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  • Flutterwave, SHiiP to transform African e-commerce deliveries

    Flutterwave, SHiiP to transform African e-commerce deliveries

    Flutterwave, Africa’s payments technology startup, has announced a partnership with SHiiP, Nigeria’s premier courier service.

    The collaboration’s purpose is to make it easier for Flutterwave store SMEs and large-scale merchants across Africa to deliver their goods to their clients.

    With over 40,000 small-business entrepreneurs using the Flutterwave Store, the partnership with SHiiP will provide a seamless end-to-end e-commerce experience.

    This will allow Flutterwave merchants to choose from over 80 domestic and international couriers, including DHL, FedEx, UPS, Flocargo, Shippo, and Flo Express, for the transportation of goods, resulting in lower delivery rates.

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    SHiiP’s Flutterwave retail integration aids SMEs

    The integration would enable businesses to ship worldwide effectively and would offer SMEs and online customers a straightforward transaction checkout. As SHiiP and their international couriers will be handling all alternatives for international shipment, they will no longer be constrained by the hassles that come with cross-border logistics services.

    As a result, this logistics combination will give SME owners and online shoppers a lot of power. By offering a one-stop-shop e-commerce option, the SHiiP integration to the Flutterwave store will give SME owners in Nigeria the power to organise and track delivery couriers straight from their Flutterwave dashboard without the hassles they had to deal with before.

    Onyedikachim Nwankwo, Head of Product Marketing at Flutterwave, said, “We’re excited to work with SHiiP because we both want to make it easier and more powerful for SMEs and large-scale merchants in Africa to do business.”

    We think that this integration will be very helpful for our customers’ customer satisfaction and bottom line, and we’re proud to keep giving businesses new technological tools that are meant to help them grow their business.

    SHiiP’s Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Head of Products, Ridwan Rasheed, said, “We are excited to be working with Flutterwave.” It is a big step for both companies and shows how committed we are to driving innovation and helping African businesses grow by giving them easy shipping choices.

    Flutterwave sellers can now offer their customers reliable and affordable shipping services without having to worry about the logistics of sending things across the continent.

    About SHiiP

    SHiiP was created in the course of resolving these delivery-related problems. In order to give you more time to manage your business and provide better customer service, SHiiP is a platform that assists in handling your deliveries and waybills.

    Ridwan Rasheed, Shiip’s co-founder and CPO, says that we created the Shiip experience to guarantee the security and prompt delivery of all orders placed by clients. We have a fantastic customer service team that is always accessible to give you any advice you may need to ensure that working with us is a seamless process.

    We now use SHiiP to deliver orders for over 2000 firms, and we’re eager to welcome more and handle their deliveries and waybills as well.

    Our mission is to help people and businesses access shipping freedom and become the continent’s most robust shipping and delivery infrastructure. Today, businesses are able to use Shiip to improve their supply chain experience, save on shipping, and use business insights to fuel business growth.

    Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprise merchants can connect to a vast network of regional, national, and international delivery providers using the Shiip platform, taking advantage of a variety of streamlined delivery options, real-time rate comparison, reduced shipping costs, tracking, and other benefits.

    SHiiP has onboarded 51 carriers, including notable names like DHL, FedEx/Redstar, GIG, Kwik, UPS, Jumia Logistics, Kxpress, Courier Plus, and more, covering local, national, and international shipments.

    Shiip is growing rapidly, and we are intentional about growth. Our goal is to continue to work on onboarding new merchants as well as our expansion into other African countries.

  • How SHiip is Powering Hassle-FREE Shipping for African Merchants

    How SHiip is Powering Hassle-FREE Shipping for African Merchants

    SHiip, a Nigerian tech-driven delivery startup, has taken the task of powering hassle-free shipping to help African merchants build trust with their customers.

     

    The Quest For A Reliable Shipping Partner

    Recent studies show a growing number of online buyers in Sub-Sahara Africa, with Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya accounting for more than half of the online shoppers in the region. According to Mastercard, 81% of Nigeria Consumers are shopping more online, influenced by the Pandemic. That said, shipping is now a primary concern for African merchants and business owners who need to deliver items to their customers locally and abroad.

    Beyond competitive logistic charges, reliable, real-time tracking and timely delivery of goods are essential factors in driving greater customer satisfaction which comes with a hassle for these merchants.

    After investing heavily in advertising and acquiring customers, delivery remains the challenge and has cost many online store sales. Research from Ecommerce Nation found that 37% of online shoppers if dissatisfied with a delivery experience, will never use the same online retailer again. Conversely, 75% of people are more likely to buy again from an online store if they are happy with the delivery. This brings about the need for an efficient, reliable, and fast-speed integrated delivery partner for African merchants.

     

    Birthing SHiip To Deliver Seemless Shipping Experience

    SHiip’s Co-founder and CEO, Quadry Olalekan, talked about what validates the idea for the startup and why he believes the company will thrive in the African market:

    In 2019, we launched Listbuy, an eCommerce platform that allows vendors to own a digital store and sell their goods online. It was going great. However, along the way, we realized that delivery was a big problem for our customers, particularly during the Covid-19 period.

     

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    We noticed how difficult it was for them to find reliable delivery companies that would deliver anywhere in and out of Nigeria on time. According to our findings, businesses earn more sales when delivery is simple, quick, and flexible. All of these got us thinking, “How can we solve this logistics problem for our customers?”

    “The necessity of solving these challenges for our customers gave birth to SHiip. We are here to help African merchants move their goods across the world easily, take care of their delivery and waybill while they have more time to handle business and serve their customers better,” says Quadry.

    Today, SHiip has over 2000 registered businesses processing their delivery through the company’s channel – Whatsapp, Mobile App, Web, and APIs and have onboarded 51 notable carriers, including DHL, FedEx/Redstar, GIG, Kwik, UPS, Jumia Logistics, Kxpress, and Courier Plus which covers local, national and international shipments for her customers.

    “We built the SHiip experience to ensure safety and timely delivery of all our customers’ orders. We have a great customer support team that is always available to provide customers with the necessary guidance to make their experience with us seamless,” remarked SHiip’s co-founder and CPO, Ridwan Rasheed.

    In the past 15 months, the startup has shipped over 10,000 items and boasts of a client base including Custruct, Brandbox, Mavins Record, Pepperest, SofreshNG, Flutterwave, Bumpa, etc.

     

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    Kofo Ayeola, the CEO of Emfort Fashion, a top fashion house in Lagos, who has been a long time customer of SHiip, discloses that — “The delivery speed is unbelievable and their service is top-notch. When it comes to shipping orders, SHiiP is your plug. I love the fact that my customers always receive their clothes and accessories sharply.”

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    SHiip is growing rapidly, and the cofounders are taking intentional steps to fuel the growth. The startup currently has 7 employees with a customer/merchant base of over 100,000 users. Ridwan told Techpression in a chat that the startup is raising funds at the moment to grow its team and onboard new merchants while it looks to expand into other African countries like Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda.

     

    About SHiip

    Founded in 2021, SHiiP connects individuals and small businesses with the best delivery options, discounted shipping, and real-time rate comparison from all leading carriers, on-demand tracking, customer shipping notifications, seamless handling of returns, and more.

    The startup is on a mission to help merchants and businesses access shipping freedom and become the continent’s most robust shipping and delivery infrastructure. Today, companies use SHiip to improve their supply chain experience, save on shipping, and use business insights to fuel business growth.

    With the SHiip APIs, SMEs and enterprise merchants can access large network delivery providers and power their online stores with diverse and streamlined delivery capabilities without hassle.