Winter in Cape Town update – but not today, because it is simple stunning outside
Today is one of those perfect winter mornings. Beautiful mountains. Fresh air. Crisp morning. But a great time to be alive and outside and catch some vitamin D in the sun. so here is what we have done in the last week since our MIDYEAR UPDATE: #bicyclecouriers have been busy!
Flower power
The first in our Winter in Cape Town update. See how we team up with other local cycling providers. Ie the Sonja and Hanno Otto team at Trisports for the Namakwa flower ride. In getting bicycles (ebikes off course) from the rental agent in Paarl up to the flowers in Springbok. And back again afterwards. In TRILOGY OF TEAMWORK: for the Namakwa flower bicycle tours
Surprise!
After getting a single surcharge surprise on the latest monthly no weekly statements from one of our providers. We through it is prudent to check all the outlying areas that may incur an additional charge. So that we are informed. And you are informed. When sending boxed bicycles to remote places. As in TRILOGY OF TEAMWORK: for the Namakwa flower bicycle tours
BOOBS!
Stay safe in the nationwide strike today. As the locals try to push out the foreigners. Back to their own countries. For their own reasons. Which is also why we try and avoid any risk. And as such there are no line hauls running between JHB aand DBN tonight. More potato on STAY SAFE: Potential Nationwide Strike
Audit for www
This one is a formality for our Winter in Cape Town update. A simple annual website audit saw a few plugins that can go. To streamline what we have and what we do. So there is more time for other things. Like tiny automations. Which lead to more time saved. A positive upwards spiral. For your benefit. See WEBSITE AUDIT for #bicyclecouriers: which of these plugins can go?
Quote please
Another price example for sending large items. Because at bicycle couriers we do not only send boxed bicycles. We also do other items. Like vending machines. And catering equipment. And full truck loads. Even shared loads on certain routes. Ask and you may receive. Check out QUOTE PLEASE: Another day, another price example
Back and forth
Or so we thought. The idea was simple. But the implementation took way longer than I tought it would. And wasn’t resolved in this first round. For reasons you can find right here. Before we move on to the next solutions. For the same dilemma. In 2-WAY COMMS: Between WooCommerce & Google sheets
Make it work
I would have loved to try ZAPIER. But the free plan is limiting. And we send many bicycles. Or IFTTT. But they can only receive from WooCommerce not send back to it. So, it is essentially a 1-way street. Whereas we needed 2-way comms. As solved in MAKE: now Google Sheets can talk back to WooCommerce
80+hours saved
Probably the most important one in our Winter in Cape Town update. Now that is a lot of time. To spend otherwise. Or read. Or go and cycle. Just be outside. or focus on sending even more boxed bicycles across the country. Which is probably what we will be doing. See how and why we did it. In HOW we saved 80+hours with the MAKE automation
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And that was that for our Winter in Cape Town updates. Back to sending bicycles…
