Shipping and logistics: what to sort out before you book

Sending goods within Nigeria and sending them abroad are two different problems. Inside the country it is mostly about price and reliability. Out of the country it is about paperwork, and the paperwork is what catches people out. For interstate, the carriers below run park to park and door delivery. Before you book: weigh and measure the parcel, because you get charged on weight or on volume, whichever is dearer. Pack it for a rough trip, not a gentle one. Get the waybill number and send it to your customer the same day. And agree up front who pays on delivery, you or them, because that argument always happens at the worst moment. For international, a courier will want a commercial invoice and a packing list at the very least, and the receiving country decides what else it wants. Restricted categories are where shipments sit in a warehouse: food, cosmetics, anything ingested or applied to skin, batteries, liquids. Ask the courier what your specific product needs before you pay for anything. If you are exporting commercially rather than posting a one off parcel, that is a different process again, involving export registration and a customs declaration. The requirements change and they differ by product, so confirm them with the carrier and with Customs directly. Do not take anyone else's word for it, ours included. We build the store and the selling side. We do not run logistics and we are not customs agents. These are the places we send people, and the questions we would ask before booking.