Galaxus and Digitec expanding same-day delivery
Galaxus and Digitec are now also offering flash delivery for anyone living in the south-east of the canton Zurich. Customers in the Bülach region who order by 1:15 p.m. now receive their goods on the same day and without additional packaging. Illnau-Effretikon, Nänikon, Meilen and Hinwil will follow in weekly increments.
Ordered at midday, delivered in the evening: Digitec and Galaxus are expanding the popular flash delivery service from the city of Zurich to the south-east of the canton. Customers in the Bülach region will be able to enjoy the service first – the regions of Illnau-Effretikon, Nänikon, Meilen and Hinwil as well as other parts of Zurich-Oerlikon will follow over the course of the coming weeks.
Our shipping partner is the Swiss Post subsidiary notime who specialise in same-day deliveries. Since January 2020, notime has delivered over 400,000 flash deliveries to Digitec Galaxus customers in the city of Zurich. «We’re proud that we’ve convinced the customers and employees of Digitec Galaxus of our service,» says notime CEO Michael Hauser. «Now we’re looking forward to taking the next step together.»
Flash delivery is available for all products that are in stock at Digitec Galaxus’s warehouses in Switzerland, weigh less than 30 kg and are smaller than 60×60×100 cm. If all products in an order can be sent by flash delivery, this option is automatically recommended to customers at checkout.
The order deadline for same-day deliveries is 1:15 p.m. on weekdays and 12:45 p.m. on Saturdays. Depending on the delivery route and the address, flash deliveries arrive between 4:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Customers can use a text message link to specify whether the courier should deposit the order in a letterbox or hand it over personally. More details on flash delivery can be found in our Help Centre.
Good for customers and the environment
«What we like about flash delivery isn’t only that products arrive on the day they’re ordered,» says Peter Weingartner, who’s responsible for external logistics at Digitec Galaxus, «but also that they’re delivered without any additional packaging and for the most part with CO2-neutral e-vehicles.» Same-day delivery costs Digitec Galaxus more than standard postal delivery, but «it’s better for the environment and makes our customers happy.»
What do you think about the flash delivery option? Which products would you have delivered by flash delivery – and which ones not? Let us know in the comments!
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