Vlad

Ok, so you buy your stuff on the Internet. And get it delivered to you via a courier service. Or you’re using one for work-related shipments. Or some friend just sent you a package. How do you know where it is and how long it will take until it’s delivered? Well, you go the courier’s site, enter the shipment reference number, or AWB, or whatever… and you see it’s track log. Simple, right?

Not quite… First you have to figure out the courier’s site (that’s generally easy). Then you have to find where is the packing tracking section (yes, there are still big couriers that don’t have it on the first page). But you manage through all this only  to find out you have to do it all over again each time you need to check the same package.

No more! Really!!!

Enter Packagetrackr! One simple interface, an easy to find input for your shipment reference, automatically detects the carrier, shows you complete history (including route map) for you package. Awesome! And wait, there’s more: they have RSS for package status. And it works!

Ah, and they remember you shipment numbers, even if you don’t sign up for an account (using browser cookies). Thumbs up!

So far you can use the service to track packages from UPS, USPS, FedEx, FedEx SmartPost, DHL/AirBorne, DHL Global Mail, TNT, UK City Link, Aramex, CEVA and UPS Mail Innovations. That’s a lot and I’m sure they won’t stop here.

And if you’re wondering: they’re running on Google App Engine.

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