Many people hate paperwork more than they hate any other element of running their business. As a result, lots of business owners and managers avoid any task which they feel is going to consume their time with needless paperwork. PA courier services have found that there tends to be some large misconceptions about how much paperwork is required to open a courier account, and wish to clear up the question of how courier accounts are opened.
In actuality, the opening of a courier account with most companies is not a very complicated or time consuming event. Usually there are only a few basic documents to fill out in order to get started with the courier company. Most account openers find that they can have all the requisite paperwork filled out within a few minutes.
The first type of paperwork that you're going to have to fill out is very basic identifying documents of some kind. You'll have to choose someone at your company to be the registered account holder who will be in charge of the courier account, and provide all their relevant contact information. This is usually just things like addresses, emails, and phone numbers.
There is usually some banking information to be provided as well. This is usually where you will also address how your company wishes to set up its billing arrangement with the courier company. They may have different options for this, such as if you want your account to be automatically charged to your company credit card on a regular billing period.
Some companies might have some additional paperwork for you to fill out based on the particulars of their company. This might include signing up for any optional services that you choose to use the company for. Examples of this include the rental of any storage space, or the setting up of a scheduled delivery route.
That is usually all you'll have to worry about. In fact, the process is so simple, that many courier companies have now made it possible for people interested in opening an account to do so online. In some cases you will still have to print off one document and send it to the courier in hard copy to finalize the account opening. However, in most instances you can now at least print off all the forms online so that you can fill them out and simply drop them off.