The first carrier setup intimidates sellers more than it should — it's a day of admin, a test parcel, and a pickup routine. Or zero admin through an aggregator. The checklist either way.
Direct account route
Sign up on the carrier's seller portal (Delhivery Direct, Xpressbees partner onboarding, etc.) → KYC + pickup address + contact → wallet/payment setup → book a test shipment to your own address. The test parcel is the entire point — it exercises booking, pickup, tracking and delivery in one shot.
The aggregator shortcut
One Pakka Parcel signup → the whole carrier panel enabled → no per-carrier KYC, no negotiation, no contracts. For under ~300 orders/month it's objectively the faster path; the direct-contract conversation earns its keep at volume.
The pickup routine
Daily manifest at a fixed time — the carrier's rider knows to expect you, you know the parcels left today. Pickup reliability improves with predictable volume; a manifest that exists at 2 pm daily gets collected.
The systems that go live
Store integration receives orders, quote screen picks carriers, wallet holds amounts, labels print on the thermal. Each piece exists in the aggregator path; the direct route means assembling them per-carrier.
Pakka Parcel automates exactly this — the pipeline from order to AWB without the manual steps.
See how →The playbook
Sign up + KYC today
Carrier portal or aggregator — the account is an hour.
Book a test parcel to yourself
The end-to-end proof that matters.
Fix your daily manifest time
Reliable volume earns reliable pickups.
Set up the thermal printer
Label printing is a ₹4,000 unlock.
