Courier Zone — The geographic band a carrier prices by — typically local (same city), regional (state/nearby), national (rest of India) and special (northeast, hills, islands).
Why it matters to your store
Your freight rate is zone × weight slab, full stop. Knowing which zones your orders actually hit tells you whether to fight for regional or national rates in a contract.
This is the vocabulary every courier invoice, NDR report and rate card is written in — learn it once, save money forever.
See how →Worked example
Pune→Kolhapur prices Regional (~₹50/500g); Pune→Guwahati is Special (~₹130/500g) — same carrier, same box.
The bottom line
Shipping jargon is really just the billing manual in disguise — every term on this list maps to a line on an invoice or a lever on your margins. Pure Parcel is built so you rarely have to think about it: statuses normalise, bills reconcile, and quotes already include the surcharges.
