DHL extends online services

DHL Express is expanding its online services. Thanks to DHL Ship Now a shipment may now be booked directly online without a DHL account number. In this way, DHL is catering as effectively as possible for the online shopper's growing need for ease and flexibility.

DHL Ship Now is an online program offering a fast and seamless method for sending parcels to any destination inside or outside the country. Shipments can be booked directly over the Internet without a DHL account number.

In the light of a number of simple steps, DHL Ship Now offers a clear overview of the DHL Express transport opportunities, providing straightforward information about transit times, rates and pick-up times. The rates shown are those charged for sending a shipment, which are prepaid online via credit card or via iDeal. Once a shipment has been collected by DHL its status may be sought via DHL's advanced track & trace system.

Jan Engels, Managing Director for Marketing & Sales with DHL Express Benelux: "Both businesses and private individuals are making more and more purchases over the Internet, which is also an increasingly important sales channel for DHL. Thanks to DHL Ship Now, we are catering as effectively as possible for the online shopper's growing need for ease and flexibility."

Advantages of DHL Ship Now

Forwarding parcels via DHL Ship Now offers several advantages:

• You can send a shipment with DHL without having a DHL account number.
• To any destination in the world.
• Transparent information about transit times and rates directly over the Internet.
• There is a choice between various transit times and the corresponding prices.
• A shipment can be prepared and paid for at home, ready for collection by a courier.
• Safe and trouble-free payment by iDeal or credit card.
• The sender and the receiver, if need be, receive confirmation of the shipment by e-mail.
• Shipments can be traced on www.dhl.nl via DHL's advanced track & trace system.