Tracey by Sendcloud heeft dit gerepost
Would you accept a 10-day window for your (domestic) parcel delivery? Probably not. However, 160 years ago, this was a major accomplishment and a huge improvement. Following up on our previous story about the first customer service complaint over 4,000 years ago, today we’re taking you back to school for a small history lesson on parcel delivery. 🤓 Researching the history of delivering parcels, our marketer Nemanja traveled back to the Gold Rush-era USA (he just read a couple of articles on National Geographic and Atlas Obscura) to learn more about the Pony Express. One thing that never seems to change is that consumers want stuff delivered fast. At the time, the Pony Express enabled the fastest mail delivery from one coast to the other, cutting down transit time from 25 to under 10 days. President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address was delivered in just 7 days and 17 hours 🏇 Are you familiar with the story? Check the carousel for more interesting facts about the short-lived mail service that helped transform the American West. P.S. Sendcloud’s shipping data doesn’t go back to the mid-1800s, but for the previous 12 years, we’ve got you covered. P.P.S. I regularly have the feeling the drivers these days swore a similar oath as the one on p.11 😂