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On July 1, 2023, Swiss Post increased the rates for letters and parcels. It is not the first time since last year that postal rates have been raised, some of them sharply. The tariff increases have led us to consider another alternative to postal delivery. On the one hand, the shipping option with DPD has been around for some time, on the other hand, we have also considered GLS as a shipping partner. These two private service providers offer us a wealth of options and alternatives to post, sometimes even well below the postal rate. GLS now gives you the...

The most beautiful products in the online shop are useless if you don't have the right shipping service provider at hand. Only those who can deliver quickly and cheaply will be successful in the online business in the long term. And we consider ourselves to be quite successful, after all we have already been able to successfully process over 3,100 online orders. The high satisfaction of our customers can be seen very well in the Google rating , because the majority of our honey customers rate us with 4 or 5 stars. In order to stay on the road to...

Please note that the old data from 2022 can be found here. Deadlines for 2023 can be found in this section . ---------- The post office has published its acceptance and shipping deadlines for Christmas. Please note that letters and parcels must arrive at the post office on time so that they can be delivered before Christmas. In addition, there is a risk that there may be employee absences due to COVID, which could unexpectedly extend the mail route. For this reason, Österreichische Post AG recommends sending letters and parcels as early as possible this year. As you can see...

The currently sharply rising prices have now also arrived in the mail order business. Unfortunately, the cost of sending parcels has increased sharply. On the one hand, this is due to increased material prices for cardboard boxes and packaging, and on the other hand to rising fuel prices, which are affecting the transport companies, the freight companies and ultimately the post office. In April, this already led to a noticeable increase in the shipping rates for postal parcels. Specifically, the price increases affect all types of parcels, both small parcels up to 10 kg and large parcels up to 31.5...