Packeta / Zásielkovňa

Packeta (known as Zásielkovňa in its home market) is a parcel-logistics network whose backbone is thousands of local pickup-and-drop-off points hosted inside already-running shops and service businesses, complemented by self-service parcel lockers. Its key strength is that it is the native, market-leading out-of-home delivery option for e-commerce buyers across Central Europe: shoppers overwhelmingly prefer to "pick it up at the corner shop" over home delivery. Being a pickup point therefore routes a steady stream of online buyers through your door.

This isn't a franchise you build from scratch — it's a partner model where you integrate a pickup point into your already-running establishment (newsagent, grocery, hair salon, car service, gift shop and the like). Headquarters supplies the operating equipment (barcode scanner, label printer), free staff training, an automated parcel-management web interface, daily courier collection and delivery, and continuous visibility on the high-traffic website and app where buyers select their own point. You provide the space, staffing during opening hours, internet and a computer, and the actual handing over and accepting of parcels.