[akurilin]

Too bad, they were pretty convenient for consumers. Made selling stuff online super snappy, as you never had to worry about packaging, dragging something to the post office and waiting in line during lunch rush hour. Any chance a still-alive competitor exists?

I remember thinking that the business model did seem tricky. Early on, when they just started, they let me ship half of my already boxed apartment for $5 + whatever USPS shipping costs. They had to bring over a truck, and I think about 3 guys to pick up the boxes over maybe an hour or so. I don't know if I was the person who had shipped the most stuff ever with the company at that point.

That was an interesting hands-on experience with watching a company deploy VC capital on early product discovery.

[jjeaff]

Anyone who is still waiting in line at the post office to ship something seems like they would not be tech savvy enough to use an app like shyp. Almost any online marketplace let's you print a shipping label right off their site. Then you can drop it in a blue box or just swing by the post office, skip the line, and set the ready to go package on the counter.

In the case of UPS or FedEx, there is usually an option for them to come by and pick it up for free or a few dollars. I get enough packages from USPS that I can just leave an outgoing package on my porch with a sign for the carrier to get it.

Shyp just seemed to be a solution looking for a problem.

[karthikvellanki]

Shipbob seems to be alive and kicking. They switched their focus to businesses early on.

I don't know if they operate in wherever you're located.