Rural Radar: Remote Area Rules

I sell worldwide, and I’m often confronted with incredibly expensive Out of Delivery Area surcharges — sometimes €40 to €45 on an order worth just €40. I use a 3PL for fulfilment and they don't have live rates that check for remote area postalcodes.

Then Rural Radar came onto — you guessed it — my radar. What a game changer!

Yes, I probably lose a few sales because customers in remote-area ZIP or postal codes are confronted with shipping costs that include these surcharges. In many cases, that scares them away if they’re not willing to pay the steep fees the express carriers charge me.

But under these circumstances, that’s exactly what I want. I’d rather lose the sale than lose money on the order.

Now, thanks to Rural Radar, I’m no longer getting caught out by those unexpected remote-area charges.

The app pays for itself for an entire year after just two orders that would otherwise have gone through without the remote-area surcharge being added to the shipping cost.