Logistics and transportation

Brand design for courier and delivery companies

Every parcel that reaches a buyer is one more time your company appears before a stranger.

Sellers choose a courier by price list and by how safe it feels. Sinh Vũ makes your name, waybill labels, parcel offices and uniforms say one thing: on time, trackable.

Sample collateral for a courier company: waybill labels, parcel office signs, shipping boxes and courier uniforms
Quick answer01

What does a courier brand need?

Three things first: a mark that's readable on parcels and vehicles, a waybill label that's easy to track, and parcel offices that look the same everywhere. Those three decide whether a seller dares hand their goods to you.

  1. A mark on every parcel

    Readable at small size on the label and from a distance on the vehicle, even when printed faintly or stuck on crooked.

  2. A waybill label that's easy to track

    Barcode, order number and contact number placed so sellers and recipients can track the parcel at once.

  3. Consistent parcel offices

    Signs, counters and uniforms look the same at every site, so customers recognize you anywhere.

Business types02

Three kinds of courier, three problems

All of them move goods, but the customers differ, so what the brand has to say differs too.

Intra-city delivery

Their customersSmall shops and online sellers who send many orders a day within the same city.

Brand challengeBe remembered as the company that delivers on time in the city, so sellers call you directly instead of hunting for the cheapest.

Intercity courier

Their customersBusinesses and household traders sending goods far, through several parcel offices and several legs.

Brand challengeKeep one face from pickup to delivery, even when the parcel passes through many hands and many sites.

E-commerce delivery

Their customersSellers on marketplaces and their own sites, shipping in bulk and concerned about returns.

Brand challengeStand next to the familiar big names and still give sellers a reason to choose you: clear capability, clear tracking, clear labels.

Pain points03

Four pain points specific to courier

These are the places where courier companies lose sellers that delivery speed can't save.

Customer journey04

At which stage do couriers lose the most customers?

At the Trial stage. Sellers send a few test orders and watch each one. If a label, tracking page or courier makes them hesitate, they go back to their old carrier.

Where customers are most often lostTrial
Do this now
  1. Give sellers an order tracking page under your name that reads well on a phone.
  2. Print waybill labels from one single template, and test-print on the exact printers the parcel offices use before rollout.
  3. Give couriers the same greeting and the same way of handing over a parcel.
Touchpoints05

Five touchpoints to do first

Touchpoints are where sellers and recipients see, touch or hear your company. These five go first because wherever the parcel goes, they go too.

  1. Waybill labels

    They travel with every parcel to the recipient, the touchpoint that appears most often.

  2. Vehicle livery

    On the road, being readable from far away is enough to be remembered.

  3. Parcel offices and drop-off counters

    Sellers come in person to send goods, so it has to be right at every site.

  4. Courier uniforms

    The person handing over the parcel is your company's last face.

  5. Tracking page and notifications

    Sellers and recipients check their orders here many times a day.

Roadmap06

Where Sinh Vũ suggests you start

In the order Sinh Vũ would do them. A small company can stop at step two or three; one with many parcel offices goes all the way.

  1. Logo and Brand Identity Design

    Name, mark, color, type and waybill label: the base for everything after.

  2. Building brand voice

    A shared voice for notifications, the courier's greeting and the tracking page.

  3. POSM and event booth design

    Parcel office signs, drop-off counters, sample uniforms and vehicle livery.

  4. Brand guidelines handbook

    A guide so every parcel office, including new ones, builds it the same way.

  5. Sales and marketing collateral design

    A pitch kit for the sales team when approaching large sellers.

Projects07

The projects closest to courier

Gonext is an express courier project, exactly this segment. Chigasoco is a sourcing project, close because an invisible trade needs a face people can trust.

Gonext, speed you can trust
Express courier

Gonext, speed you can trust

Gonext started out in 2005 in the express courier trade, running both domestic and international routes. Sinh Vũ built the identity…

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In a trade where everyone promises speed, Gonext anchored on one repeatable red dot, with standards so adding routes and delivery points doesn't break the identity.

Further reading08

More on courier and parcel delivery

Free toolTouchpoint map for this business modelSee the five stages customers pass through, where they drop off most, then rate the five touchpoints to fix first.Open the tool Free toolBranded QR codeBuild a QR code in your brand colors and logo; it is scanned back to make sure phones can read it, then download PNG or SVG for print.Open the tool
FAQ09

Frequently asked questions

Order it the way the reader needs: barcode and order number, recipient, address, and only then your name. The text must stay readable when printed faintly, and the barcode must scan on the parcel office's real printer.

Avoid the shapes everyone uses. Sinh Vũ looks for a detail of its own in the name, as Gonext turned its letter O into a small red dot, then tests the logo at small size on a label before settling.

Write a shared sign and counter template, then replace signs gradually as each site comes up for repairs. New offices follow the template from day one.

Not a thick one. At minimum a single page of rules for the mark, color, labels and vehicles. When you open more parcel offices, write the full guidelines.

Give sellers a reason that is easy to remember and easy to check, like on-time delivery in the city or clear tracking. Then let the label, the vehicle and the courier all repeat that same reason.

Tell Sinh Vũ about your courier company

A few lines about your parcel office network, your main customers and what's holding you back are enough. Sinh Vũ reads and replies within one working day.