Postmates.com
To make a delivery of courier locally then one should make a contact with logistic company named Postmates that is better known for operating the network of couriers in United States. The company is privately owned and got started on 1st May, 2011 by Sam Street, Sean Plaice and Bastian Lehmann.
They mostly serve the selected United States cities including Mexico with headquarter in San Francisco, California, United States. They prefer the use of mobile phones and Global Positioning System (GPS) to receive and dispatch the orders and thus are compared to other delivery giants in market like Uber and Waiter.com.
About the company
It got started up in 2011 by Sean Plaice, Sam Street and Bastian Lehmann becoming the part of Angelpad’s first accelerator cohort. The company made its own path by offering the new application programming interface to merchants thus allowing small businesses to enter into competition with larger market giants like Amazon.
This step of company proved beneficial and it touched the connection of millionth delivery in year 2014. The company celebrated the success of 2.5 million deliveries across 28 markets in June 2015 and in same year launched out its new app version.
According to the latest update, the company has opened out its service in Mexico in November, 2017.
How it works?
Browse stores and products: - They look upon creating a demand as customers have mobile apps so they simply place the request for an article at their doorstep.
Payment: - All payments are looked upon by the company. The delivery fee is added to the actual price of the order depending on the pickup and drop-off location.
Matching: - A notification is sent to delivery guy about the order who shops the order and deliver at your doorstep within one hour.
Tracking, receiving, order and tips: - One can easily track the order as per location. They can offer tipping which is entirely the customer’s business.
Why is it popular?
It is on-demand delivery service that is simply transforming the way local goods move around a city by enabling anyone to get any product delivered in less than one hour. It is a platform that connects customer with local couriers, who purchase and deliver goods from any restaurant or store in a city.
It is really impressing to know that the company has raised a fund of $140 million which is led by Founders Fund with participation from existing investors. They are also up to their feature Postmates Plus Unlimited program under which they are encouraging out members to place larger orders in lieu of delivery charges. Even major corporations like Apple and Starbucks have paid to integrate Postmates’ API into their ordering platforms.
It is active in almost around 100 metropolitan areas in USA and in business model it is similar to Uber but with a little difference that it offers products from local stores instead of taxis. They use out human courier network that lead to match demand and supply in the shortest possible time.
In short, it has become the fastest means of delivery system in local areas of United States.
