BasicHumanUnit
Diamond Member
A new wave of package and mail delivery services is taking the nation by storm....
Private mail delivery. CitizenShipp now has over 3 million members and growing exponentially.
The amazing part is that every participant is self employed!
The web site allows people with qualifying credentials (a home, work history and background check passed) to become "PLH hubs". Hubs are local PRIVATE homes or businesses that accept your packages and mail in your local area and deliver them to Great hubs called WAH's. WAH or Wide Area Hubs are PRIVATE homes or businesses that serve larger areas. The network resembles the Postal Service Networks or those of UPS or FED-Ex, but it's all private. Private vehicles then deliver bulk deliveries to other cities in a brilliant system of transfer hubs that is both exceptionally efficient and cost effective. The website tracks deliveries and monitors flow of packages using system generated tracking ID's, just like the US Postal Service.
It reminds me of the start up of Walmart. If you haven't heard of it yet....you soon will.
At this time packages are the vast majority of their business but regular mail could be integrated as their network of hubs and transport agents grows.
If you're willing to put a special "mail box" up exclusively for CS. Currently, the USPS unions are filing legal challenges and lobbying Congres to prohibit home owners from having any type "mail or package" receptacle on your property that isn't exclusively for the USPS service. It's to be seen if the USPS can effectively block homeowners from placing such a device on their private property.
These networks are springing up across the country and as of December 2017, there are 17,800 PLH hubs and 4,637 WAH's. To use the service you register at their website as either a customer, transport agent or a hub. Many Uber and Lyft drivers are finding this a boon to their incomes. Shipping rates are incredibly affordable because there are no unions and everyone is basically self employed. Delivery of a 20lb package from Florida to California for example can run as low as $6.00 and have a 3 day delivery.
A 50lb package can be delivered from San Diego to New York in 3 days for $15.00. That's over $100 less than any of the major carries do today!
PLH Hub owners are reporting incomes of $5,000 per month or more while many WAH hub owners are making well over $8,000 per month. It seems there's plenty for all as drivers and handlers are all reportedly doing well also. Seems to be a win-win for everyone.
To date, the fault rate has been FAR lower than any of the major delivery services with an astonishing 1 fault in 5,500 packages delivered. Not one hub has been cited or closed due to fraud or service problems. This would make the Post Master General soaking wet with anxiety sweat.
Delivery times of 1/2 to 1/3 Postal Service times have been consistently reported.
The website is easy to navigate and it's set up to be easy and intuitive to use. Modeled on Ubers business model and combining a high tech array of mobile apps and online sites, CS may just be what the doctor ordered to get around Americas Postal Service woes...and get mail and packages moving again.
Experts are saying that CitizenShipp, at the current rate of growth, there will be over 50,000 PLH hubs by 2019 and over 15,000 WAH hubs delivering over 10 million packages a month....all by private individuals....in less time than it takes the USPS to deliver your USPS mail across town.
With service like that, at those rates.....the USPS just became obsolete.
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Did you enjoy this fictional story?
It's actually a story of frustration with the USPS. The USPS seems to be going to hell. In a word....Unions and government at it's best.
Packages are getting lost, delayed and the USPS is simply covering it up (or trying to).
Why hasn't someone done something like this? <sigh>
Private mail delivery. CitizenShipp now has over 3 million members and growing exponentially.
The amazing part is that every participant is self employed!
The web site allows people with qualifying credentials (a home, work history and background check passed) to become "PLH hubs". Hubs are local PRIVATE homes or businesses that accept your packages and mail in your local area and deliver them to Great hubs called WAH's. WAH or Wide Area Hubs are PRIVATE homes or businesses that serve larger areas. The network resembles the Postal Service Networks or those of UPS or FED-Ex, but it's all private. Private vehicles then deliver bulk deliveries to other cities in a brilliant system of transfer hubs that is both exceptionally efficient and cost effective. The website tracks deliveries and monitors flow of packages using system generated tracking ID's, just like the US Postal Service.
It reminds me of the start up of Walmart. If you haven't heard of it yet....you soon will.
At this time packages are the vast majority of their business but regular mail could be integrated as their network of hubs and transport agents grows.
If you're willing to put a special "mail box" up exclusively for CS. Currently, the USPS unions are filing legal challenges and lobbying Congres to prohibit home owners from having any type "mail or package" receptacle on your property that isn't exclusively for the USPS service. It's to be seen if the USPS can effectively block homeowners from placing such a device on their private property.
These networks are springing up across the country and as of December 2017, there are 17,800 PLH hubs and 4,637 WAH's. To use the service you register at their website as either a customer, transport agent or a hub. Many Uber and Lyft drivers are finding this a boon to their incomes. Shipping rates are incredibly affordable because there are no unions and everyone is basically self employed. Delivery of a 20lb package from Florida to California for example can run as low as $6.00 and have a 3 day delivery.
A 50lb package can be delivered from San Diego to New York in 3 days for $15.00. That's over $100 less than any of the major carries do today!
PLH Hub owners are reporting incomes of $5,000 per month or more while many WAH hub owners are making well over $8,000 per month. It seems there's plenty for all as drivers and handlers are all reportedly doing well also. Seems to be a win-win for everyone.
To date, the fault rate has been FAR lower than any of the major delivery services with an astonishing 1 fault in 5,500 packages delivered. Not one hub has been cited or closed due to fraud or service problems. This would make the Post Master General soaking wet with anxiety sweat.
Delivery times of 1/2 to 1/3 Postal Service times have been consistently reported.
The website is easy to navigate and it's set up to be easy and intuitive to use. Modeled on Ubers business model and combining a high tech array of mobile apps and online sites, CS may just be what the doctor ordered to get around Americas Postal Service woes...and get mail and packages moving again.
Experts are saying that CitizenShipp, at the current rate of growth, there will be over 50,000 PLH hubs by 2019 and over 15,000 WAH hubs delivering over 10 million packages a month....all by private individuals....in less time than it takes the USPS to deliver your USPS mail across town.
With service like that, at those rates.....the USPS just became obsolete.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Did you enjoy this fictional story?
It's actually a story of frustration with the USPS. The USPS seems to be going to hell. In a word....Unions and government at it's best.
Packages are getting lost, delayed and the USPS is simply covering it up (or trying to).
Why hasn't someone done something like this? <sigh>
