Being an ecommerce brand comes with lots of benefits. But the ecommerce life is not without its hurdles to jump. One of them is a dependency on shipping companies (unless you have your own courier service).
In general, an ecommerce business owner doesn’t feel the strain of this partnership, but when an important milestone arises — like a global sales campaign — you have to be sure your shipping partner doesn’t let you down.
The end of 2022 is coming, and every major shipping company is feeling the effect of the holiday rush. Because of this, they are asking sellers to ship their goods by certain dates if they want them delivered before this year ends.
To ease your stress, and guarantee your customer’s purchases will arrive on time, we’ve done a round-up of deadlines from major shipping companies for domestic deliveries.
Let your customers know about these deadlines and make your shipping plans accordingly.
The United States Domestic Delivery Deadlines
USPS
Retail GroundDec. 17*First-Class MailDec. 17Priority MailDec. 19**Priority Mail ExpressDec. 23***
* Dec. 2 for Alaska
** Dec. 17 for Hawaii and Alaska
*** Dec. 21 for Hawaii and Alaska
UPS
UPS GroundCalculate on the siteUPS 3 Day SelectDec. 20UPS 2nd Day AirDec. 21UPS Next Day AirDec. 22
FedEx
FO, PO, SO, Extra HoursDec. 22FedEx GroundDec. 14FedEx Ground EconomyDec. 8Express SaverDec. 20FedEx 3Day FreightDec. 212Day & 2Day AMDec. 21FedEx 1Day FreightDec. 22FedEx SameDayDec. 20FedEx 2Day FreightDec. 21
Canada Domestic Delivery Deadlines
Canada Post
Regular ParcelDec. 9Expedited Parcel or flat rate boxDec. 13XpresspostDec. 21PriorityDec. 21
Australia Domestic Delivery Deadlines
Australia Post
Parcel PostDec. 12*Express PostDec. 19**
* Dec. 7 for WA and NT
** Dec. 14 for WA and NT
Greate Britain Domestic Delivery Deadlines
Royal Mail
2nd Class and 2nd Class Signed For Royal Mail 48Dec. 191st Class, 1st Class Signed For Royal Mail 24, and Royal Mail Tracked 48Dec. 21Royal Mail Tracked 24Dec. 22Special Delivery GuaranteedDec. 22Special Delivery Guaranteed with Saturday GuaranteeDec. 23Royal Mail Bulk Mail EconomyDec. 16
Germany Delivery Deadlines (Estimated)
Deutsche Post and DHL
StandardDec. 20ExpressDec. 23
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