Sendcloud review

Sendcloud publishes a starting rate of €3.38 for DPD, which covers the first parcel rather than a full schedule of rates. Weight, destination and the carrier chosen all shape the final figure, so a shop sending regularly should check the price at booking time. The published number is a DPD figure and not a promise about the rest of the network.

Yes. The account reaches 170 couriers, and each one carries its own rate for a given weight and destination, so the figure a shop sees depends on the carrier it picks for that send. That flexibility suits a shop watching costs closely, though it means no figure is held for the year.

A single account connects to 170 couriers, from familiar national carriers to specialist networks, and each rate is shown before a booking is made. A shop can therefore send a parcel with a budget carrier and the next with a faster option, without opening a second contract or a second login.

Yes. Alongside everyday parcel work, the platform reaches freight networks for pallets and bulky loads and a same-day courier service using electric vehicles. Both sit behind the same carrier connection that covers 170 couriers, so a shop with a mixed week books a heavy load and a small parcel in the same place.

Sendcloud built its first version in 2012 as a basic label-printing tool for PostNL parcels, then grew into a full shipping platform. The business trades as Sendcloud B.V. and is registered in the Netherlands, based in Eindhoven, and that same entity handles the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and the rest of the world.

Pickup runs through collection, drop off and locker, so a sender can book a collection, hand a parcel in at a drop-off point or use a locker. That keeps a small team away from a counter queue and gives a shop with steady volumes a fixed place to send from. The team's written help covers which option suits a given address.

Every account reaches the team by email, chat, phone and more, and a direct line opens from the Growth plan for more immediate assistance. A shop on a lower plan still has written help to work with when a parcel needs checking, and most questions are answered there. The distinction matters on a day when a shipment is stuck.

Starting at €3.38 for DPD, the service is quick to test on a handful of parcels. A carrier list of 170 couriers still leaves room to choose by price and speed, and a shop can start without changing the courier it already works with.