Orders in DMs, no real checkout, shipping done at the post office — until volume breaks it.
Your city is your cheapest market
Local followers convert hard on 'delivered today' — a story with a tracking link sells.
Going national
Once DM orders hit ~15/day, a real shipping stack pays for itself in hours saved.
| Decision | The right move |
|---|---|
| Same-city orders | Hyperlocal riders — per-trip pricing, hours not days |
| National orders | Surface express default, air for the urgent few |
| COD strategy | COD via the platform gives you remittance records DMs never had. |
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Your first move
Move orders into WooCommerce or Shopify + Pakka Parcel — DM bookkeeping stops scaling at ~15 orders/day.
How it runs day to day
Orders flow in
Instagram DMs, WhatsApp or your store — Pakka Parcel works inside Shopify and WooCommerce — quotes show on every order.
Quote per order
Same-city → rider fares; national → carrier rates. The cheapest option shows itself.
Book and hand off
Wallet holds the amount; rider collects or carrier manifests.
Customer tracks
Status syncs to the store — you stop answering 'kab aayega'.
One wallet, every carrier, per-order quoting — built for exactly this kind of mixed shipping.
See how →
