[jjeaff]

It seemed to me that shyp's market was simply too small. One of those juicero like ideas that only seem great in SV.

There seem to be two primary segments. Those that sell a lot online or at least rather frequently. And those that are very infrequent shippers.

For the frequent shippers, it's simply not cost effective. Especially considering that most online marketplaces, like eBay and Amazon have easy shipping label printing and you can request that ups or FedEx come pick up the package. So except for the hassle of finding a box and tape, I'm not sure why you would use shyp. (And most always have Amazon boxes lying around now).

And if you are simply a very infrequent shipper, it's still probably easier to just swing by a shipping location like mailnmore. Plus, if you are infrequently shipping, you probably aren't trying to find a service to make it that easy. It's not enough of a pain point.

Those that fall between those two groups would seem vanishingly small.

I was dumbfounded everytime shyp raised more money. But I assumed they had some great growth numbers that the public weren't privy to. But maybe not.