Low-profit small parcels, express parcel service large landing

"Now courier companies have begun to send a large parcel, logistics than to hurry, but also home delivery." Recently, Wang Jing net purchase of a washing machine, but to her surprise that she was actually common to the deliveryman express little brother.
In recent years, as home appliances, agricultural products, building materials and other large electricity providers of goods sold, and small parcel business profits declining, many courier companies have the business scope from the original small parcels within a few kilograms, expanded to dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of the large package. Since more profitable, huge market potential and other reasons, a large parcel favored capital from various quarters. Reporter intern Hu Rui Li Yang
Hot attract large parcel courier involved "Our company has long been able to send a large package." June 20, Changsha, a courier company courier small Zhuo phone calls to clients, asking whether the family was receiving, an air conditioner to online shopping stock.
Cho said large parcel refers to the weight of some of the larger pieces of logistics and express, different courier logistics enterprises delineated its weight varies, generally concentrated in the 3 kg -50 kg, while being transported to the appliance-based content.
Reporters learned that the investigation, Changsha most courier companies have opened a large parcel business, including telecommunications, Nadu, SF and other veteran logistics enterprises, and BES Express, excellent speed express courier and other emerging businesses. "Not a single piece more than 80 kg, can be air transport." SF introduced a staff member, who at the time for customers to send large parcels, small packages and only to ensure the same timeliness, but also provide pick up and delivery of service.
Low loss-making parcel profits "Actually, logistics and express companies have chosen to intervene large parcel business, not only in popular online shopping has led to the surge in sales of big-ticket items online, but also because of declining profits of small package express." A local courier the veteran reporter said so.
In recent years, a small parcel courier industry increasingly fierce competition, "only 1 yuan each small parcel or even a few cents profit on a large parcel much higher." The boss of a local courier sub-station to reporters.
Courier industry investor Zhao Xiaomin has publicly said that in those operations are limited to a small parcel courier service outlets, more than half will have a loss.
"A lot of express outlets often change the boss, not a few months do not survive." A local insiders, many courier outlets belonging to join the system, individual owner of a contracting business area, self-financing. Many did not carry out a large parcel service outlets would be difficult to sustain. "Profit small package business is also thinner than the blade, and excellent speed express, BES Express parcel service companies such as Great progress made to enter, let us try to have power."
Capital market repeatedly extended olive branch
Express delivery companies have been involved in large parcel business, its development potential is also generally optimistic about the party capital from various quarters. This year, large parcel logistics and express companies continue financing news broke.
March this year, it has just launched five kilograms - 60 kilograms BES Express "big package" service, its parent company, BES Group has on June 13 announced the completion of a new round of financing, and that will provide 600 million yuan of Express outlets Fund support.
June 15, focused on large parcel courier excellent speed courier also reported several hundred million dollars to get A round of financing news. According excellent speed Express sources, the company has several leading domestic institutional investors to negotiate, we will start the next round of financing line "several times" in the A round.
And since the date of the establishment of 3 kg to 50 kg of weight segment segment primarily Azores Express June 6 also announced the acquisition of capital from investment, investment wealth, 5 Jiuding investment agencies jointly invest in shares.
Suddenly, a large parcel to get a lot of attention, and even called "This is a courier of the Red Sea among the New World."
Development difficult "standardization" of the industry norm appeal
Large parcel service being optimistic, but also is experiencing bottlenecks. "Unlike large bundle of clothes or business documents Take appliances, some individual large parcel mailed home appliance may not be standardized packaging, which makes it somewhat difficult during transportation;. And then to produce, for example, large package because it saved in different ways, different humidity, and pose a challenge for transport. "in a local courier boss Min Zou opinion, the biggest challenge is the development of a large parcel of goods and services difficult to standardize.
In addition, the reporter learned that the local has launched a large parcel of joining the network, different outlets of the same brand of large parcel weight limit are not the same. "Every network is developed according to their own situation."
Zou Min believes that to solve the problem of standardization large parcel industry, industry associations shall intervene, packaging, transportation, etc. to develop appropriate specifications. "This norm can not only improve the quality of large parcel services, standardize the market, will also help reduce business costs, thus contributing to the faster development of the business."