Sendle - anybody would use them and why?

[itolduandso]

Anybody uses Sendle and why would you use them over ChitChats, Stallion and similar providers?

They offer pickup and that is the only additional benefit I see.  Otherwise they seem to be foxy about their pricing like Poshmark and sketchy about their service, no service guarantees. Marketing pure since they have a deep pocket budget.

Anybody other experience?

[byto253]

Never heard of them before, how do they work?  Do you need a physical location to drop off to like Chitchats, or are you buying postage from a major carrier or CP and dropping off there?

[byto253]

Just reading their site and it looks like the model is that they sell the postage and the carrier picks it up from your door.   There is also a promo for new Canadian accounts for 10 free shipments - which I think apply to ones done in Canada. 

[pjcdn2005]

I haven't used them but I wouldn't compare them to Chit Chsts etc as according to their site, they are for shipping within Canada only.   They do have some good domestic rates.

https://support.sendle.com/hc/en-ca/articles/205204758-Locations-Coverage

https://try.sendle.com/en-ca/pricing

[byto253]

Chitchats has some good domestic rates as well.  I just checked a parcel, 1.1 kg 21x16x16 cm and it is $13.67 from Ottawa to Vancouver.   

But you need to have a chitchat locations in your town, and have to get to it.  From the examples, Sendle would be a similar price but the carrier will pick up at your place, which will be great for places without a chitchats or stallion location.  Or in my case, 1 or 2 parcels does not make it worth a drive to the depot.

Looks like a good option to add to the shipping quiver. 

[byto253]

I just entered the same dimensions in to Sendle and it came up as $20.26 vs $13.67 from Sendle.  I am guessing that since it was over 1 kg, it kicked it up to a 3kg rate.  If it was not a free promo shipment I would have trimmed the package down to get under 1kg.

Edit - similar sized parcel to Northern Quebec came to $12.95 - regional vs. national rate.

[femmefan1946]

We should be getting our first October Free Shipping tomorrow from Canada Post,a nd this year including a Tracked Packet USA.

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@femmefan1946 wrote:

We should be getting our first October Free Shipping tomorrow from Canada Post,a nd this year including a Tracked Packet USA.

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This pretty much guarantees I'll have no sales for the next two days

[byto253]

I will be using the CP ones and a couple of the free Sendle ones.  I will post back on how the Sendle goes.  They are scheduled for pickup on Tuesday, though the time frame is any time on Tuesday. 

[techbuytreasures]

The best way to use sendle is through EasyShip. You can sign up for a free account with EasyShip and access the Sendle Preferred rates (which you have to pay for in a subscription to access on Sendles website). The savings are make the service more worthwhile. I'm a 40 minute round trip to my closet Chitchats and over an hour to stallion, and my volume doesn't make the trips worthwhile.

[mrdutch1001]

"Sendle is an Australian-based company which provides courier services within Australia, United States, and Canada, focusing primarily on small to medium-sized businesses and online retailers."

NO thanks...

As a CP customer for decades, I'll continue to put my trust into a CANADIAN company in which my experiences have been 95% satisfactory and my decades of experience with CP has gained them my loyalty.

[kh-leslie]

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