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Shutl (http://shutl.co.uk/ http://shutl.co.uk/) is one startup trying to shake up this market. I believe their trick is to aggregate the spare capacity of mult
by samstokes 16y ago
Shutl (http://shutl.co.uk/ http://shutl.co.uk/) is one startup trying to shake up this market. I believe their trick is to aggregate the spare capacity of multiple same-day couriers. They claim they can offer delivery in 90 minutes, or delivery during a specific hour instead of "between 8am and 8pm, probably", at a cost comparable to standard single-courier delivery.
Their marketing right now seems to be targeted at retailers rather than consumers, since they have to get retailers to use them as a delivery option before consumers will care.
Really hope these guys can deliver (badoom-tssshhh) on their promise.
- buro9 16y agoThat's awesome. Does anyone know if they partner with distribution centres? Basically I'm looking for 3 pieces of a puzzle: 1) A shopping cart solution that ties into distribution. 2) Distribution centres that take my stock and manage dispatching it. 3) Delivery services that will remove the pain for the customer (Shutl looks good). The middle bit seems important as it needs to work with both the shopping cart and stock control system as well as the delivery service.
- smokinn 16y agoShutl seems to be in an interesting position to expand into what I thought was an obvious idea but logistical nightmare to actually execute: Why don't delivery companies sign deals with Dominoes/Pizza Hut/other big pizza chains and use their excess delivery capacity to do package delivery? If Shutl is taking care of distributed multiple-company delivery maybe that's something they can expand into.