[Updated: 26 Sept 2007]
Let me elaborate on how this works:
1. Customers will set up an account with vpost and they will be given an account number
2. When the customers order some merchandises, instead of entering their Singapore addresses, they will enter vpost's collection point address in U.S. and their respective account numbers
3. (Guessing) Vpost will send the collected parcels in batch mode thus getting a cheaper bulk rate
4. Once those stuff arrive Singapore, Singapore Post will relabel those parcels according to the account number and send them off.
Or in networking terms, vpost encapsulates the individual shippings into a jumbo shipment and reroute those shippings upon arrival. Tata
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I just ordered some books from Amazon, and found an ad on my parcel from vpost
It claims to be able to offer reduced postage from US and Japan to Singapore by aggregating the shipments.
I haven't tried this service yet, but I found this is a pretty innovative and win-win business model. Plus, it is environmental friendly, too. :)
4 comments:
It is operated by Singpost. Singpost see like don't want to lost business to DHL and fedex.
Is it possible that if somebody shipped something illegal with my package, I kena investigated also?
Besides don't they already aggregate the stuff they shipped? It's hard to imagine that they ship articles one-by-one. -_-'' much unclear ...
I wonder how much they need to aggregate before it's more cost effective and how much longer it takes to do this?
That is the same thing as batch processing in old mainframes, or scheduling buses/trains. What is the optimum interval such that profit and customer satisfaction are maximized? :)
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