On-Demand Shipping VS the Post Office: What's Different (Infographic)

Shyp founder and CEO Kevin Gibbon traces two different paths for one hypothetical package to demonstrate his company's value.

By The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, Inc. • May 25, 2016

"I used to be a power seller on eBay, and the biggest point of friction was the shipping," says Kevin Gibbon, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Shyp, which aims to ease how packages are sent in the mail. He traces one package's dual paths:

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