ECommerce businesses located in the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands Greenland and Åland trust PostNord for their parcel delivery services. Businesses now have the possibility of implementing all of PostNord’s services, including tracking, payments, and more right into their website platform. It is also possible to benefit from the PostNord MyPack services.
What is PostNord Shipping?
PostNord is the main shipping and logistics provider to businesses and consumers in the Nordic countries. Formed in 2009, PostNord was created as a merger between Danish Post Danmark and the Swedish Posten AB. Its parent company, PostNord AB, is a public company located in Sweden. According to its Annual and Sustainability Report 2021, PostNord delivered 226 million parcels in 2021 and grew in its service offerings available to businesses and their customers, including a stronger home delivery service and parcel locker network.
ECommerce businesses choose to use PostNord for multiple reasons including the fact that PostNord has many more employees than competitors, which means that parcels often make it to their destinations faster, more safely, and for a lower overall cost.
What is PostNord MyPack Home?
MyPack Home allows you to send parcels weighing up to 35kg within the Nordic region. Parcels are picked up right from your business or office and delivered to your customer’s door. In order to use MyPack home, your business must enter into a business agreement with PostNord.
Beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack Home
The most beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack are:
- Opportunity to live track the parcel by you and your recipient.
- Ability to schedule when and how the delivery will take place.
- Additional services like age checks, climate compensation, delivery with POD, Insurance, and more are available from PostNord MyPack Home which makes it even more convenient to tailor your delivery to your and your customers’ needs.
The Cost of Shipping With PostNord Home
The cost of shipping with PostNord Home varies depending on multiple factors, such as location, country of origin, and the size and weight of your shipment. The prices in Sweden are allocated to Price Groups based on postal code or country destination and are as follows:
What is PostNord MyPack Home Small?
PostNord MyPack Small is a fast and secure parcel delivery method geared towards eCommerce businesses that sell and ship small items that are not of high value.
Note: MyPack Home Small is used for delivering small parcels with a maximum weight of 3 kgs and a maximum value of SEK 450.
The recipient receives the parcel within 2 business days and the shipping is approximately the same price to any destination within the specific country depending on the weight of the parcel. The parcel is picked up from a business or specified location and dropped off right at the customer’s front step or mailbox.
Beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack Home
The most beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack are:
- The best option for shipping small parcels smoothly to recipients’ mailboxes
- Live tracking till the packages reach the destination
PostNord MyPack Home Small prices in Sweden are as follows:
What is PostNord MyPack Collect?
PostNord MyPack Collect is a service available for companies and eCommerce businesses wanting to send parcels to specific distribution points within the Nordic region and other parts of Europe. To use this service, businesses must be within a service agreement with PostNord. Unlike PostNord Home, which delivers directly to the home address of the recipient, the parcel is delivered to a partner outlet instead. This may be at the discretion of the recipient as well, who prefers not to have mail left at their doorstep or who lives outside of a delivery area, etc.
The delivery time for parcels being shipped with PostNord MyPack Collect to the distribution point is about one business day within Sweden and between 2-6 business days outside of Sweden. Shipping documents can be paid for and printed from Skicka Direkt Business or can be generated using a third-party application.
Beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack Collect
The most beneficial aspects of PostNord MyPack Collect are:
- Flexibility in choosing shipping destinations and Better outreach all over the Nordic region
- Ability to track the parcels all the way through
The Cost of Shipping With PostNord MyPack Collect
The cost of shipping with PostNord Collect varies depending on multiple factors, such as location, country of origin, and the size and weight of your shipment. The prices in Sweden are allocated to Price Groups based on postal code or country destination and are as follows:
PostNord Shipping Within Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento & BigCommerce
The APIs available with PostNord for Shopify, as well WooCommerce, are easily integrated into your website through the use of PluginHive Shipping Solution.
Saving eCommerce businesses thousands of dollars, the PostNord application from PluginHive integrates every service available from PostNord, including MyPack, live tracking, and more into your website. If you’re offering multiple shipping options to your customers or want to take advantage of a fully automated shipping solution, the always-trusted Multi-Shipping Carrier App from PluginHive can be a valuable resource for your business.
If you are using Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento, you can download the application from the links below:
- Shopify Multi Carrier Shipping Label App
- WooCommerce Shipping Services
- BigCommerce Multi Carrier Shipping Label App
- Magento Multi Carrier Sghipping Label App
Interested in learning more about how PluginHive can provide you with the perfect shipping solution to meet the needs of your growing eCommerce business. Whether you’re using PostNord or offering multiple shipping carriers to your customers, we can help. Reach out for a conversation with our team of experts today.
