subject: How Is The Price Of A Delivery Decided? [print this page] When you hire a courier company to move goods for you, there typically isn't a great deal of transparency when it comes to how they price your shipment. The good news is that a Miami courier service is going to use a method which is similar to that used by any other courier company in the country when it comes to pricing shipments. Although the final price will certainly have some variance, there are always some commonalities when it comes to the ways that these companies arrive at the pricing that they present to their customers.
The most consistent element of the pricing on any courier delivery is that the size and weight of the packages, and the distance that you're shipping, are going to be the most important parts of calculating that final price. The size determines many things. It tells the courier which vehicle they need to use to move your goods, and how much space in that vehicle your shipment will take up, because usually the space in a vehicle will be shared between several different companies. That way, they know how much to charge you based on the cost it takes to ship a certain distance in that vehicle.
Distance is also a key factor in the way that courier companies price a delivery, as it probably is the one figure that above all else plays into how much making a delivery is going to cost the courier company. The biggest expenses they are going to have to pay on any delivery are going to be the fuel that goes into the vehicle, and the driver's salary. Both of these figures come from how long the delivery is going to take more than anything else. Above all, the length of shipping is your best tool for estimating how much a delivery is going to cost you.
How fast you want your delivery to be completed is going to affect the price a great deal. Basically, the faster you want something delivered, the more it is going to cost your company. Deliveries which are shipped under a basic economy option typically ship at the price that was calculated using just the original factors like distance and size. Faster options like next and same day service will drive up the price considerably, and anytime air service is required you can expect a jump in the cost of courier service.
