Your customer paid cash on Tuesday; your account sees it next week — Delhivery's COD remittance cycle is a real working-capital factor. Here's what the timeline actually looks like and how to plan around it.
The remittance pipeline
Collection happens at the door; remittance runs on a schedule — typically weekly batches or the agreed T+N cycle. The cash sits in the courier's pipeline between collection and the run — that's not delay, it's the system.
Working days, not days
T+7 means seven working days — a Thursday delivery with a Monday remittance run becomes a 10-day real gap. Model your cash flow on calendar days, not the T number — the actual wait is usually longer than the T suggests.
The reconciliation habit
Remittance reports list AWB, delivery date, COD amount, deductions. Match against your delivered COD orders monthly — the un-remitted lines are your follow-up list, and missing remittances do happen at scale.
The small-print items
COD fees deduct at remittance (₹30–60 or %), RTO shipments deduct return freight, adjustments appear for weight re-bills. The remitted amount is never the collected amount — your cash forecast needs the net, not the gross.
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See how →The playbook
Model T+ working days
Calendar reality runs longer — plan for it.
Match remittance reports to orders
The unreconciled lines are the leaks.
Forecast net remittance
Collected minus fees minus deductions — never gross.
Price remittance into carrier choice
T+2 vs T+7 is real money at COD volume.
