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by mattmanser 527 days ago
Your spiel here is much better than the website you've linked.

What you've linked sounds like you're selling a glorified shipping label printer.

I'm curious how this differs from standard TA/TMS systems that have been around for decades. I work in the space and there are plenty of TA/TMS systems that print shipping labels and fulfil orders, that update stock levels and send out tracking emails + SMS messages, integrate with carriers for shipment updates, that integrate with Shopify, eBay, Etsy, big commerce, etc.

They didn't need AI to do any of that. What's the advantage you're finding?

Here's an example that seems to operate in Australia:

https://www.shipstation.com/

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Shipping is a fraction of what the system does. To completely automate shipping you need an understanding of inventory etc. To do automated customer service, you need knowledge of shipping, inventory etc.
That's why they call it logistics and not shipping.