Sharing Intel for Shipping Deadlines for Delivery by Christmas 2022 & Carrier Surcharges
eFulfillment Service annually shares key information with its clients, including shipping deadlines for delivery by Christmas 2022 and peak season surcharges added to normal shipping fees by carriers. Below you’ll find handy resources that internet retailers can share with customer service teams, to help them advise customers about shipping deadlines for delivery by Christmas 2022.
Recommended “Ship By” dates to arrive by December 25th, 2022
With 2 decades of A+ service ratings from the Better Business Bureau, eFulfillment Service, an ecommerce fulfillment service center, has demonstrated success helping ecommerce clients through carrier challenges. Over those years, our online-order experts have developed best practices for holiday season shipping deadlines.
We recommend adding two (2) additional business days to the recommended ship-by cut-off dates issued by shipping carriers, like FedEx, U. S. Postal Service and DHL. Adding the additional 2 days comes from our online-order-fulfillment experience in previous holiday peak seasons, as well as recent service levels and inconsistency caused by supply chain challenges, weather and the pandemic.
Carrier Surcharges for Peak Season Now Applying to Returns Season
Typically, online order shippers like U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and DHL have added a surcharge to fees holiday season. Those charges initially applied to packages being shipped after the Thanksgiving holiday and stopped before the New Year’s Day holiday. With shoppers buying online gifts earlier and earlier, those surcharges have also started earlier and earlier, now apply as early as the begining of October for some ecommerce shippers.
Aditionally, carriers are now applying peak season surcharges long after the consumer buying season, indicating that they are recouping surcharges on returns as well as initial gift purchases.
As ecommerce shopping grows, so does the practice of returning items ordered online. To mimic in-store shopping, some consumers purchase multiple sizes of apparel, try them on, and return all but the size that fits. The peak gift buying season generates lots of items purchased for others and those items have a higher chance of needing to be returned. All that return shipping activity is concentrated after December 25th.
2022 Peak Season Holiday Shipping Carrier Surcharge Overview PDF
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Domestic US Shipping Deadlines for Delivery By Christmas 2022 Table
Carrier and Service | Carrier Ship-by Dates | eFulfillment Service Recommended Ship-by Dates |
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USPS - DOMESTIC | ||
First Class Mail | December 17, 2022 | December 15, 2022 |
Priority Mail | December 18, 2022 | December 16, 2022 |
Priority Mail Express | December 23, 2022 | December 21, 2022 |
APO/FPO/DPO | ||
AE ZIPs 090-92 via Priority Mail | December 9, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
AE ZIP 093 via Priority Mail | December 9, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
AE ZIPs 094-098 via Priority Mail | December 9, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
AA ZIP 340 via Priority Mail | December 9, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
AP ZIPs 962-966 via Priority Mail | December 9, 2022 | December 7, 2022 |
DHL – DOMESTIC | ||
DHL EXPEDITED MAX | December 16, 2022 | December 14, 2022 |
DHL PARCEL ZONAL EXPEDITED | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
DHL PARCEL PLUS EXPEDITED | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
DHL PARCEL ZONAL GROUND | December 10, 2022 | December 8, 2022 |
FEDEX – DOMESTIC | ||
FedEx Ground Contiguous U.S. | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
FedEx Home Delivery | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
FedEx Ground Alaska & Hawaii | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
FedEx Home Delivery Alaska & Hawaii | December 14, 2022 | December 12, 2022 |
FedEx Ground Economy (Formerly SmartPost) | December 8, 2022 | December 6, 2022 |
FedEx Express Saver | December 21, 2022 | December 19, 2022 |
FedEx 2-Day | December 22, 2022 | December 20, 2022 |
FedEx Standard Overnight | December 23, 2022 | December 21, 2022 |
International Shipping Deadlines for Delivery By Christmas 2022 Table
Carrier & Service | Carrier Ship-by Dates | eFulfillment Service Recommended Ship-by Dates | Carrier Ship-by Dates | eFulfillment Service Recommended Ship-by Dates | |||
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USPS – INTERNATIONAL | |||||||
First Class Int’l | |||||||
Africa | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | |||||
Asia/Pacific Rom | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Australia | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
New Zealand | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Canada | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Caribbean | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Central/South America | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | |||||
Mexico | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Europe | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
Middle East | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||||
USPS – INTERNATIONAL | |||||||
Priority Mail Int’l | Priority Mail Express Int’l | ||||||
Africa | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Asia/Pacific Rom | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Australia | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
New Zealand | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Canada | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Caribbean | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Central/South America | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | |||
Mexico | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 13, 2022 | December 9, 2022 | |||
Europe | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 13, 2022 | December 9, 2022 | |||
Middle East | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 13, 2022 | December 9, 2022 | |||
DHL - INTERNATIONAL | |||||||
DHL Parcel International Standard | DHL Packet International | ||||||
African Countries | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | |||
Australia | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | |||
Brazil | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | December 16, 2022 | December 14, 2022 | |||
Canada | December 1, 2022 | November 29, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | November 29, 2022 | |||
Eastern Europe | November 30, 2022 | November 298, 2022 | November 23, 2022 | November 21, 2022 | |||
France | December 3, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | December 3, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | |||
Germany | December 6, 2022 | December 2, 2022 | December 3, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | |||
Hong Kong | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | |||
Israel | November 30, 2022 | November 298, 2022 | November 26, 2022 | November 23, 2022 | |||
Japan | December 2, 2022 | November 30, 2022 | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | |||
Mexico | November 15, 2022 | November 11, 2022 | November 15, 2022 | November 11, 2022 | |||
New Zealand | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | |||
Rest of Asia | November 29, 2022 | November 25, 2022 | November 19, 2022 | November 17, 2022 | |||
Rest of Latin America | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | |||
Russia | November 17, 2022 | November 15, 2022 | November 16, 2022 | November 14, 2022 | |||
Thailand | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | November 24, 2022 | November 22, 2022 | |||
The United Kingdom | December 10, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | December 8, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | |||
Western Europe | December 3, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | November 29, 2022 | |||
FEDEX – INTERNATIONAL | |||||||
FedEx International Economy | FedEx International Priority | ||||||
Puerto Rico | December 20, 2022 | December 16, 2022 | N/A | N/A | |||
Canada | December 17, 2022 | December 15, 2022 | December 18, 2022 | December 16, 2022 | |||
Mexico | December 20, 2022 | December 16, 2022 | December 21, 2022 | December 19, 2022 | |||
Other Destinations | December 15, 2022 | December 13, 2022 | December 17, 2022 | December 15, 2022 |
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