This talk was given in front of 25 E-Commerce experts from Finland at the Händlerbund office in Berlin

1. Ahead of the pack -
The next generation of shipping
September 24, 2015 - Berlin, Germany

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Current state of e-commerce in the nordics
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Source: “E-commerce in the Nordics Q2 2015”

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1.1 billion packages
to private households
Source: “E-Commerce und Paketdienste” bevh, July 2014
Current state of e-commerce in Germany

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Why shipping is important
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Source: “E-commerce in the Nordics Q2 2015”

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78% choose shop
based on returns policy
Source: “JDA & Centiro Customer Pulse Report 2015”
Returns are important in Germany

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With a single carrier
integration:
competitive in the logistics field
• Do I have the best rates at the carriers?
• Would my customers buy more if given
the choice of multiple carriers?
• What do I do when my carrier goas on
strike?
With multiple carriers
integrated:
• How do I optimize shipping using
multiple carriers?
• How can I remove obsolete systems?
Development and
maintenance:
• How can I code the optimal integration
for my customer?
• How do I fathom all those carrier
specifications?
Without carrier
integration:
• How can I avoid having to fill out
shipping labels manually?
• How can I avoid typing errors when
filling out?
• How can I avoid having to stand in line
at the post office?
• How can I automate and speed up my
processes?
Historical problems - How to become
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Lock-In !!
Reality: Most merchants only use one carrier!

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E-Commerce is growing rapidly - so does Logistics.
New players /new services

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FedEx
Shipping Service Provider

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RESTful API
fast integration into already existing shipping solutions
Out-of-the-box integrations
Prebuilt plug-ins for major shopping / erp systems make it
easy to use shipcloud without having to write code. No
need for hosting when using one of the available platforms
that integrate shipcloud.
Plug-ins
Magento, OXID, Shopware, Prestashop, Modified, eMatters,
WooCommerce, Microsoft Dynamics Nav, SAP Business by
Design, WooCommerce, Pixi (in development)
Platforms
Commercetools / Sphere.io, Jimdo, weclapp, Actindo,
shopify (in beta), Gambio (in development)
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easy to integrate
Shipping 2.0

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4. Automatic tracking
emails to your customers
6. Add your own logo
to shipping labels
5. Tracking update
notification (push)
1. Shipping labels
for all major carriers
3. Create shipping labels
from your own software
2. All major carriers
with a single account
to optimize shipping using shipcloud
Six reasons –
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12. André Cedik
shipcloud GmbH · Mittelweg 158a · 20148 Hamburg
info@shipcloud.io