Fast and Flexible Local Delivery Options for Your Shopify Store

In today’s competitive e-commerce landscape, offering fast and flexible local delivery options can set your Shopify store apart. Customers increasingly expect convenience and speed, and providing reliable local delivery directly impacts satisfaction, loyalty, and conversion rates.

Why Local Delivery Matters

Offering local delivery isn’t just about speed—it’s about meeting modern customer expectations. Consider these key insights:

  • 80% of consumers expect retailers to offer same-day delivery.
  • 68% of shoppers are more likely to shop online if local delivery is available.
  • 26% of consumers abandon their carts because same-day or local delivery isn’t offered.

By providing fast and flexible delivery options, you can capture last-minute shoppers, build trust, and compete with larger retailers.

Challenges for Shopify Merchants

While the benefits of local delivery are clear, implementing it effectively can be challenging:

  • Defining Delivery Zones: Finding the right balance between reach and efficiency.
  • Coordinating Couriers: Ensuring reliable and timely pickups and drop-offs.
  • Managing Customer Expectations: Providing accurate delivery windows and updates.

Without the right tools, these challenges can create inefficiencies and strain your team.

How to Add Fast and Flexible Local Delivery Options

1. Enable Local Delivery in Shopify

Shopify allows you to activate local delivery as a fulfillment option.

  • Navigate to Settings > Shipping and Delivery in your Shopify admin.
  • Set up local delivery zones using postal codes or a defined radius.

Need help optimizing your delivery zones? Book a demo with Getcho for expert advice.

2. Use a Delivery Management Tool like Getcho

Getcho integrates seamlessly with Shopify (Install it here), providing your store with powerful delivery features:

  • Smart Scheduling: We schedule deliveries around customer availability to reduce missed attempts.
  • Real-Time Tracking: Both you and your customers receive updates at every stage of the delivery process.
  • Courier Coordination: Getcho partners with trusted third-party fleets to ensure fast and reliable delivery.

3. Offer Flexible Delivery Times

Customers value flexibility. With Getcho, you can let customers select delivery windows that work best for them, ensuring a smoother experience.

The Benefits of Using Getcho

  1. Improve Customer Satisfaction
    Customers appreciate fast, transparent, and reliable delivery services. Getcho’s proactive communication ensures they’re always informed.

  2. Increase Conversions
    Offering same-day or local delivery can reduce cart abandonment and drive repeat purchases.

  3. Save Time and Costs
    Getcho handles the logistics, so you can focus on growing your business without worrying about managing couriers or deliveries.

Why Flexible Delivery Drives Sales

By providing flexibility and speed, you’re not just meeting customer expectations—you’re exceeding them.

  • 50% of consumers prefer free same-day delivery over curbside or in-store pickup.
  • 55% of shoppers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery.
  • Fast shipping increases loyalty, with 86% of consumers defining “fast delivery” as within two days or less.

With Getcho, your Shopify store can compete with big players while staying agile and customer-focused.

Simplify Local Delivery with Getcho

Offering fast and flexible local delivery on Shopify doesn’t have to be complicated. Getcho’s platform handles the logistics, from courier selection to real-time tracking, so you can focus on delighting your customers.

Book a demo today to see how Getcho can transform your local delivery operations.

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We are a local business with multiple retail stores as well as a Shopify webstore, and we were looking to expand our online services to include same-day delivery. The Getcho team has been amazing and has gone above and beyond to ensure that our integration was seamless and tailored to our specific needs. They took the time to understand our operations and helped streamline the connection between our in-store inventory and online orders. Thanks to Getcho, we are now able to offer a better omnichannel shopping experience to our local customers through our website.

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Ray Pugsley

PR Run & Walk

Over the past five years, using a variety of single same-day carriers, we would regularly see orders costing more than expected, not being delivered on time, and having an overall poor customer experience. Getcho has solved not only the reliability, but also the visibility into costs, and most importantly a trusted customer experience. They've regularly gone above and beyond to make it easy for our team, quickly incorporated our feedback, and become a critical part of our day-to-day operations: serving some of our biggest customers like Coca-Cola and Delta.

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Highline Commerce

[...] the experience has been absolutely incredible. The integration with Shopify was seamless and took almost no effort on our end, which made setup a breeze. Orders are processed quickly, deliveries are consistently reliable, and our customers love the speed and convenience. This service has truly elevated our customer experience, and we've noticed a positive impact on satisfaction and repeat purchases. If you're looking for a trustworthy, efficient, and easy-to-integrate delivery solution, we can't recommend them enough!

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Gabe Weiss

The Closeout Connection

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Carly Jump

Funny Face Bakery

GETCHO has been an excellent same-day delivery partner for our business. Their team is extremely communicative, which makes the whole process smooth and stress-free. It's such a huge benefit to be able to offer our customers fast, reliable delivery, and GETCHO makes that possible. Highly recommend!

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RUADH Team

RUADH

Getcho has been extremely helpful in expanding our range of delivery options and at a notably lower cost than we were getting independently. And, since we started using Getcho about two months ago, there has been a significant drop in customer experience issues related to third-party delivery. The Getcho team is hands-on and highly responsive to feedback.

Farm Link Hawai‘i

Reagan Cline

Farm Link Hawai‘i

As a New York–based business running both a local operation and a Shopify store, having a reliable delivery partner is critical for us. Since switching to GetCho earlier this year, the experience has been consistently strong. Their team is professional, dependable, and handles deliveries with care and precision. Communication is clear and timely, which makes day-to-day operations much smoother. The drivers are courteous and efficient, and everything runs exactly as expected. If you're looking for a delivery partner that's reliable and easy to work with, Getcho is a solid choice.

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Owner

Myers of Keswick

We have been using GetCho Delivery for our delivery needs for almost 1 year and strongly recommend their services. Their team is professional, reliable, and consistently goes above and beyond to ensure timely and accurate deliveries. Communication is excellent [...] If you're looking for a dependable delivery partner that truly values customer satisfaction, GetCho Delivery is an excellent choice.

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Jerry Bocchino

All Fresh Seafood

[..] the experience has been nothing short of excellent. [...] same-day delivery that integrates seamlessly with our Shopify store. [...] that syncs directly with our POS system, making it easy to fulfill same-day orders without extra steps. The functionality is smooth, the cost is fair, and the level of service is unmatched. Getcho has truly given us an edge over our competitors, and I can confidently say this app is a 10/10 across service, functionality, and value. Highly recommend for anyone serious about scaling their delivery options!

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Naseem Saba

Take Over Nail & Lash Supplies

Getcho has provided our store with expert level assistance. Has broadened our horizons to customers in the area who would have never stumbled upon the store otherwise. They have been an exceptional partner with ONS providing expedient same day delivery to NYC customers and we continue to grow with their team.

ONS Clothing

James Masiello

ONS Clothing

They have been very communicative and helpful in making sure all of our deliveries have arrived safely. The ability to have our orders transfer directly into their dashboard is very useful. They are clearly committed to creating a positive experience for both the shipper and recipient.

Rosenthal Wine Merchant

Devin Elting

Rosenthal Wine Merchant

We've been looking for a local courier service that is reliable, affordable, and responsive. Surprisingly very hard to find, and Getcho is the perfect partner for it. They continuously make improvements, unlike any other business in the space. We've previously used ubers / couriers , and all of them fell short in some way. Getcho is the final service we use.

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Daniel Kwak

Abbode

We're thrilled with this easy-to-use and professional-looking app that solved our dilemma of how to offer affordable delivery options to the NYC-area. Setup was a breeze and their customer support team is super nice [...] highly recommend!

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Holly Watson

Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store

The team has been really responsive and receptive to our specific needs, often going above and beyond to ensure things run smoothly. [...] it allows us to offer instacart type experience. Our customers love how seamless the experience is [...]Highly recommend it for anyone looking to add local delivery, this is the best solution out there!

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Jason Lazarus

Abracadabra NYC

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City Man USA

We use Getcho anytime we need samples delivered to or from clients around the city. It's incredibly simple and reliable - I place the order and forget about it.

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Frederick McSwain

McSwain Studio

Great app for local same day delivery - they work with you to make things as seamless as possible, they are fast to set up and fast to troubleshoot - plus the team is incredibly responsive - they truly care about their product.

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