Another quite popular postal service on Aliexpress is Holland Post (Netherlands). A large percentage of sellers send phones to Russia and the CIS countries using this particular service, which easily accepts parcels with batteries and two batteries.

General information about Dutch post.

Average delivery time: 30-50 days
Reliability: average
Pros: accepts shipments with two batteries and lithium batteries.
Minuses: The track number begins to be tracked after 10-20 days. Poor tracking service on the official website.
Types of tracking numbers: RS*****NL
Official site: http://www.postnl.post

Netherlands Post - tracking of parcels, how shipments are going.

Let us repeat once again that the Netherlands Post has gained popularity among Aliexpress sellers due to the fact that it easily accepts shipments with two batteries and accumulators. Well, not the least role is played by the budget cost of sending by this postal service.

Some time ago, the Dutch post office was not so in demand and busy, so parcels were delivered very quickly. But, from the moment the sellers turned their attention to it, the load increased significantly and the parcels began to arrive much slower. And if earlier you could receive a parcel in 20-30 days, now the time frame has increased to 30-50 days. Although, there are lucky ones who still receive their parcels 3 weeks after ordering on Aliexpress.

Another disadvantage of the Netherlands Post is that information about track numbers in tracking systems is updated very slowly. Usually your goods are collected from the seller by a courier, and the parcel is sent by a courier company to the Netherlands. Usually this journey takes 5-10 days. The tracking status indicating this stage will be like this: The item is pre-advised. But you will not see this track information until the parcel arrives in the Netherlands and information about it enters the database. It happens that the first tracking status appears no earlier than 14-20 days. Of course, this delay makes buyers nervous.

Next, the parcel is sorted (tracking status The item is at the PostNL sorting center) and is sent to the destination country ( The item is on transport to the country of destination).

Next, after the import has completed, the status will appear The item has arrived in the country of destination and from now on, the parcel can be tracked without problems on the Russian Post website or the official website of the destination country. And there is a situation where the status of the parcel is stuck at the sorting center or sent to the destination country on the website of the Netherlands Post, but on the website of the Russian Post it is already clear that the parcel has cleared customs and is traveling across Russia. Therefore, if you see that the tracking statuses do not change for a long time, just try to check the track number of the Netherlands post office on the official website of the post office of your country.

To track your parcel you need to take a few simple steps.
1. Go to the main page
2. Enter the track code in the field with the heading "Track postal item"
3. Click on the "Track parcel" button located to the right of the field.
4. After a few seconds, the tracking result will be displayed.
5. Study the result, and especially carefully the latest status.
6. Forecasted delivery period is displayed in the track code information.

Try it, it's not difficult ;)

If you do not understand the movements between postal companies, click on the link with the text “Group by company”, which is located under the tracking statuses.

If you have any difficulties with the statuses in English, click on the link with the text “Translate into Russian”, which is located under the tracking statuses.

Carefully read the "Track Code Information" block, there you will find estimated delivery times and other useful information.

If, when tracking, a block is displayed in a red frame with the heading “Pay Attention!”, carefully read everything that is written in it.

In these information blocks you will find 90% of the answers to all your questions.

If in the block "Pay Attention!" it is written that the track code is not tracked in the destination country, in this case, tracking the parcel becomes impossible after the parcel is sent to the destination country / after arriving at the Moscow Distribution Center / Item Arrived at Pulkovo / Arrived in Pulkovo / Left Luxembourg / Left Helsinki / Sending to the Russian Federation or after a long pause of 1 - 2 weeks, it is impossible to track the location of the parcel. No, and nowhere. Not at all =)
In this case, you need to wait for a notification from your post office.

To calculate delivery times in Russia (for example, after export, from Moscow to your city), use the "Delivery Time Calculator"

If the seller promised that the parcel would arrive in two weeks, but the parcel takes more than two weeks, this is normal, the sellers are interested in sales, and that’s why they are misleading.

If less than 7 - 14 days have passed since the receipt of the track code, and the parcel is not tracked, or the seller claims that he sent the parcel, and the status of the parcel “the item pre-advised” / “Email notification received” does not change for several days, this is normal, You can read more by following the link: .

If the status of the mail item does not change for 7 - 20 days, do not worry, this is normal for international mail items.

If your previous orders arrived in 2-3 weeks, and the new parcel takes more than a month, this is normal, because... Parcels go on different routes, in different ways, they can wait for 1 day to be sent by plane, or maybe even a week.

If the parcel has left the sorting center, customs, intermediate point and there are no new statuses within 7 - 20 days, do not worry, the parcel is not a courier who is delivering the parcel from one city to your home. In order for a new status to appear, the parcel must arrive, unload, scan, etc. at the next sorting point or post office, and this takes much more time than just getting from one city to another.

If you do not understand the meaning of such statuses as Reception / Export / Import / Arrived at the place of delivery, etc., you can look at the breakdown of the main statuses of international mail:

If the parcel is not delivered to your post office 5 days before the end of the protection period, you have the right to open a dispute.

If, based on the above, you do not understand anything, read these instructions again, and again, until you are completely clear;)

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As long as it works, new types of delivery and other innovations appear, for example. In this case, we will not talk about a new, but recently very popular method of delivery and tracking of PostNL parcels. From the name, it is indirectly clear that we are talking about Dutch post. Today, for a long time, no one is surprised by delivery from China in transit through the Netherlands, Sweden or Finland. This method has gained particular popularity because of the devices containing them, since there are often cases when parcels sent by other postal services were opened and batteries were found there and returned to the sender.

A similar problem was recently observed with many parcels arriving. Even earlier, about a year ago, parcels with batteries were sent back, recently everything seems to have stabilized, but sellers do not take risks and, out of habit, such goods are sent in transit through the Netherlands (PostNL). Even at the moment, parcels with batteries are sent mainly through PostNL and they do it absolutely free of charge.

PostNL tracking is available at all stages of a parcel moving from to you, we will try to understand in detail how to properly track a parcel transiting through the Netherlands.

As a rule, after payment, a few days later, the seller or store, depending on the place of purchase, gives you a track code. Looking ahead a little, we’ll say right away that you shouldn’t try to track it on the same day, and if you haven’t received any information, start panicking and ask for help on all sorts of parcel tracking sites.

The issuance of a track code does not indicate the actual dispatch of the goods. In most cases, the actual shipment of the goods occurs within 7 working days from the date the track code is issued.

If after 7 days no status appears when tracking PostNL parcels, then find out why he is delaying sending the goods. In most cases, delays in the delivery of PostNL parcels are associated with the actions of the seller, and not the postal service itself.

PostNL track codes refer to the UPU (International Postal Union) format, and are accordingly tracked both in the sender’s country and in the recipient’s country, until the moment of delivery. For example, consider the track code of a typical parcel sent in transit through the Netherlands:

RS587711291NL

As usual, at the beginning of the UPU track code there are two letters, in this case “ R.S."(there may be others), followed by a nine-digit number ensuring the uniqueness of the track code and at the very end two letters " NL", indicating that the track code belongs to the Dutch postal service (PostNL).

Of course, you can track your PostNL parcel after it arrives in the destination country, on the official website of the postal service of the country in which the parcel arrived, in the case of Russia, on the Russian Post website.

However, it is easier to track PostNL parcels, which simultaneously check the movement of your parcel, both in the territory of the sender’s country and in the territory of the recipient’s country. As an example, the result of such tracking.

As you can see, this parcel was successfully imported to Russia from the Netherlands on the 13th and began to be tracked perfectly on the Russian Post website, as the information received from the postal tracker tells us.

Let us explain a little about the status of movement of PostNL parcels in the Netherlands:

The item has been processed in the country of destination ( The parcel has been processed by the sorting center of the destination country)
The item has arrived in the country of destination ( The parcel has arrived in the destination country)
The item is on transport to the country of destination ( Parcel on the way, towards the destination country)
The item is at the PostNL sorting center ( The parcel arrived at the PostNL sorting center)
The item is ready for shipment (The parcel is ready to be sent)
The item is pre-advised ( The parcel is prepared for shipment)

Once the parcel has arrived at the sorting center of the destination country, you can begin tracking it on the official website of the postal service of the destination country. As a rule, first there will be statuses about the completion of customs clearance, after which, the status of the movement of the parcel on its way to you.

As soon as the parcel arrives at your local post office, a notice will be delivered to your mailbox, after filling it out you can go to receive your parcel.

Try to track your PostNL parcel using the track code yourself; not all post offices work well. The notice may simply be forgotten to be sent. As a result, the package sits for some time at your local post office, and then will be sent back to the sender.

As soon as you see that the parcel has arrived at your local post office, you wait several days; if the notification does not arrive, then, with your identification document and track code, you go to the post office and receive your parcel. Since PostNL delivery of parcels to your home is not provided, perhaps a very small envelope can be immediately thrown directly into the mailbox without notice.

PostNL delivery times

Delivery times for PostNL parcels are of course individual; ultimately, everything will depend on your location. For the western part of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, the average PostNL delivery time is about 20 days. From our experience, the fastest delivery was 9 days, the longest about 30, but the overwhelming number of PostNL parcels arrive somewhere around 20 days from the date of actual dispatch of the goods, with or.