DPD Germany offers first mobile parcel label featuring integration with Passbook and Apple Watch
DPD Germany has announced that its mobile parcel label with PayPal payment functionality is now available on the re-designed ‘DPD Web Parcel’ online platform. In a statement published on its website yesterday (11 August), DPD explained how the system works: “All German small-scale business shippers and private consignors who pay for their parcels on the ‘DPD Web Parcel’ platform now receive a mobile 2D code. This code is the full equivalent of the kind of physical parcel label which previously had to be printed out by the shipper.
“When they hand in their parcel for shipment at one of DPD’s 6,000 Pickup parcelshops throughout Germany, all consignors now need to do is to display the code on their smart phone. The parcel shop then simply scans the code and links it with the physical parcel, after which the parcel is sent on its way.”
Michael Knaupe, Director Products & Services National at DPD Germany, said that the new system reflected the changing needs of DPD’s customers because “in Germany 93% of households have a smartphone, but only 75% still have a printer”.
Conventional shipping with a physical parcel label continues to be available for customers who require this service.
DPD added that “from the autumn the mobile parcel label will also be available for return shipments, making the return process significantly easier for both retailers and consumers”.
