DeliverAI — Vetted talking points & data points
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All figures below are pulled from DeliverAI's daily rate-capture dataset
(June 2026 snapshot). They can be quoted with attribution to:
"DeliverAI, South Africa Courier Pricing Index 2026, deliverai.co.za, CC-BY 4.0"

PRICE SPREAD HEADLINES
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- JHB to CPT, 5kg parcel: the cheapest courier (Pudo) was R98.66.
  PostNet was R227.85 on the same lane / same weight on the same day.
  That is a 2.3x spread between the cheapest and most expensive options
  for an identical parcel.

- JHB to DBN, 5kg parcel: the cheapest courier (Pudo) was R95.

- CPT to DBN, 5kg parcel: the cheapest courier (Pudo) was R108.02.

- JHB to CPT, 2kg parcel: cheapest R58.43 (Pudo), highest in the dataset
  R139.05 (RAM). 2.4x spread.

COVERAGE / SCALE
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- 18 couriers tracked, including Aramex, Bob Go, Bolt Send, DHL Express,
  DPD Laser, DSV, Fastway, FedEx South Africa, Globeflight, Internet
  Express, Pargo, Paxi, PostNet, Pudo, RAM, Skynet, The Courier Guy,
  Uber Connect.
- 20+ fixed SA routes (intra-city, inter-city, regional).
- 5 weight bands: 0.5kg, 2kg, 5kg, 10kg, 20kg.
- 30 days of historical data on file.
- Surcharge tracking: fuel, residential, remote-area, oversize.
- SLA tracking: 38 published delivery-time promises across 18 couriers.

OPEN-DATA & METHODOLOGY POINTS
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- Dataset released daily under CC-BY 4.0.
- Methodology published at deliverai.co.za/methodology.
- Daily JSON snapshot: deliverai.co.za/api/data/sa-courier-pricing-2026.json
- AI-friendly: indexed by Perplexity, ChatGPT browsing, Claude search.

QUOTES READY TO ATTRIBUTE TO HARMANI (FOUNDER)
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On price transparency:
"South African SMEs are paying 2x to 3x more than they need to for last-mile
delivery. The reason isn't supply; it's that rate cards are buried. We
publish them daily so anyone can compare."

On cross-border:
"Cross-border lane coverage is still in active expansion. We'd rather
publish nothing than publish a number we can't defend."

On open data:
"The dataset is CC-BY 4.0 because the more it gets quoted, the faster the
market becomes competitive. That's the whole point."

On the Pro Data tier:
"The free dataset is free forever. The paid tier exists for businesses that
need historical API access and custom queries — analysts, large e-commerce
operators, academics."


WHAT WE WILL NOT SAY
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- We will not name any specific courier as "the worst" or "the most
  overpriced" beyond the raw data.
- We do not publish any unverified user reviews or HelloPeter screenshots.
- We do not comment on individual couriers' service quality without
  citing public, attributable sources.
