Helping local business compete

I have lost count of the amount of times I have gone to buy something up to the value of £30 and pulled out of the sale because the cost of delivery can easily be up to 50% of the total cost.

How do you convert them lost sales?

It’s quite simple you can’t. You can’t barter with a customer over a delivery price, they’ve gone. Probably lost to Amazon who are offering free delivery if you spend x amount of pounds. And now your customer is spending twice the amount they were willing to just to get free delivery. Your business has lost out and other local businesses lose out as your potential customer has topped up their basket with stuff they were going to buy locally. This is fundamentally why local business is struggling and potentially becoming completely unsustainable. We are throwing all our hard earned money at huge corporate businesses for the sake of convenience. Are they pumping money back into the local communities that they’ve obtained that money from………….no.

Is there a solution?

On the Wirral there is. It’s called Local Postal Solutions. The majority of your customers will be on the Wirral unless your offering something unique or something far cheaper than anyone else in the country. Our prices for not just parcels but also mail delivery are significantly cheaper than any national network. I’m often asked how we can be cheaper and the answer is really simple. I don’t have to factor into my price the cost of living of rich shareholders. Instead we opt to share money we make back into Wirral charities. 

Next time your about to buy something online that’s local STOP 🛑. Pick up the phone, call the business and ask if they can arrange a delivery with Local Postal Solutions. Not only will you save money, as long as you’ve ordered early enough you will probably get delivery same day. And with our soon to be ‘net zero’ status your doing your bit for the planet. Oh and also you can order multiple parcels upto a full carrier bag size and we only charge for the one delivery.

And one more thing, we don’t use technology. So, we don’t keep your data and sell it on to third parties.

Not just a postman