Mail Boxes Etc. : Shahram Bashiri Runs 8 Mail Boxes Etc. Stores Across North London
How to use this video
This video features insights from a current franchisee sharing their experience with the Mail Boxes Etc. franchise. As you watch, listen for details about daily involvement, support, and challenges as well as successes. If this perspective resonates, the next step is to request more information and speak directly with the franchisor.
About This Video
This Mail Boxes Etc. UK testimonial captures Shahram Bashiri, the operations manager of a multi-store MBE network in London, and describes how he built an 8-store portfolio scattered across North and Northwest London over a 12-13 year career inside the franchise. Shahram came to MBE from a catering background that he describes as not ideal for a young family, and the working hours that come with the MBE retail-services model were a structural draw.
Shahram is candid about the early-stage challenges. The biggest hurdle for him at the start of the journey was recruiting staff and getting out to prospect for new business clients. As soon as he opened the second store and began employing people, the recruiting-and-prospecting workload started to feel manageable - the multi-store infrastructure created the headspace to develop the network the model is built on. The career journey he describes, from single-store start-up to 8-store London operator, is a useful data point for prospective Mail Boxes Etc. UK partners thinking about scaling beyond their first location.
On the service mix, Shahram describes MBE as a one-stop shop covering printing, postal services, antique and high-value shipment handling (including customs clearance), and SME-print and packaging work. He calls out a specific local-customer pattern: a college around the corner that uses the store for printing services, plus local antique dealers using the packaging-and-shipping service, and reports strong feedback from local businesses who prefer the MBE store over a traditional post office for speed and efficiency reasons.
Mail Boxes Etc. is a global retail-services franchise specialising in shipping, printing, mail and business-services solutions delivered through a high-street store-front model. The UK network supports both first-store partners and multi-unit operators like Shahram.