EcoCourier: Environment-friendly messengers

CEBU, Philippines – Here’s the situation: You are in your office in downtown Cebu and you have to have some documents sent over to a client who is in Lahug. It would not have been a problem for you to leave your office and deliver the papers yourself, but you are swamped with work and your deadline is fast approaching. Worse, your office messenger is on leave! What do you do?

The answer: Call EcoCourier!

EcoCourier is Cebu’s newest messenger service and the first bicycle courier in the city. Jens Funk, a German bike enthusiast who has been in the Philippines for seven years already, teamed up with Ricky Sevilla to establish EcoCourier in December 2008.

“We started slow at first. We didn’t do a lot of advertising yet. We got clients mostly by word of mouth. It was a challenge for us to introduce something new to the city,” he said.

Bicycle couriers are not new to European countries, which acknowledge the presence of bicycle riders on the road through bicycle lanes. The concept is, however, quite new here in the Philippines. In fact, here in Cebu, we do not have bicycle lanes.

One good thing about using bicycles for a messenger service is that it is environment friendly, and because the service does not use fuel, the rates are lower compared to other messenger services. A satisfied customer even shared that the rates of EcoCourier are even lower than taking a taxi and delivering documents and parcels yourself!

EcoCourier presently has four bikers, called Bugoy Bikers, who service the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu. Jens assured that their bikers and the goods that they deliver are all insured. “It is important that we insure the bikers and the goods they are delivering so our clients will really know that we mean business,” he emphasized. Included in EcoCourier’s growing list of corporate clients are Graphic Star, Outpost, XOOMA and Phil. Ensure.

To avail of the services of EcoCourier, one only has to call or text 0920-2726472 and friendly EcoCourier staff will get in touch with you to get your location and where you want your documents or parcels to be delivered. One of the Bugoy Bikers will then pick up the goods you want delivered, you pay the delivery fee, and your documents or parcel is delivered right away. EcoCourier guarantees that deliveries are made within 1 hour.

Help save Mother Earth! Go EcoCourier now!