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by dsugarman 4614 days ago
the problem is you need to link local couriers and aggregate shipments at hubs nearby each one to make international shipments reasonable for small volume. there are a couple of companies trying to do this and provide one outward facing shipping brand, but navigating political environments, building the tech to tie it together and getting to volume levels that make this all possible is tough.
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Hi dsugarman, in the long term we want to be able to connect the local courier service seamlessly the way you described it. This would offer really competitive prices but as you mentioned it is a quite difficult task. That's why we've been focussing on local courier services first that deliver cross border. I'm talking about services such as DPD or GLS in Europe.