Courier Service in Residential Areas
In San Francisco, like any large city, there are usually tens of thousands of businesses, conducting tens of millions of transactions per day. With those kinds of statistics, most businesses are bound to require the use of a San Francisco courier service at some point. However, with the advent of the internet, more and more people are currently working from home, and even manufacturing and shipping products from their homes.
You might be asking how this is possible; however, most times, when a person is first starting a business, they cannot afford the costs of having a brick and mortar office or retail location. The problem with this is that homes are not often equipped with loading docks or similar features that would make traditional courier pickups and deliveries feasible. In addition, large trucks may have trouble maneuvering down residential streets, and the home and business owner may face complaints from the neighbors if large trucks try this. However, these home based businesses often do find themselves in need of a San Francisco Courier Services from time to time.
Most reputable couriers of any size are going to be able to offer some kind of option for these home based businesses to receive deliveries and send shipments without disturbing the neighbors or having to put in a loading dock. This will usually require the use of a special truck, and the courier may assess a surcharge or other fee for residential delivery. Even if a business is in a dedicated home that has been completely converted to an office, the fee will most likely apply if it is in a residential area that is zoned as residential. One main reason for this is that residential areas are not a part of most San Francisco Courier Service regular routes, and thus mean that the courier must make a special trip, spending additional time, fuel, and labor.
Sometimes, there is no way out of having to use a San Francisco courier service, even for those businesses located in residential areas. If you have a home based business and find that you have to utilize these services on a regular basis, your best bet to save on fees will be to form a relationship with a courier and see if you can negotiate some kind of deal where if you can agree to a certain volume, they will waive all or part of the surcharges.
