{"id":1506,"date":"2020-01-20T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T11:40:32","slug":"courier-zone-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/en\/courier-zone-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"The courier gets more expensive to deliver to the middle of nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some courier companies use so-called zone rates and divides the territory in which it provides services into two zones. The first one uses the basic price list, the second – with additional charges. Although this practice is gradually disappearing, in companies with longer experience and with traditional business principles, you may be charged extra for delivering a package to places remote from the company’s branch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The zones may apply to the different parts of a country. Or to different countries within the whole continent, e.g. Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A and B, i.e. urban and rural<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why the territory of a country is divided into zones is quite clear: delivering parcels within a city is cheaper, while delivering them to remote places, i.e. in a rural zone, requires an extra charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the courier company divides the given territory depends on the location of its branches. If a company has a branch in a city, the city is zone A and you are not charged with any surcharges if collection and delivery is done in a place with the same post code. Otherwise, an additional charge applies for each shipment that is collected or delivered in an area of zone B .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, as in the case of more complex clusters, such as for example one consisting of three cities: Gda\u0144sk-Gdynia-Sopot in Poland, where the same A zone, which means no surcharges, extends beyond the administrative boundaries of each of these cities to the areas adjacent to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic and foreign fees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The zone surcharge does not seem so big \u2013 they differ among different companies, however on average it amounts to approx. 20 zloty. However, if the number of packages subject to this surcharge is high, then the total amount becomes quite serious. Moreover, some courier companies may charge the zone surcharge twice, if both the collection and the delivery are in zone B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar division into zones applies to foreign shipments, e.g. in Europe. In this case, the amount of surcharges start from 50-60 zlotys and may exceed 100 zlotys per package. Interestingly, it is not always only the distance that counts – sometimes the geographical location of the country too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zone for a pallet <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recently, the hottest news was DPD’s introduction of three zones for the delivery of pallet shipments in Poland. The zones have been established very precisely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n