Comments on: Post Strikes Hit eCommerce In A Big Way http://www.returnondigital.com/blog/post-strikes-hit-ecommerce-in-a-big-way Return On Digital's Digital Marketing Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah Arrow http://www.returnondigital.com/blog/post-strikes-hit-ecommerce-in-a-big-way/comment-page-1#comment-7808 Sarah Arrow Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.webmarketingadvisor.com/SEO-blog/?p=802#comment-7808 Go Back? We never left! ;-) Go Back? We never left! ;-)

]]> By: Guy Levine http://www.returnondigital.com/blog/post-strikes-hit-ecommerce-in-a-big-way/comment-page-1#comment-7806 Guy Levine Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:28:30 +0000 http://www.webmarketingadvisor.com/SEO-blog/?p=802#comment-7806 Thanks for the comment Sarah - as you say we believed it would affect parcels too! Seems like we can go back to Amazon! Thanks for the comment Sarah – as you say we believed it would affect parcels too! Seems like we can go back to Amazon!

]]> By: Sarah ArrowS http://www.returnondigital.com/blog/post-strikes-hit-ecommerce-in-a-big-way/comment-page-1#comment-7798 Sarah ArrowS Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:26:13 +0000 http://www.webmarketingadvisor.com/SEO-blog/?p=802#comment-7798 Hi Guy It's a very common misconception that the Royal Mail strike means that businesses have no options when it comes to parcel deliveries. The Royal Mail strike only affects letters. Packages and parcels can still go via parcel force, business post, DHL or what ever parcel provider the business chooses. Royal Mail prices are heavily subsidised, customers pay because of their volume and not the weight or distance travelled like many modern commercial operations. This means they make money because they have a huge amount of letters going through their systems. The packages go via Parcel Force. Small businesses like the ones you mention would send by the cheapest method possible, so the chances are they already using a different courier. It would be cheaper to send a neatly packaged jacket via Parcel2Go than Royal Mail and many retailers know this. Hi Guy
It’s a very common misconception that the Royal Mail strike means that businesses have no options when it comes to parcel deliveries.

The Royal Mail strike only affects letters.

Packages and parcels can still go via parcel force, business post, DHL or what ever parcel provider the business chooses.

Royal Mail prices are heavily subsidised, customers pay because of their volume and not the weight or distance travelled like many modern commercial operations. This means they make money because they have a huge amount of letters going through their systems. The packages go via Parcel Force.

Small businesses like the ones you mention would send by the cheapest method possible, so the chances are they already using a different courier. It would be cheaper to send a neatly packaged jacket via Parcel2Go than Royal Mail and many retailers know this.

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