Shipping Service Provider
A shipping service provider (SSP) is a company that deals with the technical connection of shipping logisticians such as B. deal with CEP service providers. This includes parcel services such as DHL , DPD , Hermes , UPS , GLS , postal companies such as Deutsche Post , express services such as DHL Express, TNT , GO! , FedEx , as well as same-day delivery or couriers such as B. Liefery. The term multi-carrier shipping software is also used in more recent publications.
power
As with the Payment Service Provider (PSP), the Shipping Service Provider (SSP) also provides a service to optimize the sales process in online trading. Instead of integrating each individual shipping logistician or CEP service provider separately, online retailers only need to use an SSP to automatically create shipping labels directly from their shop or ERP system.
In this way, the link to just a single shipping service provider is broken and the use of different shipping service providers is made possible. In addition, the SSP provides cross-system shipment information. This uniform interface is z. B. made available in a software-as-a-service platform.
In addition, an SSP also relieves its customers of the contractual commitment to a specific CEP service in order to start the shipping process with little effort.
In addition, SSPs usually offer additional functions such as a returns portal or customizable tracking that support the shipping process and are used as marketing tools.
providers
There are numerous providers worldwide. Due to the complexity of the interfaces used by the shipping logisticians / CEP service providers, the services of the providers are often limited to a certain region ( DACH , Europe or even individual countries).
Selection of shipping service providers
- Sendcloud GmbH (DE, AT, NL, BE, FR, ES, IT)
- LetMeShip (DA-CH, FR, NL, BE, ES)
- jumingo (DE)
- shipcloud GmbH (DE)
- Metapack Ltd. (UK, DE, FR, NL, PL, HK, US)
- Shippo (US)
- Packlink PRO (ES, DE, FR, IT)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Design and development of initiatives to support the growth of e-commerce via better functioning parcel delivery systems in Europe - Services - EU Bookshop . October 2, 2015, doi : 10.2780 / 29929 ( europa.eu [accessed on May 17, 2017]).
- ↑ Shipcloud brings parcel shipping 2.0: All parcel services in one application. In: t3n News. Retrieved May 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Start-ups: SendCloud - sending without drama. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .