feel of a delivery is to hustle. The faster the better. Of course…