UPS and Shopify Join Forces to Help Deliver Fast, Guaranteed Shipping to Merchants in Time for the Holiday Season
November 16 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Suite of UPS services embedded within
Shopify to easily manage shipping in one place
- Shopify merchants can save
significantly with exclusive UPS domestic and international
rates
- Dedicated phone hotline
(1-833-BFCM-WIN) to help businesses with their shipping
strategy
Just in time for the holiday season, UPS (NYSE: UPS) and Shopify
Inc. (NYSE: SHOP) (TSX: SHOP), are unveiling a platform integration
that make UPS's premium services available to small businesses.
Shopify’s hundreds of thousands of small U.S. businesses will now
receive competitive, pre-negotiated domestic and international
rates that save on list prices, along with a streamlined shipping
and fulfillment solution.
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With UPS® services and solutions integrated into the Shopify
platform, businesses can now easily manage all aspects of shipping
and fulfillment in one place. Several services including UPS 2nd
Day Air® and UPS Ground are available to give merchants the
flexibility and speed needed to meet customer needs at a good
value. Tracking and billing are also integrated into Shopify,
helping reduce the time and effort it takes a business owner to
keep up with the status and cost of shipments.
In addition to the new, competitive rates already embedded,
future Shopify Shipping enhancements could include savings on
pickups, the ability to ship to 8,800 UPS Access Point® locations,
UPS My Choice service for customers to personalize delivery times
and locations, simplified online solutions for returns, and other
elements of UPS’s suite of ecommerce solutions.
“By embedding UPS natively into Shopify’s platform, merchants
will get the breadth and reliability of UPS’s services to more than
220 countries and territories, while easily managing all aspects of
shipping and fulfillment in one place,” said Jerome Roberts, Vice
President of Global Product Innovation, UPS. “Shopify merchants now
have access to UPS’s industry-leading tools and can provide the
same high quality services as large ecommerce companies.”
Shopify merchants can activate UPS shipping rates and labels
with a one-click acceptance of UPS terms and conditions in Shopify
Shipping. A dedicated support line is now open for Shopify
merchants to receive free consultations and shipping advice,
especially with their Black Friday/Cyber Monday preparations. The
hotline number is 1-833-BFCM-WIN (1-833-232-6946). This line will
be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the end of
November.
“UPS and Shopify believe entrepreneurship should be accessible
to everyone, and we share a unique passion to empower small
businesses who form the backbone of the global economy,” said Maia
Benson, Head of Global Shipping and Fulfillment, Shopify. “Working
with UPS helps level the playing field for small businesses to
compete against larger brands with guaranteed delivery times and
competitive rates previously unavailable to many small- and
medium-sized merchants.”
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web
at ups.com or pressroom.ups.com and its
corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com. To
get UPS news direct, follow @UPS_News on
Twitter.
About Shopify
Shopify is the leading cloud-based, multi-channel commerce
platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants
can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores
across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social
media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops.
The platform also provides merchants with a powerful back-office
and a single view of their business. The Shopify platform was
engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level
technology available to businesses of all sizes. Shopify currently
powers over 500,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and
is trusted by brands such as Red Bull, Nestle, GE, Kylie Cosmetics,
and many more.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including
statements regarding planned platform integrations between Shopify
and UPS. The forward-looking statements contained in this news
release represent Shopify’s expectations as of the date of this
news release, and subsequent events may cause these expectations to
change. Shopify undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required
by law.
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UPSDawn Wotapka, 404-828-8896dwotapka@ups.comorShopifyBryan Lam,
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