A network, not a single driver.
A courier sends one driver on one long trip and charges you for all of it. We move your box through six hands on a schedule, and every handoff is a scan you can see. Here is the whole path.
You book
Two ZIP codes and a weight give you a flat price and a delivery window, on the website or in the Peylod app. Pay with a saved card, print one label per box. Book before a cutoff and your box is on that wave.
In your tracking: Order created
Same-day waves Morning wave book by 9:00 AM by 3:00 PM Midday wave book by 12:00 PM by 6:00 PM Afternoon wave book by 3:00 PM by 9:00 PM A local driver collects it
Your box joins a pickup route inside your area. The driver scans the label at your door, and that scan is the first one you see in tracking.
In your tracking: Driver assigned · Picked up

Origin depot
Scanned in, sorted by destination, staged for the next regional wave. Weight and size are checked here; if a box turns out to be a different class, the receipt shows the change.
In your tracking: Arrived at origin depot · Departed origin depot

The regional run
Your box travels with everyone else's on a scheduled run between depots. One driver, one vehicle, dozens of shipments: that is where the price comes from. A dedicated courier charges you for the whole trip; a full run spreads it.
In your tracking: in transit between depots

Destination depot
Scanned in on arrival and handed straight to a local delivery route for its area.
In your tracking: Arrived at destination depot · Out for delivery

A local driver delivers it
The last mile ends with a photo at the door and the recipient's name, plus a signature when you asked for one. All of it lands in your email and stays with the shipment in your account.
In your tracking: Delivered

If something goes wrong, that is a scan too. A failed attempt or a delay shows up as an exception with the reason and what happens next, and you get an email. Late in the day, local-zone boxes booked between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM still go by 9:00 PM; anything that cannot wait for tomorrow's first wave goes Rush for 50% on top, $15 minimum.
