What is a discount courier?

A discount or cheap courier is effectively a self employed owner driver, usually operating from home with a single vehicle. In the UK today there are literally thousands upon thousands of cheap, low cost self employed couriers, drawn to the industry in part due to the low cost of entry, as well as the increase in work available as a result of the continued growth in Internet trading, which invariably involves delivery of the goods.

Websites such as eBay have played a particularly large role in the development of the market as they have helped create a generation of independent traders (both commercial and private) all of whom require their goods to be delivered both cheaply and quickly. As consumers become more cost conscious traders are increasingly on the look out for cheap couriers to handle their deliveries.