Shyp

Shyp
Type Private
Founded 2013
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Area served
Founder(s)
  • Kevin Gibbon
  • Joshua Scott
  • Jack Smith
CEO Kevin Gibbon
Industry Technology, Internet
Website www.shyp.com
Registration Required to book pickups
Current status Active
Native client(s) on iOS, Android

Shyp is a courier service company.[1][2] The company picks up, packages, and ships items through USPS and other major carriers.[3] The company was founded in San Francisco in 2013. The company also provides its courier services in New York,[4] Miami,[5] Los Angeles[6] and Chicago.[7] 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.[8]

Product

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.[9][10] In 2015, the company launched an Android app to compliment its iOS app.[11] 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.[12]

Employees' Status

Shyp is one of the few on-demand companies made up entirely of employees, not independent contractors. In July 2015, the company converted its couriers from independent contractors to full-fledged employees.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Shyp". Shyp.
  2. ↑ "Shyp Makes Shipping Stuff Simple". Homebrew. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Fiegerman, Seph (30 September 2013). "Shyp Raises $2.1 Million to Take the Pain Out of Shipping". Mashable. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Russell, Kyle (29 September 2014). "Shyp Launches In New York City, And Miami Is Next". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Russell, Kyle (19 November 2014). "Shyp Launches In Miami, Prepares For Los Angeles In Early 2015". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Lien, Tracey (14 May 2015). "Shyp launches in L.A. to solve 'painful' postal problem". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ↑ Yeung, Ken (30 September 2015). "Shyp launches in Chicago". VentureBeat.
  8. ↑ Rao, Leena (April 21, 2015). "Fortune: Shyp, a mobile shipping app, raises $50 million". Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Shyp". Crunchbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Shyp Raises $2.1M To Pick Up And Ship Your Stuff". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  11. ↑ Russell, Kyle (29 Jan 2015). "Shyp Brings Its On-Demand Shipping App To Android". TechCrunchh. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Russell, Kyle (4 Mar 2015). "Shyp Returns Makes It Easy To Send Back Stuff You Buy Online". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  13. ↑ Alba, Davey (July 1, 2015) "Shyp Makes Couriers Employees Before It’s Too Big to Change." Wired.com. (Retrieved 1-7-2016.)

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