A cheap parcel delivery service is something you could do, if you like driving  This could be done on a  freelance basis and offered to the thousands of companies who are always looking for this type of service? You can become a Freelance Courier and start putting a lot of money into your pocket immediately.

Cheap parcel delivery benefits to you …

This is an excellent way of earning money without being answerable to anyone, except for your own clients and you can earn a good daily rate for the long destinations.

There is little or no start up costs. Obviously you will need your own car and assuming you have one, the only other items you will need are a mobile phone, insurance and a tank of fuel.

You get the opportunity of working the hours you want and travelling all over the country.

Cheap parcel delivery service – potential customers

If you want to start this type of freelance work, one suggestion would be to join your local business networking groups, so that you can let other businesses know about your cheap parcel delivery service. You could also contact each company personally and inform them of your new business. Otherwise you could join one of the already established courier companies while you were waiting to build up your own client list looking for parcel collection.

Links for Courier Delivery Service information to help with your cheap parcel delivery service …

Following are two links for both a Courier Owner Driver forum, which refer to the UK market and another UK site.  Both of these will give you more information on setting up yuour cheap parcel delivery service.

www.codforum.org.uk/index.php

http://www.couriersoncall.co.uk/aff/idevaffiliate.php?id=232

http://freelance-couriers.com/

At this link http://forum.mtvan.com/ you will find great information as well as free mail shot sample letters for promoting your business.

http://www.fetchitnow.co.uk/ is a good site for listing you

I have tried to find a good forum in USA, Canada etc but to date, could not recommend the ones I found.

Then there is flying … you could become an air courier?

If you love travelling, live in or near a city with a large national or international airport, and you have the kind of lifestyle that lets you pick up and go on a moment’s notice, then you might want to think about earning extra money an “travel courier”.

All you have to do is search online for the companies who are employing couriers or find them in your local trade telephone directories.  Don’t think it’s not possible, as long as you have the tools, it is possible for you to start your own freeland cheap parcel delivery service within your location.