Regarding Shyp, it would be great to imagine a huge untapped potential market around "the first mile" problem but it's hard to see the market there.
For example, in almost any sized company I've worked in, FedEx or UPS would pick up daily from the office for free. So there is a ceiling for this to become B2B and there is already distribution and experience doing this with other carriers such as FedEx and UPS.
Also, I've been able to print shipping carrier labels on packages before and have them picked up directly from the carrier for free so there is already a mechanism there for residential albeit I don't know the details for this program.
But more importantly, while I hate taking my packages down to a UPS store as much as any one else, I rarely do it. And making it easier for me doesn't mean that I would do it more. It just means that it would be easier to do it a few times a year. Which is a scary thought for a business; to think that perhaps you are entering a market that has no room for growth and that the best thing you can do is take a small market away from a large company with more potential to squeeze your margins.
I wish Shyp the best of luck, and if this company is successful it's just a testament to how I probably don't have the wisdom to take a page of text and make a decision on whether or not it will be successful.
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I've done some more research and here is what I found:
For $10/week (Flat) UPS will pickup daily from your house [0]
For $5.50/pickup UPS will do a one time pickup [1]
[0] http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/bussol/browse/pickup.html [1] http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/shipping/time/service/value...