Same-day delivery jobs are won or lost in minutes. If a customer has to call or wait for a quote, they book someone else. QuoteKit puts a same-day delivery quote calculator on your website. Customers get an instant price with your urgent surcharge included, their details land in your inbox automatically, and you win the job without picking up the phone.
Same-day delivery customers are not browsing. They have an urgent need and they want it sorted now. They search Google, open the first three results, and book the first one that gives them a price they can accept immediately.
If your same-day courier website says "call for a quote" or "we will get back to you", you have lost the job. They do not wait. They click back and try the next result.
The courier that wins is the one with an instant quote calculator on their website — one that shows the price for same-day delivery including the urgency surcharge, captures the customer's details automatically, and sends an email to the driver before the customer has even left the page.
That is exactly what QuoteKit does. And it works 24 hours a day, including evenings and weekends when same-day demand is highest and you are least likely to answer the phone.
The most important feature for a same-day delivery business is automatic surcharge pricing. You charge more for urgent jobs. But if you are manually calculating that on the phone, you sometimes forget, you sometimes undercharge, and you always spend time that could be spent on deliveries.
QuoteKit applies same-day surcharges automatically:
When a customer fills in the quote form and selects today as their delivery date, QuoteKit recognises this as a same-day job and applies your same-day surcharge to the total price. The surcharge can be a percentage (for example, 25 percent more for same-day) or a flat fee.
The same logic applies to: - Evening surcharges: If the requested pickup or delivery time falls outside your standard hours, the evening rate fires automatically. - Weekend surcharges: Saturday and Sunday jobs automatically carry your weekend uplift. - Bank holiday surcharges: Public holidays are detected automatically (UK bank holidays, US federal holidays, and more) and your holiday rate applies.
The customer sees the correct price immediately, including all applicable surcharges. No negotiation. No manual adjustment. No undercharging because you were in a rush.
Instant distance-based quote: Google Maps calculates the real road distance between any two addresses. Your rate per mile is applied automatically. The price appears in seconds.
Automatic same-day, evening, weekend and bank holiday surcharges: Set them once. They fire automatically forever.
Multiple vehicle types: Motorbike, car, small van, large van — each with its own rate per mile and minimum charge. Customers pick the right vehicle for their job.
Lead capture on every quote: Name, email and phone captured before or after the price is shown. Every visitor who gets a quote becomes a lead in your dashboard.
Instant email notification: You get an email the moment someone submits a quote. Name, pickup, delivery, vehicle, price, contact details — everything in one email.
Online booking requests: Customers choose a collection time. You confirm or decline. They get an automated email. No back-and-forth.
Works anywhere in the world: Google Maps covers any two addresses globally. Set your currency to GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD or any other currency.
Embed in 20 minutes: One line of code. Works on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow and any website.
Step 1 — Sign up to QuoteKit and select distance-based pricing.
Step 2 — Set your base rate per mile and minimum fare. This is what standard, non-urgent jobs cost.
Step 3 — Enable same-day surcharge. Set it as a percentage (25% is common) or a flat fee. This is added automatically whenever the customer selects today as their delivery date.
Step 4 — Optionally add evening and weekend surcharges. These fire automatically based on the time and day the customer is booking for, not when they fill in the form.
Step 5 — Add vehicle types if you offer different options. Each gets its own base rate.
Step 6 — Copy the embed code and paste it into your website. A dedicated "Get an instant quote" page with the calculator embedded works best for same-day delivery businesses — it is the page you send urgent customers to.
Done. From this point, every customer who needs a same-day delivery can get an instant price with all surcharges included, become a lead, and you hear about it immediately — whether you are on a run, at home, or asleep.
Phone quoting: You have to be available, do the calculation in your head, and the customer may push back on the price. You miss every call when you are out on a run.
WhatsApp quoting: You are on the road. The customer sends a message. By the time you reply, they have booked someone else.
Generic booking software: Most courier management platforms are built for managing existing delivery jobs, not for capturing new inbound enquiries from a website. They are designed for dispatchers, not for owner-operators trying to grow their customer base.
Contact forms: The customer submits a request and waits. Same-day customers do not wait.
QuoteKit: Built specifically for courier and delivery businesses that want to win jobs from their website without manual quoting. Customers get an instant price, you get the lead, same-day surcharges are handled automatically. Free to start.
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