DeliverAI — Vetted talking points & data points ================================================ All figures below are pulled from DeliverAI's daily rate-capture dataset (July 2026 snapshot). They can be quoted with attribution to: "DeliverAI, South Africa Courier Pricing Index 2026, deliverai.co.za, CC-BY 4.0" PRICE SPREAD HEADLINES (week ending 5 July 2026 — ISO week 27) --------------------------------------------------------------- - JHB to CPT: the cheapest courier in our weekly snapshot was bolt-send at R 40 (2 kg standard). - JHB to DBN: the cheapest courier was Pargo at R 49. - JHB to Bloemfontein: the cheapest courier was Pargo at R 49. - JHB to Gqeberha: the cheapest courier was Pargo at R 49. - CPT to DBN: the cheapest courier was Pargo at R 49. All figures pulled live from rate_snapshots (2,022 rows captured 5 July 2026 across 20 scored couriers). See deliverai.co.za/compare or deliverai.co.za/rate-card for the underlying comparisons. For reference (May 2026 snapshot): - JHB to CPT, 5kg parcel: cheapest R98.66 (Pudo), highest R227.85 (PostNet). 2.3x spread between cheapest and most expensive for an identical parcel. - JHB to CPT, 2kg parcel: cheapest R58.43 (Pudo), highest R139.05 (RAM). 2.4x spread. COVERAGE / SCALE ---------------- - 18 couriers tracked, including Aramex, Bob Go, Bolt Send, DHL Express, DPD Laser, DSV, Fastway, FedEx South Africa, Globeflight, Internet Express, Pargo, Paxi, PostNet, Pudo, RAM, Skynet, The Courier Guy, Uber Connect. - 20+ fixed SA routes (intra-city, inter-city, regional). - 5 weight bands: 0.5kg, 2kg, 5kg, 10kg, 20kg. - 30 days of historical data on file. - Surcharge tracking: fuel, residential, remote-area, oversize. - SLA tracking: 38 published delivery-time promises across 18 couriers. LIVE API INTEGRATIONS (as of 27 June 2026) ------------------------------------------ DeliverAI calls 6 SA courier APIs live for real-time pricing: 1. The Courier Guy (Shiplogic API) 2. DPD Laser (direct API) 3. Bob Go (aggregator API) 4. Uber Connect (OAuth2 client_credentials) 5. Fastway (Aramex-owned, direct API) 6. FedEx South Africa (OAuth2 client_credentials, FedEx Rate API) FedEx South Africa went live on 27 June 2026 — the first international- brand courier with a developer-grade API integrated live on the platform. Live FedEx services quoted: Economy (D4), Priority (D3), Priority Express (D2), First (D1). All quotes returned in under 10 seconds with no markup. Remaining 12 couriers in active comparison use published 2026 rate cards. Live API expansion target: DHL Express, RAM, Pargo, Aramex SA, SkyNet — by end of Q3 2026. OPEN-DATA & METHODOLOGY POINTS ------------------------------ - Dataset released daily under CC-BY 4.0. - Methodology published at deliverai.co.za/methodology. - Daily JSON snapshot: deliverai.co.za/api/data/sa-courier-pricing-2026.json - AI-friendly: indexed by Perplexity, ChatGPT browsing, Claude search. - Live intel hub: deliverai.co.za/intel — refreshed daily, openly licensed (CC-BY 4.0), free to cite with attribution. Aggregates live courier rates, weekly news scan across the 18 couriers, anonymised shipper sentiment, and AI citation counts in one citation-ready page. QUOTES READY TO ATTRIBUTE TO HARMANI (FOUNDER) ---------------------------------------------------- On price transparency: "South African SMEs are paying 2x to 3x more than they need to for last-mile delivery. The reason isn't supply; it's that rate cards are buried. We publish them daily so anyone can compare." On cross-border: "Cross-border lane coverage is still in active expansion. We'd rather publish nothing than publish a number we can't defend." On open data: "The dataset is CC-BY 4.0 because the more it gets quoted, the faster the market becomes competitive. That's the whole point." On the Pro Data tier: "The free dataset is free forever. The paid tier exists for businesses that need historical API access and custom queries — analysts, large e-commerce operators, academics." On the FedEx live integration (27 June 2026): "FedEx is the first international-brand courier integrated live on DeliverAI. Our customers can now see the real FedEx number — Economy, Priority, Priority Express, First — next to TCG, DPD Laser and 15 other SA couriers, in one view, in under 10 seconds. We don't mark up the quote. The price you see is the price FedEx returns via their API. That's the only way price comparison earns trust." WHAT WE WILL NOT SAY -------------------- - We will not name any specific courier as "the worst" or "the most overpriced" beyond the raw data. - We do not publish any unverified user reviews or HelloPeter screenshots. - We do not comment on individual couriers' service quality without citing public, attributable sources.