Author: Zi Gi

In the mid of:Silicon Valley & early 21 Century, & of courseinnovation, motivation, experimentation & evolution
Rapidus - "Uber" for Courier Delivery

Traditional Delivery Services are in a Flux and Uberization of Delivery

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The package delivery industry finds itself in interesting times. On the one hand, it is being disrupted by crowd-shippers and new B2B marketplaces connecting business shippers with delivery partners. On the other, dominant players like FedEx and UPS are facing the heat in local delivery as they race to boost B2C and B2B volumes. Traditional delivery models FedEx has carved a niche in express, long-haul deliveries. Online purchases are reliant on local and regional deliveries. For online sellers, long-distance deliveries can be costly, not to mention, a time-consuming affair. Ecommerce relies on short-distance delivery, which isn’t exactly FedEx’s strength. Here, UPS does a better job as small package delivery is its core business. A huge selling point of online merchants is their ability to deliver goods as quickly […]

Rapidus, a Leader of Innovative Delivery Solutions, Selected by Alaska Airlines as a Professional Delivery Partner for Ground Operations Across California

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San Mateo, Calif., Tuesday, January 21, 2020 – Rapidus, a leading marketplace of end-to-end delivery solutions that matches business customers with excess cargo capacity, today announced it has been selected as a professional delivery partner to bring its technology and innovation to Alaska Airlines and its operations in California. Rapidus will focus on transporting baggage that may have been delayed between stations and/or to customers, bringing exact, minute-by-minute estimates of delivery times, a full chain of custody and cost efficiencies to each delivery. Alaska Airlines flies more than 44 million customers a year across a route system that spans more than 115 destinations. “Today’s agreement enables Rapidus to help Alaska Airlines meet its customers’ needs with the service quality, innovative technology and cost-effectiveness of the expandingRapidus network of […]

Rapidus integration with Receipt Bank

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I’m happy to introduce Rapidus integration with the Receipt Bank service. The easiest way to get your receipts automatically submitted to Receipt Bank is to do it via email. Here are the general instructions on email integration by Receipt Bank. Your private email address can be found on My Details page. You may also change if you’d like to. Start with adding your private Receipt Bank email address on Rapidus account page. Click on Edit Profile to make changes.  Now, when your delivery is completed, your receipt will automatically be submitted to the Receipt Bank queue and appear in the Inbox. Processing takes only a few minutes and your receipt becomes available for export.  As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our awesome Support team.

Rapidus Partner Drivers Program

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We are so excited to share our Rapidus Partner Drivers program! Our app is almost ready, but we can’t believe that without any effort to advertise we already received more than 70% of the first pool of anticipated requests in Bay Area alone to become Rapidus partner drivers! This is just incredible. We are so lucky and happy to partner up! We will continue to accept drivers and are looking forward to partner with all qualified individuals. If you are interested to refer a friend or if you would like to join go to http://www.getrapidus.com/driver/drive We are working hard to making sure to create this app that will once and for all solve the current problems of overpayment for shipments, underpayment and non-flexibility for drivers, non-transparency and just a […]