Glossary

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WBN stands for Waybill Number. It is used to track the shipment on its journey. Although the length or the template can differ from courier to courier.

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This is the fee assocaited with collection of cash at the time of delivery levied by courier partners.This fee is used to incentivise delivery executives to collect and safegaurd funds collected at the time of delviery and is also used to cover the charges incurred by courier partners in facilitating collection either via electronic means or hard cash, safegaurding these funds and processing them for remittance. This is usually calcaulted as the maximum of a fixed value or a percetnage of the amount collected

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COD Remittance

COD remittance refers to the regular payment of COD amount collected from customers at the time of delivery back to the end seller. As an industry practice, the COD collected by delivery executives at the time of door step deliveries is transferred back to the seller at pre-defined frequencies agreed by both the seller and the courier partner. This transfer of funds is known as COD remittance

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Deadweight

Deadweight refers to the true weight of your shipment, which is used as the basis for calculating shipping charges by some courier services. In this method, the physical dimensions of the shipment are not considered.

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