[kadoban]

Do you actually need a phone number to ship? I've literally never had a shipping company call or text me, can't imagine they require phone numbers.

[Fuzzeh]

Courier companies DPD/FedEx/UPS request one. Sometimes it speeds up the process is a location is difficult to find.

With DPD it's certainly down to the individual driver because they're calling on their own phone ( many just wont because of thst).