How to track a package without knowing the courier

Your friend who lives out of town just let you know that they sent you a number of items by courier. To allow you to keep track of the shipment, it has also provided you with a tracking code. In his haste, however, he forgot to tell you which shipping service, exactly, he chose to rely on. You tried to call him back to try to find out more but, as often happens when you need urgent information, his phone turns out to be unreachable.

The question, given the circumstances, therefore arises quite spontaneously: is it possible to track a package without knowing the courier? The answer is yes and, if you want, I can explain how to do it. Do you want to? Yup? Great! So I suggest not wasting any more time chatting and starting immediately to get busy.

To reach your goal, I will advance it immediately, all you have to do is rely on special online services, operating in a very simple and free way (at least in their basic form) or on apps for smartphones and tablets that allow you to identify the courier used for a specific shipment, starting from the relative tracking code. Happy reading and good luck for everything!

Index

• 17Track
• AfterShip
• Track It
• Packagetrackr
• TrackingMore
• App to track a package without knowing the courier

17Track

The first solution to track a package without knowing the courier I want to tell you about is 17Track. This is a web service that allows you to track the shipments of all the most famous couriers, local and not, simply by typing the relative tracking code. It is localized in Italian, it is very easy to use and what’s more, it is free and there is no registration requirement. In short, try it now and you will see that you will finally be able to find out which shipping service is taking care of your package.

To use it, first connect to the 17Track home page, then enter the shipping code in your possession in the appropriate text box in the center of the page. If you want, you can also enter multiple shipping codes simultaneously, by pressing the Enter key on the keyboard to go to the field and filling in the next field.

Then press the yellow Track button on the right and, on the page that opens later, if you have entered more than one tracking code, select the shipment of your interest. You will find the name of the reference courier indicated at the top center, on the left the current status of your package and on the right the time of the last update relating to shipment tracking.

Below, however, there are all the steps taken by the courier up to now. Next to the various items on the page you may find colored icons indicated various information. To find out what they refer to, you can follow the legend above.

AfterShip

Even AfterShip is a Web service that deserves to be mentioned in an article focused on tracking of parcels handled by couriers that you do not know the identity. It’s super easy to use, free, no registration required, and supports more than 790 couriers worldwide. It also has a nice user interface and provides pretty detailed information.

To use it, connected to the home page of the service, type the tracking code of your package in the Identification number field attached to the displayed page, make sure that the Courier option (automatic detection) is selected in the drop-down menu below (otherwise open the menu and select it yourself) and click on the yellow Track button which is on the right.

On the page that will subsequently be shown to you, you will find indicated the name of the courier and its logo at the top, the telephone number to get in touch with the customer service of the latter and, in the center, the steps taken by your shipment and the state it is currently in.

Track It

As an alternative to the aforementioned online services, you can rely on Track IT, another famous portal for tracking and identifying shipments, thanks to which you can therefore be able to track a package without necessarily having to know the courier. Like the other services already mentioned, it is able to perform flawlessly the purpose for which it is intended. Even in this case, the service is free and to use it it is not mandatory to create a specific account.

You ask me how you can use it? I’ll point it out to you right away. First, connect to the home page of the service and type the number of your shipment in the empty field next to the item Shipping number, on the right.

Then check that in correspondence with the drop-down menus Country of destination and Which forwarder? the options Autolove automatically and Autodetect Carrier are selected respectively, so as to allow the service to automatically identify the courier. Then press the button with the magnifying glass to start the search.

On the page that you will see appear at this point, you will find the logo and name of the reference courier and in the center all the various steps taken by the latter for the delivery of your shipment.

Please note that by clicking on what is reported next to the Link to this shipment item: a page will open with all the various steps of the shipment and information on the courier that you can possibly share with friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. or to be used to track the shipment at a later time, without having to repeat all the above steps from scratch.

Packagetrackr

Did none of the aforementioned websites satisfy you, or did they not help you in being able to track a package without knowing the courier? If that’s the case, don’t throw in the towel just yet! Instead, try to rely on Packagetrackr. This is another portal with a similar functioning to those mentioned above, and it also supports many couriers operating in Italy and abroad. It has a pretty neat user interface and it’s free. Furthermore, even in this case, no registration is required to be able to use it.

To use it, connect to the main page of the service and fill in the field Enter your tracking number… which is at the top with the tracking code for the shipment, then press the green button Track it! placed on the right.

On the Web page that you will subsequently see appear, you will find the name of the courier in the center and all the other details relating to the shipment such as the place of departure and destination, the weight of the package, the date of shipment, that of arrival, etc.

At the top, on the other hand, the various steps of the shipment are indicated together with the time and date of the last update, while in the lower part there is a map showing the various movements made by the courier and all the shipment statuses indicated, however detailed.

Keep in mind that the website is in English but, if you want, you can translate it using the Google Translate drop-down menu at the top; even if, it is good to take this into account, the Italian used is not exactly the best.

TrackingMore

One other service that could come in handy is TrackingMore, which is very intuitive and allows you to track shipments of 650 carriers around the world. It’s free and you don’t need to register to use it.

To use it, connected to the main page of TrackingMore, scroll through it and type the tracking code of the package you would like to know more about in the Tracking Number text field, which is on the left. Next, click the orange Track button to start the courier and package search.

Then wait a few moments, so that the service does not identify the courier who is taking care of the package and you will find yourself in the presence of a new web page with all the details of the case. In the upper part you will find the logo and the name of the courier, further down the contact details to be able to possibly get in touch with the latter and even further down the various steps taken by your shipment up to now.

App to track a package without knowing the courier

As anticipated at the beginning, it is also possible to use some apps to track a package without knowing the courier, thus acting in an even more convenient way from your smartphone or tablet. Do you ask me some apps that can be used for this purpose? Well, for example, the ones you find listed below and which, in my humble opinion, represent the best in the category.

These are solutions designed for parcel tracking, but which are also able to automatically identify couriers. They are both free and paid, for both Android and iOS / iPadOS. Feel free to choose the one that you think will do the most for you and download it right away on your device. Happy download and good tracking!

• AfterShip( Android / iOS / iPadOS ) – is the official app of the homonymous service that I told you about in detail in the previous lines. It has the same characteristics of its Web version, including the “clean” and minimal interface. It is completely free.
• Deliveries Package Tracker( Android ) – this is one of the most complete and intuitive applications for tracking parcels and for identifying the relative couriers on Android devices. It supports all major shipping services in the world and also allows you to scan QR and bar codes to quickly enter packages to track in its database. The information is synchronized on a proprietary cloud service that allows you to always keep it safe by being accessible from multiple devices. The basic version is free but the complete one without advertising, which adds support to Amazon and eBay is paid and costs 5.99 euros.
• Parcel( iOS / iPadOS ) – very famous tracking application for Apple devices that allows you to track shipments made not only with Poste Italiane, SDA, BRT, TNT, UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL, DPD, Royal Mail and other national couriers and international. It is free but, to unlock the possibility of simultaneous tracking of more than three shipments, receive push notifications and remove advertisements from the app, you need to subscribe to a subscription of € 3.49 / year.
• Deliveries( iOS / iPadOS ) – this is without a doubt the best app to track shipments available for the iOS / iPadOS side (the companion app for Apple Watch is also offered and is also available as an application for Mac). Basically, it is free, but to access all its functions you need to subscribe to a subscription starting from 0.99 euros/month or 5.99 euros/year.