Leading commerce delivery platform, Shippit, has expanded into New Zealand with head of market development, Sofia Newcombe supported by a team of 30 across research and development, product, shipping operations, customer success and sales.
Existing customers in New Zealand include Spotlight, Freedom, Harvey Norman, Swanndri, Kathmandu and Accent Group.
Through its expansion, Shippit enables retailers to enjoy discounted rates from a comprehensive carrier network that covers over 95% of the country’s parcel volume. Shippit’s network of carriers includes NZCouriers, Aramex, NZPost, Post Haste, Uber and more. This enables customers to reduce reliance on single carriers and enhance the post purchase delivery experience.
Shippit co-founder and co-CEO, William On said, “It is an extremely exciting time for Shippit, as we formally expand into New Zealand – a market we’ve admired from afar for a long time. Expanding into New Zealand, where we already count leading retailers like Spotlight and Freedom as customers, is a natural step for us as we seek to become a truly ANZ platform.
“Like Australia, New Zealand is an entrepreneurial, proud and innovative retail market. Our arrival comes at a pivotal time, though, as retailers prepare to compete against foreign retail entrants. Delivery has a genuinely causal effect on loyalty, and through our platform, we have the opportunity to power the next generation of retailing here just as we have done in Australia over the last decade.”
In New Zealand, Shippit’s strategy will focus on forging alliances with key partners on key priorities including diversifying delivery options through same-day or on demand deliveries, providing new optionality for bulky deliveries, expanding international delivery channels and supporting retailers with owned fleets.