How can I watch over every parcel on its way to me in Poland?

Add each tracking number to Parcel Monitor and your whole delivery week settles onto one page — the Allegro order heading to a Paczkomat, the Zalando package with DPD, the AliExpress find still at customs. We recognise each number's format automatically, so there's no working out whether it's InPost or Poczta Polska before you can look, and every package keeps its full scan timeline underneath. Completely free to use, no signup or registration required. The properly convenient version: sign in with Google and connect your Gmail, and your order confirmations get spotted and tracked automatically — new purchases from Allegro, Amazon or Temu appear in your list before you've opened the shipping email. One glance in the morning tells you which locker codes are waiting and what's still on the road.

Can I track InPost, Poczta Polska, DPD, DHL, and Orlen Paczka together?

Yes — all five, on one page, plus the rest of the Polish delivery cast. InPost and its Paczkomat empire, Poczta Polska with Pocztex, DPD and DHL carrying the webshop flows, Orlen Paczka at the petrol stations, GLS and UPS rounding out the lineup — and the international networks feeding packages into the country, Cainiao included. Your Allegro order, your Vinted find from Germany and a package from family abroad all sit in one timeline here. We identify each number's format automatically, so the carrier lottery at checkout stops mattering. In total we track more than 1,000 carriers worldwide, when an international shipment transfers to Polish courier after clearing customs — the standard relay — we follow it straight through, new number and all.

How do InPost Paczkomat lockers work, and how long is my parcel held there?

The Paczkomat is Poland's national delivery habit, and rightly so: a locker bank near your home accepts your package any hour, and you collect on your own schedule. Choose one at checkout (Allegro defaults to it for good reason); when the package lands, the InPost app pings you with a QR code and PIN — scan or type at the machine, the door pops, done, at 6am or midnight. The clock to respect: the standard pickup window is 48 hours, and the app counts it down for you. Running late? You can usually extend the window in the app, and uncollected packages don't vanish — they move to a nearby pickup point or back to the local branch, where a longer holding period applies before any return starts. Remote-opening from the app skips even the screen-tapping. For anyone rarely home, the Paczkomat simply ends the missed-delivery genre.

Can I track my Allegro order on Parcel Monitor?

Absolutely. When your Allegro order ships, the seller's carrier — usually InPost, DPD, Poczta Polska or Orlen Paczka, depending on what you chose at checkout — issues a tracking number, and that number works here like any other: paste it in and the whole journey lines up, from the seller's first scan to the locker code moment. You'll find the number in Allegro's order details or the shipping email. Why track here rather than only in Allegro? One list for everything — your Allegro locker delivery next to your AliExpress package and your Vinted find — instead of checking three apps. And for Allegro purchases from international sellers, we follow the cross-border relay too, including the handover to the Polish courier where Allegro's own view sometimes goes quiet. Connect your Gmail and new Allegro orders start tracking themselves.

What is "pobranie" (COD) and can I follow those orders too?

Pobranie is cash on delivery — you pay when the package arrives rather than at checkout — and yes, those orders track here exactly like prepaid ones, scan for scan. If anything, tracking a pobranie order matters more, because the delivery moment needs you ready: for a courier delivery, have the amount prepared (card increasingly works, but cash is the safe assumption) and the phone reachable; for a Paczkomat pobranie, payment happens at the machine or in the app before the door opens. Watch for the out-for-delivery scan or the locker notification in your timeline — that's your cue. One thing worth knowing: a failed pobranie attempt (nobody home, payment not ready) counts as a failed delivery, and repeated misses send the order back to the seller. The sixty seconds of preparation the tracking gives you is exactly what keeps that from happening.

Do I pay VAT or customs on parcels from outside the EU, like China or the UK?

Yes — every purchase from outside the EU owes Polish VAT (23%) from the first złoty of value, and since July 2026 low-value e-commerce packages also carry the EU's flat €3 duty per item, which replaced the old €150 duty-free rule. The experience depends on the shop. IOSS-registered stores — AliExpress, Temu, Amazon and the big platforms — collect the VAT at checkout, and the package sails through customs with nothing owed. Shops outside IOSS leave the tax to be assessed on arrival: Poczta Polska or the courier files the paperwork, adds a handling fee, and delivery waits for your payment. UK orders are the post-Brexit classic case — a British shop that doesn't handle EU VAT ships you a bill along with the package. The tell is at checkout: a VAT line in the total means the fast lane.

How long do deliveries from Germany or China to Poland take?

Two very different journeys. Germany is next door and it shows: Amazon.de and German webshop orders typically land in two to four working days, riding the dense road network with no customs at all — western Poland can see next-day. China runs on the e-commerce clock: two to four weeks for standard shipping, with the quiet stretches at consolidation and at customs doing most of the waiting; premium lines compress it to roughly a week. Two things bend every estimate: the December peak (and the pre-holiday Allegro rush), and the customs step for non-IOSS orders, which adds days while a VAT bill finds you. Read your timeline by rhythm rather than date — a package scanning steadily through hubs is on schedule, and the pause after "arrived in Poland" on a China order is the border doing its work, not a loss.

Can I redirect my parcel to a different Paczkomat after it ships?

Often, yes — InPost built for exactly this. In the InPost app, an incoming package can usually be redirected to a different Paczkomat or pickup point while it's still on the way, which saves the day when you realise you'll be across town on delivery day. Once the package is already in a locker, you have options too: extend the pickup window, or in many cases forward it to another machine. The honest limits: redirection availability depends on the package's status and the sender's service, and it works best before the final sorting — so act when you see the "on the way" status here rather than after the locker code arrives. Other carriers offer their own versions: DPD and DHL let you switch to a pickup point through the links in their messages. Watch your timeline, catch the window, and the delivery bends to your day.

Which carrier is fastest for Warsaw vs. smaller towns?

In Warsaw and the big cities, speed is everywhere: InPost lockers turn over next-day as standard, DPD and DHL run dense urban routes, and same-day options exist for the impatient — so the fastest carrier is mostly whichever one your seller ships with today. The gap opens outside the metros. InPost's Paczkomat network reaches deep into smaller towns and keeps its next-day promise remarkably far down the map, which is why Allegro leans on it; courier home delivery to villages adds a day as routes thin out; Poczta Polska and Orlen Paczka cover corners others price out. The practical read for smaller-town shoppers: choose locker or pickup-point delivery at checkout when it's offered — a machine in your town that gets served daily beats a home-delivery route that reaches you every other day, whatever logo is on the van.

My InPost locker code hasn't arrived — what should I do?

Nine times out of ten the code exists and the message went astray. Check in this order: the InPost app first (the QR code lives there, and the app is more reliable than SMS — if your package shows "ready for pickup" in your timeline here, the app has the code); then your SMS and email including spam; then the phone number on the order, because a typo at checkout is the classic culprit — codes go wherever the seller's data points. No luck? You can open the locker remotely from the app for packages linked to your account, which sidesteps the code entirely. Still stuck, contact InPost's help with the tracking number — they can re-send the code or convert the pickup. Do it promptly: the 48-hour window runs regardless, though the app's extend option buys you breathing room while you sort it out.

What other countries can I track parcels in with Parcel Monitor?

You may also want to explore tracking for these other destinations:

• Track parcels going to or from Romania

• Check on your Greece delivery

• Your Ukraine orders, all in one place

• Waiting on something from Russian Federation?

• Keep an eye on Turkey deliveries

• Tracking made easy for China

Which other carriers can I track with Parcel Monitor?

These carrier pages are worth a look too:

• Got a DPD number? Start here

• Check your DHL Express shipment

• UPS updates in one place

• Waiting on AliExpress Standard Shipping? Track it here