Shyp

Shyp
Type of site
 Private
Founded 2013
Headquarters San Francisco, California
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. 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

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