A subscription or paying per shipment?
Forwarding addresses charge in two ways: a monthly or yearly membership with lower fees per parcel, or no membership with every cost on the shipment itself. Below, two membership-based services, one Dutch and one from Luxembourg with a German warehouse, next to DZH: the same six facts for each, with a source and date per cell.
Last checked on 2026-10-19. Each cell names its source; what we could not verify is marked 'unknown'.
Side by side
| Feature | DZH Transport | PriParcel | BPM-Lux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address country | The Netherlands | The Netherlands (Pijnacker) (source) | Germany (central warehouse in Wittlich); addresses in 10 countries incl. Luxembourg (source) |
| Subscription | None — you pay per shipment, no minimum term | Subscription, min. 6 months: Basic € 2.50 or Premium € 7.50 a month, plus € 7.50 set-up (source) | Membership € 6 a month (minimum 3 months) or € 66 a year (source) |
| Storage at no charge | 7 days | 15 days (Basic) / 45 days (Premium), then € 0.05 to € 0.25 a day by size (source) | 30 days, then € 0.45 per item per day (source) |
| Insurance | Up to €99 as standard, more on request before shipping | unknown | unknown |
| ID requirement | No ID verification | Identity verification when applying for a Parcelbox (source) | unknown |
| Price known in advance | Yes — in the calculator, before you order | Calculator on the rates page, EU only; outside the EU by e-mail quote (source) | Price list in credits (1 credit = € 1) and a shipping calculator under Tools (source) |
Our honest take
Our honest take: a membership is a fair model when you receive parcels every month; the lower fees per parcel and extras such as faster handling can then outweigh the fixed cost, and PriParcel's own worked examples show that for frequent use. Whoever ships a few times a year pays the membership in months in which nothing arrives. DZH charges per shipment, with no subscription and no minimum term: that is the difference, not a verdict on which is better. The right model follows from how often you ship.
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