Send a Shipment within the UK

Delivery Details

There are three different ways of entering the delivery address details; all are designed to reduce the amount of manual detail entry and to produce a shipment label quickly.

Short Name

Shipping addresses can be held in an address book facility. Each address is saved utilising a unique short name.

Enter the short name and select from a drop-down list or click on the arrow to display all saved addresses for selection.

When entering a new short name not held in the address book facility, enter the address and delivery contact details and click on 'save to address book'.

Find Postcode

Enter a valid postcode for the shipment address and select from the displayed list of addresses.

Once the address is displayed, additional address details can be added if required.

Finding a Postcode

If you are shipping to a UK address and do not have a postcode, click on find postcode and this will open a postcode finder window. Enter the shipment address and click on find postcode - select the address from the displayed results.

Delivery Contact

Contact and Telephone Details

Enter the contact and telephone details of the recipient; they will be printed on the label and assist in the delivery of the shipment.

Email and Text Notification

Enter the email address and mobile phone number of the shipment recipient and they will receive email and text message notification of the one hour delivery window and have the option to provide alternative delivery instructions.

To read more details on DPD's Predict ~ one hour delivery service

Package Details

Total No. of Items

Enter the total number of parcels in the shipment.

Total Weight (Kg)

Enter the total weight of the shipment in kilogrames.

Product

Select via the drop-down options the shipment product-:

• Parcel, Expresspak1, Expresspak5 or Freight

Shipments over 31.5kg will be Freight.

Service

Select via the drop-down options the service required-:

• By 9:30, By 12, Saturday by 10, Saturday by 12 or Next day

The service availability will display dependent upon where the shipment is being delivered.

To read more details on DPD's UK services

Extended Liability

Select via the drop-down options to extend the liability for the shipment.

To read DPD's terms and conditions for an explanation of extended liability

Shipment Date

The shipment date will be populated with today's shipping date. If you wish to forward-date the shipment, select from the calendar option. The date can be up to 5 days in advance.

Reference Fields (1, 2 and 3)

Enter any references relating to the shipment in these fields.

All the reference fields will appear on the label, however only reference 1 appears on the invoice.

Collection on Delivery

Select via the drop-down options if collection on delivery is required :

• Reverse IT - return parcels can be collected at the same time that the driver is making a delivery.

Print Options

Once the shipment details have been completed, the options to print the label now or at a later point are presented.

An information message will display to advise that the shipment has been saved successfully and display the consignment number that has been generated.

If a thermal printer is the default label printer and print now is selected the label will be generated by the printer, ready to be placed on the parcel.

If printing to an A4 label printer, the label image will be displayed and then printed out on the designated laser printer.