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Shippit [SMART 100, 2018]

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1. THE BEGINNING

This innovation initially came to life when…

A missed delivery of a vacuum cleaner sparked the founders to question the underlying factors behind missed deliveries. This led them on a journey of discovery to uncover inefficiencies in how retailers interact with couriers, which spawned Australia’s fastest growing shipping platform, Shippit. In 2015, the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was a product integrating Shopify, to a national 3-hour courier. After signing on their first enterprise client, Harvey Norman, the retailer encouraged Shippit to focus on all delivery types, resulting in the national roll-out of this solution in November 2015.

2. WHAT & HOW

The purpose of this innovation is to…

…simplify logistics for online retailers. Logistics is complex and modern retailers are not logistics experts. A lack of automation and flexibility leads to major inefficiencies. Shippit optimises shipping by connecting retailers with the optimal carriers and automatically executing the transaction.

It does this by…

…taking the guesswork out of shipping decisions and making deliveries beautiful whilst also removing friction in the delivery process. Combining automation and intelligence, the Shippit platform allows retailers of all sizes and industries to improve their customer experiences. It is a powerful solution for retailers who don’t need a degree in logistics to save time and money with shipping.

3. PURPOSE & BENEFITS

This innovation improves on what came before because…

It solves logistics issues with a consumer mind-set. Shippit remains the only logistics business empowering retailers to own the customer experience from cart-to-door. It’s the only platform offering a branded tracking and notification engine and customer-centric support processes. We believe the future is automated, and what truly matters are experiences and how they’re engineered.

Its various benefits to the customer/end-user include…

Enabling retailers to scale and grow by removing friction from delivery for retailers and their customers. Through automation, optimal carrier allocation and smart notifications, Shippit saves retailer time, money and delivers improved customer experiences.

4. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

In the past, this problem was solved by…

Directly integrating with a carrier through negotiating shipping rates from a carrier who can do it all which creates cost and operational inefficiencies as volume grows. Retailers can also use price comparison sites by entering data into a form (e.g Interparcel). With limited automation, it forces the retailer to select a carrier, rather than being recommended the most compatible one.

5. TARGET MARKET

It is made for…

Competing platforms that focus on various parts of the shipping process For example, labelling platforms (e.g. EasyShip) allow retailers to obtain shipping labels directly from carriers. From pre-negotiated rates to returns automation, Shippit provides an end-to-end shipping solution.

Retailers of all sizes and industries. Powering delivery for the biggest names in retail including, Sephora, UNIQLO, TOPSHOP and Harvey Norman, Shippit is built as an enterprise-grade platform, enabling seamless transition from small customers to very large operators. Currently only servicing Australian retailers, Shippit’s target market consists of the 45,000 retailers in the Australian market.

It is available for sale through…

Shippit is expanding internationally. Being an existing Australian client, Sephora has signed a joint venture to take Shippit into South East Asia, beginning with Singapore and Thailand later this year. Furthermore, Shippit has also teamed up with Kathmandu to expand into New Zealand.

Our website. Shippit is a cloud-based shipping software. Launching a subscription pricing model in 2016, Shippit offers 4 pricing tiers (Start, Grow, Unleash and Empower) which suit businesses of all sizes and verticals.

Our marketing strategy is to…

Succeed on 4 key objectives in the next quarter. These objectives include achieving a record number of engaged contacts, becoming a valuable source of education for retailers through high-quality content, activating a high converting funnel and expanding market spend to new channels and delivering improved ROI. These objectives will be accomplished through clearly defined key results.

 

FINE PRINT: This SMART 100 profile and the information it contains is a duplication of content submitted by the applicant during the entry process. As a function of entry, applicants were required to declare that all details are factually correct, do not infringe on another’s intellectual property and are not unlawful, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. Some profiles have been edited for reasons of space and clarity.

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