The retail giant Amazon has certainly been making a splash in the media lately. Earlier this year, we learned they were preparing for their upcoming arrival in Australia and more recently, they announced plans to build one of the most expensive fulfillment centres ever costing US$200 million.
So, are they unleashing plans to slowly take over the world and should smaller retailers be worried? We certainly don’t think so. With more than 100 fulfillment centres worldwide, Amazon might appear to be inadvertently intimidating the rest of the retail world but guess what? Small businesses don’t need state-of-the-art fulfillment centres – they’ve got Go People!
A big part of a massive setup such as this, is to sort and dispatch orders so products can get to the customers more efficiently. They are designed for sorting millions of orders everyday.
You, as a small business, are sending only tens of parcels per day. You can sort and dispatch orders much better by doing it yourselves. You don’t have to put your orders through a sorting centre ever again because of Go People.
Go People provides all the tools you need to get tens or hundreds of orders delivered the very same day, just like Amazon (and it won’t cost you millions of dollars). Here’s how your fulfillment process can work quickly and seamlessly with Go People.
Book a shift
Go People’s GoSHIFT service is the best method to get large quantities or orders delivered within the day. Exactly as the name suggests, GoSHIFT allows customers to book designated delivery runner(s) for a specified period to take care of all their deliveries in one go.
Upload your orders
Once you have booked your desired shift, all you need to do is upload your order details into our system (don’t worry – we’ll provide a bulk upload spreadsheet to make life easier) so your delivery runner can start planning the fastest route possible.
And it’s even easier for Shopify users. Our Go People plugin for Shopify allows customers to automatically transfer their order details to the Go People platform without any manual upload necessary.
Get your deliveries sorted
We’ll even help you get those orders sorted. Shortly after uploading your delivery information, Go People will provide you with a Manifest detailing which jobs have been assigned to certain zones and the runner assigned to each zone.
You can use this information to make sure your deliveries are appropriately organised before runners arrive so they can get straight on the road. And the rest is down to us!
The fastest delivery times
Go People’s very own sophisticated algorithm calculates the fastest route for runners based on several factors. These include real-time traffic conditions, density of deliveries by area and the difficulty of drop-off locations.
All this information is used to provide runners with the fastest pre-planned route for your deliveries and our customers with an accurate estimated delivery time. Once each job is completed, you’ll immediately receive an electronic proof of delivery.