subject: Placing Courier Orders Via Email [print this page] Many people always find it frustrating and time consuming when they have to call messenger services in Chicago in order to place their orders for shipping. The truth is, that just like most other companies, these courier companies need to try and keep their staff low to control costs. The problem is that this can mean lengthy wait times at some companies if you try and place orders by phone. This problem is completely eliminated when a courier introduces the ability for you to place orders via email.
Courier companies now accept so many orders electronically that many actually take more orders in this way than they do over the phone. Accepting electronic orders offers many advantages to a courier company and to their clients when compared to regular phone orders. We've already discussed one major advantage of no hold times, but that is not the only one. Another is that the orders are going to be much more accurate when submitted via email. You can quickly read over an email and make sure that all your instructions are clearly outlined in it. When passing on courier requests over the phone, there is always the chance of a courier hearing something wrong, writing something down wrong, or making a type when entering your order in the system. All these problems are eliminated with email.
The other advantage of sending email is that you can multitask while doing it. Also, you can send email from anywhere quickly and quietly. Most people running a business now have a Smartphone that they can send emails from, which makes email an ever increasingly convenient way of doing business.
Sometimes a courier company will have specific ways that they want you to place orders via email. Sometimes they may have special email addresses for you to email when requesting service instead of asking a general question. They may also have a way for you to email them through software on the website instead of through your regular email program.
If a company does have an automated way for you to place your orders through their software, this is the preferred method for you to use. This method is better simply because it helps to ensure that there are less errors involved in the placing of courier requests. Anytime you can do functions through a feature designed expressly for that purpose, it is the best way to take that action. In either case, email ordering is the most efficient way to request courier service.
