Category: 🚛 Shipping & Delivery | Section: Blocked to ship the parcel | Contact reason: Blocked to ship the parcel
Summary — read this first
What this article covers: every reason a seller can be unable to ship a sold item — no printer, carrier no-show, drop-off point too far, QR code refused or label rejected. 5 use cases; each one states the exact conditions it applies to and the steps to follow.
| Escalation team(s) | SWAT / Transport |
| Ticket status | On-hold → Solved |
| Key system paths | C360 > Item info > Seller timeline |
| Macros | — |
Pick your use case:
- They have no printer — Check the carriers table > tab Drop Off/Home collection by carrier if label-less option is available for this specific carrier
- The carrier didn’t show up at the scheduled date & time — Invite the customer to schedule a new appointment or if possible directly
- Drop-off location is too far — If driving time between seller shipping address and nearest drop off point is >15min OR carrier is not available in the seller's ship from 🎯…
- If the seller couldn't ship with QR code — Continue in another article: 🚛 Shipping & Delivery › Shipping & delivery general questions › Seller wants to know if QR code is available to drop-off the item — step “If the seller couldn't ship with QR code”
- Shipping label not recognized or invalid — Process still to be confirmed internally
Seller is blocked to ship the parcel
Context: Seller reached out to CS because they can’t ship the parcel. It might be due to different reasons
First steps (all cases)
🎯 Process: please check why the seller can’t ship the parcel For DHL, please inform the client that it may take up to 1 hour once they downloaded their shipping label for the data to be available at DHL. Invite them to wait 1 hour before to go to DHL
1. They have no printer
🎯 Process: please check the carriers table > tab Drop Off/Home collection by carrier if label-less option is available for this specific carrier You can also check in C360 > Item info > Seller timeline
Sub-cases
✅ Label-less option is available
🎯 Process
- Please send the dedicated macro to the seller: Seller is blocked to ship the parcel no printer - label-less option available
- Solve the ticket
❌ Label-less option is NOT available
🎯 Process
- Please send the dedicated macro to the seller: Seller is blocked to ship the parcel no printer - label-less option unavailable
- Solve the ticket
2. The carrier didn’t show up at the scheduled date & time
🎯 Process
- Please invite the customer to schedule a new appointment or if possible directly go to a drop off point. You can use the following speech: "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please check your emails, as you may have received a message from the carrier informing you that the parcel was not collected. We kindly ask you to contact the carrier directly to arrange a new home collection, or alternatively, you can drop off the parcel at one of their designated drop-off locations. Thank you for your understanding.”
- Solve the ticket
Sub-cases
If the seller complains a 2nd time after contacting the carrier
🎯 Process
- Please escalate to Transport team mentioning that the seller is still blocked to ship the parcel as the carrier missed the home collection twice
- Set ticket status to On-hold
- Once ticket reopens, please come back to the seller with the answer from transport team
- Solve the ticket
3. Drop-off location is too far
If driving time between seller shipping address and nearest drop off point is >15min OR carrier is not available in the seller's ship from
🎯 Process
- Please inform the buyer we are transferring to a dedicated team for them to provide a shipping label
- Transfer the ticket to SWAT team for them to create a manual shipping label and send it to the buyer
- Submit the ticket as “Open”
4. If the seller couldn't ship with QR code
→ Continue in another article: 🚛 Shipping & Delivery › Shipping & delivery general questions › Seller wants to know if QR code is available to drop-off the item — step “If the seller couldn't ship with QR code”.
5. Shipping label not recognized or invalid
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