So far so great!
We started October 7. So far we have shipped 120 orders.
In the first week there were 8 shipments (out of 20) that went to the "Exception" status. I panicked thinking I had made a big mistake trying them. I emailed my account rep, he got back to me, refunded the cost of the labels, contacted Canada Post on our behalf, and the shipments were all delivered. Apparently it was a glitch on the CP side that was then sorted out.
Since then, we have increased our usage, and have shipped 120 orders as of today. We ship lightbulbs and our boxes can be over 4 feet long, and historically we would spend sometimes in excess of $40-50 shipping with eShipper (UPS, Purolator etc.) or Chit Chats, and we are now spending only $10.Our boxes are within the thresholds of dimension limitations, and it is amazing that when we would normally spend $45 to ship from Toronto to BC, the label is now $10!
There was a hiccup with the tracking linking correctly from the Woosh portal to the Canada Post site, but they temporarily linked the tracking to the Pitney Bowes site, until it was sorted out on the Canada Post side, and for the last few days, tracking connects to the CP site without issue. Tracking can also be seen on each order in the portal, each time the box is scanned.
I have been carefully checking each order, and all are making it to their destinations, either being delivered to the door (with or without photo - I even Google mapped the address to make sure the delivery photo matched the front door and all did - being extra anxious I needed to do this to make triple sure), or a notice card being left (common with Canada Post anyhow). Only 1 order was an 'exception' but this was due to a bad address on our customer's part. We have not been charged for the return yet either. Only 1 breakage out of 120 orders (shipping lightbulbs this is exceptional), and we have done a claim with Canada Post, but we know from experience this will take forever to sort out, as this is typical Canada Post attrition strategy.
We have even done a number of return labels, adding the customer address as a Sender Address, creating an order under it to ship back to our address, and this is also only $10. So far, 2 have arrived and waiting on 4 more.
Our experience is - so far so good (great even!), and if this keeps up it is a MASSIVE game changer for our business. Fingers crossed they do not go bust b/c it will be tough to purchase a $45 label after only paying $10.







