What do you use the tracking number for?
First, let’s get to know what the tracking number is. The tracking number is the number every online retail store attaches to a package before shipping them. After you have completed your order and have gotten a notification that confirms that, the store will also assign a tracking number to you. This tracking number can be accessible at any time on the order site.
Now for the uses, tracking numbers are mainly to track packages and know their locations or their estimated time or date of delivery. It is also another way of identifying a package. This is because the company always prints the tracking number of a package boldly on the package. It also has a bar code that you can scan with a barcode reader or your smartphone.
Because they call it a tracking number does not mean it has only numbers. Tracking numbers have both numbers and letters in them and they usually are about 8 to 30 characters. Some of them have special characters like hyphens and underscores in them and you can find them an inch close to the barcode. These numbers are very important for any order that you make from an online store.
What does TBA mean by a tracking number?
Also, when you see TBA on your tracking number, it means that you cannot track the package with another package-tracking site. There are other sites that you can use to track the packages that you order from any online store. These sites only allow packages that don’t have special tracking numbers like TBA, TBC, or TBM. So, you cannot track your package on another site if it has a TBA on it.
