As of 1 september, the couriers of the shen-chong, roundabout, shin-tung, yingda, 100-sung and ultra-rabbit express companies received a collective “salary increase” of $0. 1 per package. The express courier industry told journalists that this would not only guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of the express courier community, but would also contribute to the healthy development of the shen city express industry, which would “guard” internet transactions in all walks of life。
The dispatcher is paid in full, in addition to the basic salary. In general, dispatch points are paid to headquarters and dispatch points are paid to couriers。
Survey data
About 80% of couriers send no more than 200 units a day
A few couriers can send 300 or so a day
For the vast majority of couriers, it's about $20 a day
Increased income of about $600 per month
Increase of $ 0. 1 per one-way delivery fee
“i'm sending around 200 units a day, and i've heard about the increase in the cost of the assignment, and i'll make an extra $5,600 a month for every $ 0. 1 increase.” in the early morning hours of 1 september, the delivery of parcels by couriers in a small property sector of the zone of peace. She told journalists that she and her lover were couriers at the same express delivery company, and that after this “salary increase” family income was expected to increase by more than $1,000 a month。
In order to avoid interceptions at the express delivery point, the relevant director of the express delivery company indicated that the increased assignment fee would be sent directly to the dispatch operator for the app, that circulars from the circular courier company required that the association point should not be stopped at will, and that the express delivery company strictly enforced the strict application of the policy at the point, which would benefit the courier without discount。
The delivery fee as a whole is declining
Would the increase in the delivery fee for the couriers push up the delivery fee and ultimately allow consumers to pay for it? In response, journalists interviewed the relevant officials of a number of courier companies, and it was agreed that the market was highly competitive, that the overall delivery fee remained on a downward trend and that it was difficult to increase in the short term。
In july of this year, journalists were able to find that shen city earned $9. 48 per courier service, compared to $11. 12 in the same period last year and $12. 21 in the same period the previous year, an overall downward trend。
In interviews with various courier companies concerned, it was revealed that within the express delivery company, there were two price systems for individual bulk and merchant-size packages, and that the price of the ordinary consumer express delivery, i. E. Between a few dollars and a few dozen dollars, was almost negligible for individual consumers, and that the price increase of $0. 1 for this delivery was generally low for merchants, as in the case of businesses with more than 1,000 copies per day, and that the lowest single price for a express delivery company from shenyang to jiangyang had fallen to $2. In the case of courier fees for merchants, future fine-tuning is not precluded。
Inducing the overall health of the industry
Why does the express delivery company collectively increase the delivery fee for couriers? In june this year, the ministry of transport and communications, the state postal service and others jointly issued the opinion on the protection of the legal interests of the delivery workers ' group, which specifies eight mission measures for the distribution of benefits, labour remuneration, social insurance, the operating environment, corporate responsibility, regulatory regulation, network supervision and professional development, among others, to guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of the courier community。
As a result of the declining profitability of the express delivery industry and the continued squeeze on the income of couriers, journalists have visited and found that, if parcels were to be stored at a station or express container, the actual delivery cost for couriers had been reduced to around $0. 50. The overall number of couriers has remained at around 20,000, despite the city-wide explosion。
A number of couriers indicated that the volume of parcels delivered was increasing, but income was not increasing. In the absence of an attractive income, however, the constant shortage of first-line couriers in shen town is not conducive to the long-term development of the industry. Industry sources have told journalists that this one-way fee increase by the express delivery company of $0. 1 appears to be small, but is in fact a major development in the overall health of the industry. The ultimate beneficiaries are not only the couriers, but also ordinary citizens of shen city who “buy and buy” online, and businesses who “sell and sell” online。
Shenyang daily, shen all media senior journalist liu yang
