A Guide for New Couriers: Estimating Your Rate
A Guide for New Couriers: Estimating Your Rate Automotive When you are starting up a courier business or moving into a new area, it can be tricky to know what – or how – to charge your new clients. These straightforward tips will help you start building your business in no time. Tools of the Trade There are a few different methods of setting a fee for your courier loads. Whichever one you choose, you must ensure that you have the appropriate technology to help you measure times, weights and distances accurately. This will help you make your calculations and, if you can easily show a client your methods of recording this information, you will quickly build up trusting and profitable relationships. I would advise investing in a GPS tracker, as this is the simplest way to prove to a client that you took the most efficient route possible. A GPS tracker will also allow you to accurately identify the distance travelled on any particular journey. A watch will do for logging the ti...