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Courier service leads for freelancers

Build your own list of courier services, fill in missing emails and offer your their own specialist services to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for courier services
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags

Selling their own specialist services to courier services

Courier services range from one van owner drivers to same day networks with a control room and many subcontracted drivers. Owners decide quickly and care about vans, fuel, insurance and tools that keep jobs moving.

Freelancers usually find work through their network, job platforms and word of mouth, which makes income uneven. A small lead database of your own gives you a steady list of companies to approach when the pipeline runs dry.

Every month you do not reach courier services with a clear offer, someone else does. A list you own lets you work the market in a steady rhythm instead of in bursts.

What freelancers run into with courier services

Outreach tools charge per credit or per seat, which is hard to justify on a freelance budget.

Riftjaw has no credits and a free plan to start, so you can build your first list without a card.

You forget who you emailed last month and risk writing to the same company twice.

Every contact has a status and a history of every mail, so you see at a glance who heard from you.

Many couriers are sole traders with no website, so email is hard to find.

Keep their phone number in a field, tag them for a call, and use email from domain only where a website exists.

Courier businesses start and stop often.

Source and date on each record help you judge freshness, and you archive those that stopped.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of courier services from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

List of imports and scrapes in Riftjaw
Imports and scrapes in Riftjaw, each with its source, lead file, date and number of rows.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with info@, bookings@, office@ and hello@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source
Everything you imported in one database, with the lead file, source and date on every contact.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your their own specialist services to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact
After a campaign, every contact shows whether the mail was delivered, opened and clicked.

What to say to courier services

Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with courier services.

  • Keep messages very short, since owners often read them on the road.
  • Focus on keeping vans on the road and cutting cost per drop.
  • Mention specialist work such as medical or legal deliveries if your offer fits it.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Fields worth recording for courier services

Record these and you can split the list later, write sharper mails and see who fits your offer.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
VansFleet size shows how much they spend on vehicles and fuel.
Same day or scheduledSame day couriers need fast dispatch tools.
Owner driverOwner drivers decide alone and often from the road.
SpecialismMedical, legal or parcel work needs different cover and kit.
Area coveredLocal, regional or national coverage shapes your pitch.

Questions people ask

Keep the phone number as a field and tag the contact for a call. Email from domain only works when the business has a website.

Yes. Add a field or tags for specialism, such as same day or medical, and save a filter for each.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, bookings@, office@ and hello@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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