Being an e-commerce brand comes with lots of benefits. But the e-commerce life is not without its hurdles to jump. One of them is a dependency on shipping companies (unless you have your own courier service).
In general, an e-commerce business owner doesn’t feel the strain of this partnership, but when an important milestone arises — like a global sales campaign — you have to be sure your shipping partner doesn’t let you down.
The end of 2021 is coming, and every major shipping company is feeling the effect of the holiday rush. Because of this, they are asking sellers to ship their goods by certain dates if they want them delivered before this year ends.
To ease your stress, and guarantee your customer’s purchases will arrive on time, we’ve done a round-up of deadlines from major shipping companies for domestic deliveries.
Let your customers know about these deadlines and make your shipping plans accordingly.
The United States Domestic Delivery Deadlines
| Retail Ground |
Dec. 15 |
| First-Class Mail |
Dec. 17* |
| Priority Mail |
Dec. 20** |
| Priority Mail Express |
Dec. 23*** |
* Dec. 15 for Hawaii
** Dec. 15 for Hawaii
*** Dec. 21 for Alaska and Hawaii
| UPS Ground |
Dec. 15 |
| UPS 3 Day Select |
Dec. 21 |
| UPS 2nd Day Air |
Dec. 22 |
| UPS Next Day Air |
Dec. 23 |
| FedEx SmartPost |
Dec. 09 |
| FedEx Ground |
Dec. 15 |
| Home Delivery |
Dec. 15 |
| Express Saver |
Dec. 21 |
| FedEx 3Day Freight |
Dec. 21 |
| 2Day Services |
Dec. 22 |
| Overnight Services |
Dec 23 |
| FedEx SameDay |
Dec 24 |
Canada Domestic Delivery Deadlines
| Regular Parcel |
Dec. 16 |
| Flat rate box |
Dec. 18 |
| Xpresspost |
Dec. 20 |
| Priority |
Dec. 21 |
Australia Domestic Delivery Deadlines (Estimated)
| Parcel Post |
Dec. 12 |
| Express Post |
Dec. 19 |
Greate Britain Domestic Delivery Deadlines
| 2nd Class and 2nd Class Signed For |
Dec. 18 |
| 1st Class and 1st Class Signed For and Royal Mail Tracked 48 |
Dec. 21 |
| Royal Mail Tracked 24 |
Dec. 22 |
| Special Delivery Guaranteed |
Dec. 23 |
Germany Delivery Deadlines (Estimated)
| Standard |
Dec. 20 |
| Express |
Dec. 23 |
Source: https://www.ecwid.com/blog/end-year-shipping-deadlines.html
