Tracking numbers are printed as a barcode that can be scanned by anyone, a barcode reader or a smartphone. Most postal services such as United parcel service(UPS), US postal service (USPS), and Federal Express (FedEx) use the tracking number to ensure smooth and efficient delivery.
Where can the tracking number be found? When you purchase from an online store, marketplace, or website, an email is sent to you to confirm your purchase, and most importantly your tracking number is also sent to you in the mail. Your tracking number could also be sent via a text message or it can be sent to you on the site where you make your purchase.
Benefits Of Using Tracking:
Customers who are unable to track their parcel tend to panic and be anxious about the whereabouts and time of the arrival of the parcel. With the tracking, customers can rest be assured about the arrival of the parcel.
Companies can build trust with their clients when customers can see, track and know when the package is arriving. This builds a healthy and long-lasting relationship between companies and their clients.
As a customer care provider, there is a lot of pressure when it comes to ensuring the satisfaction of your clients with the products offered by your company. The tracking number saves you a lot of stress from constant calls from concerned customers about updates on their products. This gives customer care grants more time to deal with more pressing issues.
A tracking number makes it easier to recover a lost package that may be due to human error, delivered at the wrong house or street. Also, the tracking number makes it easy to know the progress of a shipment from start to finish.
A tracking number does not only provide the whereabouts of your package at any given time, it also provides the estimated delivery date and also informs you when the delivery date has been changed
Companies That Use Tracking Numbers
Federal Express (FedEx): It has a 12-digit tracking number.
FedEx Smartpost: It has a 22-digit tracking number that begins with 92612 or 92748.
United parcel service (UPS): UPS has 18 digits tracking number that begin with “IZ” and ends with a check digit.
US postal service (USPS): It has a 20- digit number with a combination of 13 alphabetic and numeric characters that ends with “US”.
USPS Express Mail: The tracking number is composed of 13 characters beginning with 2 capital letters and ending with “US”.
Daley Hillblom Lyon( DHL) Express: DHLexpress has a 10-digit numeric tracking number beginning with 000, JJD01, JVGL, JJD00, or a similar variation.
DHL ecommerce: It has 10 to 39 characters starting with GM, LX, and RX.
DHL parcel waybill for domestic shipment has an 11 digits tracking number that starts with 1.
Dynamic Parcel Distribution( DPD): DPD has a 14-digit tracking number for all its parcels.
How To Track A Parcel
A tracking number should be sent to your mail after you have placed your order online, on a website, or in the marketplace.
Write down your tracking number so that you can type it when needed.
Visit the website of the company or postal service delivering your parcel, you will see an option called ” track and confirm”.
Enter your tracking number into the space provided and click on the “send” button.
You will be provided with information about your package.
To ascertain when your package has arrived at its final destination request for “signature delivery”.
When the package arrives a call will be put across to you and a mail sent to the email address provided informing you that your package has arrived.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, you may need to share your tracking number with someone you trust. One of the reasons could be that you might not be available to pick up your parcel on the day it is arriving. It’s okay to tell a relative, a neighbour colleague, or a friend you can trust your tracking number. When someone accidentally gets your tracking number contact customer care immediately and report the issue to them so they can do something about it.
We are in a digital era where technology is making life smooth and convenient for everyone. This is one of the perks of the digital era, being able to monitor, follow and control the movement of your package or parcels from anywhere in the world till it gets to its final destination.
