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Update #1 – Tamebay Black Friday Speed Test 2021

The annual Tamebay 2021 Black Friday Speed Test is underway. To test the resilience of deliveries over the Black Friday period, at 9.30am this morning we placed 15 orders split across the largest three UK general marketplaces – Amazon, eBay and OnBuy, and this is Update #1 based the the statuses at 10pm Sunday.

Update #1 reveals that OnBuy were not only the first to ship a product but also the first to deliver, although not the same item. The first delivery was 8am on Saturday morning (via Hermes) which is truly impressive – under 24 hours from the time of ordering.

Joint second to arrive was one parcel from OnBuy and one from Amazon, both delivered by Amazon Logistics on Saturday. Finally on Saturday, Royal Mail arrived with yet another OnBuy purchase. (As deliveries come in the table below will be updated to rank by delivery date/time.)

The one thing that’s abundantly clear in Update #1 is that retailers who’s shipments arrived first under-promised and over-delivered. For the first four parcels to be delivered, the average is 4.75 days earlier than the earliest promised delivery date.

Shipment notifications suggest that more parcels will be arriving imminently, so look out for further updates over the coming days.

Update #1 – Black Friday Speed Test 2021

Marketplace

Advertised Service

Estimated Delivery

Delivery Cost

Despatch Date

Delivery Date

+/- Estimate

OnBuy Hermes Thu 2 Dec –
Fri 3 Dec
Free 26/11/2021 27/11/2021 -5
OnBuy Amazon Logistics Tue 30 Nov –
Wed 1st Dec
Free 26/11/2021 27/11/2021 -3
Amazon Amazon Logistics Thu 2nd Dec Prime Account 27/11/2021 27/11/2021 -5
OnBuy Royal Mail Tracked 24 Fri 3 –
Mon 6 Dec
Free 26/11/2021 27/11/2021 -6
Amazon Royal Mail 48 Tracked Thu 2 Dec –
Fri 3 Dec
Free 26/11/2021
Amazon Amazon FBA Thu 2nd Dec Prime Account 26/11/2021
Amazon Amazon FBA Fri 3 Dec – Tue 7 Dec Prime Account 26/11/2021
Amazon Amazon FBA Thu 9 Dec Prime Account 27/11/2021
eBay Royal Mail 2nd Class Sat 4 Dec £1.39 26/11/2021
eBay Royal Mail 2nd Class Tue 30 Nov Free 26/11/2021
eBay Royal Mail 2nd Class Wed 1 Dec Free 26/11/2021
eBay Other courier (3 to 5 days) Tue 30 Nov –
Thu 2 Dec
£3.60
eBay Economy Delivery from outside UK Wed 15 Dec –
Tue 1 Feb
£1.95
OnBuy Standard (Free) Wed 1 Dec –
Thu 2 Dec
Free
OnBuy Standard (Free) Thu 2 Dec –
Fri 3 Dec
Free 26/11/2021

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