Out of home deliveries: choose delivery to pickup points

As e-commerce grows, so does the demand for deliveries to pickup points. As consumers continue to change their online shopping habits, companies are striving to find new and innovative ways to get their products to end consumers.

Today we will talk about the benefits of deliveries to pickup points and how they are changing the current e-commerce landscape. We will also take a look at current consumer trends and how Inpost is betting on out-of-home delivery as the future of e-commerce.

Throughout the history of the e-commerce sector, both the potential and the competition have never been greater than they are now. Brands are being forced to prioritize the customer more than ever and to foster loyalty and engagement, as advertising return on investment is plummeting at an alarming rate.

The main currency of e-commerce is, without a doubt, trust. Companies must be open, sincere, and accessible to their customers, especially on social media, where users spend most of their time.

At the same time, online communities are another area in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies are investing to humanize their brands, boost customer retention, and reduce rising advertising costs.

Succeeding in this new e-commerce environment requires efficient thinking and a plan of action.

It is worth noting that in the second half of 2021, supply chain and logistics became the issue that received the most attention for e-commerce businesses. And the countless production, shipping, and fulfillment problems are not going to get much easier in the coming months.

The weak points of global logistics networks are well known to the public and will always define the way companies create, ship, and distribute their goods. And, although they are aware of these difficulties, customers continue to demand fast, free, and above all, on-time delivery of their purchases.

Despite brands' attempts to automate their supply chains, increase transparency, and adopt sustainable business practices, those that fail to meet customer expectations are going to be left behind.

To overcome these obstacles, new shipping and logistics techniques are needed and a bet must be made on new paradigms such as out of home.

Are you already a user of delivery to pickup points? If you haven't tried it yet, you're going to love it! At At Inpost we are experts in deliveries to pickup points and below we will explain in detail what they are, as well as their benefits.

Deliveries to pickup points or out of home are defined as any delivery made outside the home, whether near the workplace or at a designated pickup point close to your home. A courier delivery model completely different from the traditional one, where packages are sent to the end customer's home.

Users tell us that what they value most is that they no longer have to wait for the package at home, but instead the package waits for them at a Punto Pack | Locker. To be honest, it couldn't be more convenient to forget about your package and pick it up whenever it suits you best. Punto Pack locations have broad opening hours for pickup, and Lockers are open 24 hours a day. In addition, you won't have to wait in long lines to collect them!

But that's not all! In addition to the benefits for users, by using delivery to pickup points, you will be helping improve the air quality of cities. By sending many packages to a single point, we help reduce traffic in cities and therefore contribute to caring for the environment. We must consider that urban deliveries have a series of social costs, such as traffic congestion or noise pollution. For this reason, more and more e-commerce businesses and retailers are making adjustments to avoid the effects of problems related to home delivery. .

Among these solutions is delivery to pickup points or out of home, a term used internationally.

In recent years, we have established ourselves as the leading parcel company in Europe for deliveries to pickup points. We are betting on a strategy that breaks the mold and makes a difference.

The parcel shipping and delivery to pickup points that we offer at InPost gives you much greater freedom and schedule flexibility, in addition to being a much more practical and simple system, sustainable and respectful of privacy. You only have to drop off or pick up your parcels at one of the more than 4,500 Punto Pack | Locker locations across Spain.

"Everything you ask for and more" is our motto and the basis of our company policy. At InPost, the customer is the axis around which we work, but without forgetting the benefits and support for local commerce and, of course, caring for the planet. This philosophy is one of the keys that sets us apart from our competition.

No more spending hours at home waiting for your next online purchase to arrive. The sustainable model of InPost and our delivery to pickup points is here to stay and will definitely mark a before and after in the future and present of e-commerce and the parcel sector