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Couriers for personal shipments – Best service at affordable prices
Posted by CHAKKR Team in CHAKKR News
2011 was an year which saw CHAKKR growing into a full fledged commercial courier-marketplace.
Thousands of customers, mostly from Germany and Netherlands, used the site to get the best deals from hundreds of rated couriers.
The number of deals reached its peak during December 2011, where customers got a unique opportunity to find affordable personal couriers for their Christmas gifts to friends and family.
A personal “messenger”, as in the good old ancient days, delivering gifts & messages to the loved ones, was a unique and memorable experience to many CHAKKR customers.
When big shipment companies were struggling to handle the volume of “Christmas Shipments”, the customers who chose CHAKKR Couriers for their deliveries were presented with a “personal service”; which is in general a rare commodity in Europe. The success of CHAKKR lies in the fact that its a competitive market-place; there are hundreds of qualified couriers continuously in the loop of CHAKKR, and its not a surprise that most customers get instant transport quotes from couriers who provide the best courier-transport service at an affordable price. Just alone the notion that the customers could directly interact with “humans” (couriers or people from courier-companies), rather than machines or processes, gave a comfortable and secure feeling for many of them.
We continue to work hard, adding more utilities and features, implementing partnerships with shops and market-places etc., thereby making CHAKKR grow to a household name, when it comes to shipments.
Stay tuned and watch this space for more updates…
Feedbacks, suggestions, critics => always welcome! – Email us at team@chakkr.com
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100.000 couriers available on the road – 24/7
Posted by CHAKKR Team in CHAKKR News, Courier News
We are proud to welcome our first premium couriers, who have reported a big leap on the number of orders they got through CHAKKR. Congrats!
Keep going, we are working hard to bring you more orders from many different sources. Stay tuned..
As per the recent studies released on behalf of German courier-packet-transport provider associations, over 63% of the „couriers“ quoted under-utilized capacity as one of their big concerns which, together with rising fuel prices, increases their costs.
There are over 37.000 couriers in Germany, which collectively run over 200.000 vans on the road.
With an „available“ capacity of 50% from each of them, this translates to 100.000 possible courier-transport options available, which can be used anytime by anyone.
CHAKKR is the ideal solution for customers to directly reach-out to this capacity!
Looking at the above numbers, there is no wonder why most CHAKKR customers are repeat users, because the offers which they get from our couriers save them over 60-70% in the shipment costs, especially for bulky goods like furniture, whitegoods etc.
Transporting goods through couriers on CHAKKR provides you with a wide rand of advantages as well, in comparison with big shipment networks.
- Your courier is your DIRECT (and probably the only) contact partner (no burocracy and “processes”)
- Your courier picks up the transport-item, loads it in his van, and brings it to you personally -> there are no “transitions”.
- Your courier is a real “person” -> not company XYZ. You can call him any time (yes, including weekends!), adjust plans if needed etc.
We are working on bringing in more utilities to customers and couriers (eg : CHAKKR Mobile App with courier/shipment tracking), as well as going wide by partnering with some online shops directly.
Stay tuned and watch this space for more updates…
Feedbacks, suggestions, critics => always welcome! – Email us at team@chakkr.com
We’ve opened up our Basic Premium package for courier companies; which starts from just EUR 49,95 p/m. The package includes a lot of goodies; one of the main ones being the “direct contact” to the customer.
In spite of all the technology advancements, a phone-call is mostly faster and more likely to get responded. For this exact reason, some couriers had been trying to use our messaging system to exchange phone-number with customers, BEFORE a deal is done between them. They did not have success; as our system did not allowit (in order to protect the privacy of customers), and was against the terms we have with couriers.
After a few survey and conversations with our couriers and customers, we found that there IS a group, who prefer to deal on phone, rather than through the normal “bid / message” (email) process.
The Basic Premium package allows courier companies to directly contact the customer on phone and provide his offer; provided the customer had allowed to be directly contacted by couriers.
For couriers, this means that they can “win” the customer almost instantly (puts them a step ahead of the competition), and also helps them in their route planning.
For customers, this means that less waiting-time; and opportunity to talk to courier on phone before accepting a deal.
Apart from the above, the Basic Premium couriers also enjoy a lot of other benefits including promoted placements, unlimited customer contacts etc.
Stay tuned for more utilities…
Feedbacks, suggestions, critics => always welcome! – Email us at team@chakkr.com
Did you already see/use that ? CHAKKR is now integrated with eBay!
With just a one-click import, you can now easily place a request on CHAKKR to get transport quotes for ANY eBay article.
Use CHAKKR to save transport costs for articles bought or sold on eBay
eBay is a great place to buy and sell goods.
If you are buying heavy articles (eg : furnitures, household equipments) on eBay, you often end up at a problem => Shipping!. Most often you have to arrange the shipment yourself, if the seller has specified that the item has to be picked-up.
You dont know how much the shipment may cost, and when it can be possible.This may even make it difficult for you to even decide whether to buy one or other item from eBay, even though it may be an item which you really wanted.
We’ve made it extremely easy for you.
When you place your request on CHAKKR, just enter the eBay article number => DONE!.. Now, you can go back to your couch, or continue browsing on Facebook.
CHAKKR engine gets all the relevant shipping and transport information for your article from eBay and post your request on CHAKKR…this is FREE and without any obligation.
1000′s of professional couriers and travel-couriers are informed about your request., and you get competing and binding bids, with excellent conditions!.
If you haven’t yet bought the eBay article, now you know how you can transport, and how much would that cost.
If you have already bought the item, it wont be a surprise if you get it delivered to you within a few hours after placing your request. CHAKKR makes it happen!
Can shipments be made more easier than this ? CHAKKR is the smart way to ship goods.
Stay tuned for more utilities…
Feedbacks, suggestions, critics => always welcome! - Email us at team@chakkr.com
Yours,
Dont drive an empty truck; the highway-ghosts may haunt you down, as you are polluting our environment.
Many couriers on the road face the problem that they drive hundreds of kilometers to deliver goods to customers; but most of the times they drive back empty.
But CHAKKR has courier and transport orders on their routes, and is always getting new courier requests from customers all the time.
To get the trucks of couriers always full, CHAKKR has further improved the ways how couriers and transporters can use CHAKKR to avoid empty backloads and increase revenue.
1. Search along the routes (http://www.chakkr.com/courier-transport/requests/find)
Simply enter the start and end destinations of your route.
CHAKKR will show you ALL possible customer orders on the ENTIRE route (including sub-segments, minor diversions etc.).
2. Save searches
Every time you do a route search, its “recorded”, and shown on the right side panel. It provides you a convenient shortcut to do multiple searches using multiple combinations.
3. Bookmark and display the “current” routes on your profile page
You can bookmark any search (for your own use later), and also add the same to your “current routes” on your profile page. (Simply click the respective icons in the search history).
What does it bring you ? => More customers, orders, revenues…and last but not least; a “green” feeling because your truck is always full.
How ? => Customers can see your profile, where you are going, and contact you directly to give you an order.
Moreover, CHAKKR engine can easily “match” you with potential customers, thereby benefiting you and the customer.
Isn’t that easy, convenient, and “cool” ?
This is just the beginning… We are working on more technology innovations to make the transport capacity utilization more efficient.
Feedbacks, suggestions, critics => always welcome!
Email us at team@chakkr.com
Yours,
CHAKKR Team
Yes, you saw it all probably. Since the beginning of this year, CHAKKR has been mostly focusing on local/regional transport customers and companies, in our “home zone” (Germany, Nerherlands). We listened to the feedbacks, and made several changes and additions to give a positive experience for those target groups.
We are glad that we could be of help for many of you, in getting your transport done at the best price/time conditions.
We also feel proud that many local and national courier companies who have been acting through CHAKKR, have already built up a good online reputation using their CHAKKR profile, and their business on CHAKKR.
Thanks to the users who keep coming back and keep on recommending us, CHAKKR is now ripe & ready to spread to more horizontal and vertical dimensions.
Do you have a courier or transport request, and still haven’t tried CHAKKR ? Post your transport request here for FREE. It just takes less than a minute, but would get you the BEST price and conditions for your transport.
Are you a courier or transport provider, and still dont have a profile on CHAKKR ? Register your profile here for FREE. We take care of your marketing and try to bring you to potential customers.
Last, but not least:
We do have now positive news for the “international” transport customers, who have been generously pinging us regarding the updates, missing features etc.
We are working on specialized features, social media applications and partnerships, which would cater to those groups.
Stay tuned…. And as always, feel free to continue giving us feedbacks, suggestions, critics etc. We do READ and ACT on all of them!.
Yours,
CHAKKR Team
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Web2Come – Building internet platforms for today and tomorrow
Posted by CHAKKR Team in CHAKKR News
We’ve put some make-up one our company page; Web2Come (www.web2come.com)
As always, feedbacks are generously welcome!.
CHAKKR is the first and flagship product from Web2Come team. And, we love the appreciation our users gave!.
We are currently working on a whole bunch of new features on CHAKKR, which will assist and help you to help yourselves, for all kinds of courier and shipment requirements.
Stay tuned for updates…
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CHAKKR : From a social courier sharing community to a courier market-place
Posted by CHAKKR Team in CHAKKR News
Since our “branding switch” from a social community to a courier-marketplace, a few of the readers have been asking about the “social” courier-community part of CHAKKR and why we did not keep it that way. We think, a good answer to such questions, is one of our numerous press coverages from the previous times, where we had tried to explain the concept to the public and our little requirements to keep it sustain (which was/is our vision).
Most of the German media which covered CHAKKR (Radio, Newspaper etc.) did those in German. For our English speaking friends, we’ve found one of the coverage online. Just the flyer in Patrick’s (our cofounder/tech-lead) hands explains our initial vision.
If you find more such online coverages, please let us know. Thanks!
Instead of going for “compromises” or “affiliations”, we decided to keep the independency, and make it an open market place, by involving courier/transport service provider companies as well. CHAKKR is still (and will always be) independent => Anyone can provide service for courier requirements listed on CHAKKR; doesn’t matter if you are just traveling and can take something on your luggage allowance, or if you are a local/national/international courier company. CHAKKR present your bids to the user. As they always say, at the end “user is the king“; he/she can decide which one’s the best fitting bid for him.
Search and bid on courier requests matching your travel routes
Palmerston North yesterday witnessed the launch of Logistic and Supply Chain Sector Profile for the Manawatu Region by the esteemed Associate Minister for Transport, Hon. Nathan Guy.
The launch was a significant milestone in the Logistic and Supply chain sector. Jono Naylor, who is the Mayor of Palmerston North City, believes that the region has seen a multiple increase in its business in the Logistics and supply sector and hence the importance of this region had increased manifold during recent times.
The significance is evident by the fact that the sector provides employment to more than 6000 people being responsible for 20% of the employment growth in the last decade.
The sector is responsible for 10% of all wages and salaries in the region. The Manawatu region has a natural geographical advantage being the centre of New Zealand according to the population.
One of the major reasons for the relocating the company headquarters to the region were the quality of life its staff was offered at Manawatu. The people hence look after the business as their own, thereby improving the quality of work.
Source: TopNews
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Asia: Logistics and manufacturing can benefit from each other
Posted by admin in CHAKKR News
SINGAPORE: Manufacturing companies in Southeast Asia can benefit from the seamless flow of their goods and services across the region when the logistics industry becomes fully integrated, experts said.
Logistics connectivity within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help spur the manufacturing industry in the region and make ASEAN a very competitive region.
According to a study done by APEC Policy Support Unit, a one per cent increase in logistics performance and competitiveness could lead to an immediate three per cent improvement in exports.
Dave Tan, Executive Director, Regional Office, Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers, said: “When it comes to competing with your neighbouring countries, you need the speed and reliability so that you have more time to focus on your core business of improving your designs and other aspects of the manufacturing process.”
Experts said each member country of ASEAN could be good at doing different things such as providing skilled labour or strong infrastructure.
As such, economies of scale can be achieved by having different countries participate in different parts of the value chain.
Dr Robert Yap, Chairman, ASEAN-Business Advisory Council Singapore, said: “If you have a connected supply chain landscape, then countries can specialise in what they are doing best. And through the connectivity program, this will allow ASEAN to be a very competitive region, and as a region to move forward.”
Experts said that after China, ASEAN looks like a strong next source of manufacturing competitiveness, with Vietnam and Indonesia as strong contenders.
The ASEAN Economic Community or AEC Blueprint was signed in November 2007 to transform ASEAN into a single market and production base by 2015.
The aim is to achieve free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour and freer flow of capital within ASEAN.
Source: channelnewsasia