Shyp
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Type of site | Private |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| CEO | Kevin Gibbon |
| Industry | Technology, Internet |
| URL | www.shyp.com |
| Registration | Required to book pickups |
| Current status | Active |
Shyp is a courier service company. The company picks up, packages, and ships items through USPS and other major carriers.[1] The company was founded in San Francisco in 2013. The company also provides its courier services in New York,[2] Miami,[3] Los Angeles[4] and Chicago.[5] The company has raised a total of $62.1 million in venture-capital funding, with the latest Series B investment being led by investor Kleiner Perkins, where venture capitalist John Doerr joined the company's Board.[6]
The company provides a mobile app by which users can enter a package's pick-up and destination addresses and upload a photo of the package to be shipped.[7][8] In 2015, the company launched an Android app to complement its iOS app.[9] Also in 2015, Shyp added "Shyp Returns" functionality to its apps whereby shoppers can return items they purchased online from select merchants, including Amazon, Target and Nordstrom.[10]
Shyp is one of the few on-demand companies – among many – made up entirely of employees, not independent contractors. In July 2015, the company converted its couriers from independent contractors to full-fledged employees.[11]
References
- ^ Fiegerman, Seph (30 September 2013). "Shyp Raises $2.1 Million to Take the Pain Out of Shipping". Mashable. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Russell, Kyle (29 September 2014). "Shyp Launches In New York City, And Miami Is Next". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Russell, Kyle (19 November 2014). "Shyp Launches In Miami, Prepares For Los Angeles In Early 2015". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Lien, Tracey (14 May 2015). "Shyp launches in L.A. to solve 'painful' postal problem". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Yeung, Ken (30 September 2015). "Shyp launches in Chicago". VentureBeat.
- ^ Rao, Leena (April 21, 2015). "Fortune: Shyp, a mobile shipping app, raises $50 million". Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Shyp". Crunchbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Shyp Raises $2.1M To Pick Up And Ship Your Stuff". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ Russell, Kyle (29 Jan 2015). "Shyp Brings Its On-Demand Shipping App To Android". TechCrunchh. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Russell, Kyle (4 Mar 2015). "Shyp Returns Makes It Easy To Send Back Stuff You Buy Online". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Alba, Davey (July 1, 2015) "Shyp Makes Couriers Employees Before It’s Too Big to Change." Wired.com. (Retrieved 1-7-2016.)