Press Releases
Visualizing Cost Savings
ShipGooder.com launches ShipGooder Visualizer, a new service that graphically illustrates cost savings for shipments.March 25, 2011 There's a hot trend right now in information technology. "Data visualization", the method to represent complex data using creative, visual representations, is quickly replacing typical pie charts and line graphs, which do not always provide the whole story with the underlying data.
One prime example is the new Visualizer application from ShipGooder.com, which displays color-coded points on a state map to illustrate the areas where a delivery service company's rates can effectively compete with large, national shippers.
SMB Market Penetration for all Couriers Equalizing the Playing Field
ShipGooder.com allows local and regional delivery services to compete with large, national delivery services.October 26, 2010 On an average day, the shipping rate comparison website ShipGooder.com serves its visitors over 5,200 unique shipping rates and services based on visitor-selected origin and destination zip codes. The magnitude of rates provided is increasing dramatically each day. In doing so, ShipGooder not only provides valuable information for delivery costs from major enterprises such as UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service, it also provides local delivery companies an equal playing field on which to compete.
Simplifying Shipping, Freight, Packaging and Delivery Services
A simple web service provides instant delivery service quotes from International, National, Regional and local shipping services.September 28, 2010 When searching for an optimal delivery service, customers usually explore numerous web-based quote systems, each of them complex and cumbersome to use. ShipGooder.com, now celebrating its fourth year as the market leader for shipping rate searches, provides an astonishingly simple process to search for shipping, freight, packaging and delivery services using its Rapid Rate Search technology.
SaaS - Sassy or Savvy
Is Software as a Service (SaaS) the latest business fad, or does it deliver value?May 11, 2010 In the old days, you would drive to the software store, purchase your new software on a packaged CD, drive back to your office, then install your new software on your PC. If you were lucky, your software would work the first time you ran it. If you were unlucky, your software would crash, slow down your computer, or simply not work at all.
Keeping it Simple… is not Stupid
Technology startup realizes success by providing a valuable service and simple usability.February 26, 2010 ShipGooder.com is a ground-breaking web service that allows visitors to see instant shipping rate comparisons from FedEx, UPS, DHL, the U.S. Postal Service as well as local messenger and delivery services. Visitors view delivery service comparisons as intuitive tables, milliseconds after entering origin and destination zip codes.
The Economics of Innovation
New opportunities for improving business processes are provided by technology. Market conditions provide financial foundations to enable them.February 18, 2010 When the shipping rate comparison website ShipGooder.com first launched at the end of 2007, economic conditions were comparatively more stable and robust than the market conditions of 2010. ShipGooder’s innovative service allowed website visitors to input an origin and destination zip code to see instant price comparisons from major carriers, including FedEx, DHL, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service.
Black Friday Sales Start... on Monday?
From advanced email flyers to ahead-of-schedule sales, retailers are enticing bargain-hungry shoppers with early deals.November 24, 2009 Trying to leverage the old adage, “the early bird gets the worm”, Walgreens sends its customers a “Holiday Sneak Peak at Black Friday Deals” email flyer… a week before Black Friday. Best Buy officially announces immediate “Black Friday” pricing on select products… nine days before Black Friday. Sale prices that used to be closely guarded trade secrets - restricted to release on Black Friday only, are now openly distributed through multiple channels - as early as possible.
Going Green and Saving Greenbacks
ShipGooder.com combines cost savings with environmentally-friendly choices.November 6, 2009 ShipGooder, Inc. announced today that it has added "Green Couriers" to its national directory of couriers, messengers and delivery services. ShipGooder.com offers free, instant rate comparisons from national delivery services such as FedEx, and the U.S. Postal service, along with rates from regional and local couriers.
Measuring a Startup Company’s Success with Millions of Dollars Saved
ShipGooder.com officially surpasses one million shipping rate searches this yearSeptember 1, 2009 ShipGooder, Inc. announced today that it has officially provided over one million shipping rate searches to visitors since January 1st, 2009. ShipGooder expects to hit 2 million rate searches by the end of this year. ShipGooder.com, which promotes itself as the "search engine for shipping rates", offers free, instant rate comparisons from national delivery services such as FedEx and the U.S. Postal service, along with rates from regional and local couriers.
Social Networking and Business - Can Facebook and Twitter Help a Startup Company Succeed?
Innovative web startup looks to bring its message of success to the masses.June 1, 2009 ShipGooder, Inc. today announced that it has officially launched pages on Facebook and Twitter, the social networking websites that are both experiencing explosive growth by leveraging community-based interaction.
The End of Cheap Oil? Go Local to Offset Rising Shipping Costs
New search engine for shipping rates provides fast and accurate rate comparisons.May 29, 2009 As the price of crude oil continues to rise, businesses can still find ways reduce shipping costs by utilizing new shipping rate search technology on the Internet. By using a "search engine for shipping rates", companies can significantly reduce small package shipping costs by considering local couriers who service their markets. Local couriers often reduce handling and transportation costs, while providing faster delivery times.
Saving Money 2.0 - Cost Comparisons Go Global
Tough economic conditions inspire creative solutions to reduce costs and remain competitive.May 27, 2009 Tough economic conditions inspire creative solutions to reduce costs and remain competitive. Initially launched as a domestic "search engine for shipping rates", ShipGooder.com recently added the ability to compare shipping costs for international shipments.
A New Virtual 'Phonebook' for Couriers
Search engine for shipping rates announces a new national directory of couriers.March 19, 2009 ShipGooder.com today announced that it is adding a new "virtual phonebook" of courier companies to its suite of user-friendly tools for finding competitive courier rates. The new courier directory allows website visitors to search for local couriers from across the U.S. and Canada simply by clicking on the name of a city or by entering a zip code...
New iGoogle Gadget and Shipping Calculator Save Money on Shipping
ShipGooder.com search engine for shipping rates announces new tools to save money on shipping.October 22, 2008 ShipGooder.com, the market leader for providing fast and instant courier rate searches, today announced the launch of two new tools to compare shipping rates. ShipGooder's new iGoogle Gadget allows users of Google's iGoogle service to use ShipGooder's courier rate comparison service on their homepage, while ShipGooder's new Shipping Calculator allows users to embed ShipGooder's rate comparison service on any web page, including listings for eBay and Craigslist....
Save on the Go: Ship More Efficiently
Search engine for shipping rates now provides courier rate comparisons for mobile phones.September 23, 2008 ShipGooder.com, the market leader for providing courier rate searches across multiple carriers, today announced the launch of ShipGooder Mobile, a new mobile phone service...
ShipGooder Takes Shipping to the Next Dimension
Premium search engine for shipping rates announces new dimensional weight feature.March 26, 2008 It’s an old question with an interesting twist: Which costs more to ship – a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers? The answer: It depends on the size of the box.
Higher Shipping Costs in 2008 Add to Recession Concerns
January 2008 rate increases by FedEx, UPS, and DHL add economic pressure to shippers and their customers.January 17, 2008 The New Year was not so happy for many companies and consumers who use courier services to ship their packages. As of January 2008, FedEx, UPS and DHL all increased their net average shipping rates for express services by 4.9 percent.
Technology Simplifies Shipping Holiday Gifts
ShipGooder.com quickly searches FedEx, UPS, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service for the best shipping rates, as well as rates from local and regional couriers.December 12, 2007 Enter two zip codes, "from" and "to". Enter the weight of your package, and instantly you see shipping rates from all the major couriers. Sounds simple, because it is simple. ShipGooder.com is a revolutionary new website that is winning high praise from visitors and website reviewers alike.
New Search Engine Confirms that Milliseconds Matter
ShipGooder.com uses speed and simplicity to attract a loyal following.November 27, 2007 In the highly competitive market for web search applications, faster and simpler is better. ShipGooder.com is confident that the company’s new courier search technology will do nothing short of revolutionizing the way that packages are shipped.
ShipGooder Launches Instant Courier Rate Search
Searching for a local, regional or national courier is now much faster and simpler than ever before.August 27, 2007 ShipGooder, Inc. announces the launch of the new ShipGooder.com instant courier rate search engine based on AJAX technology. The free web service provides users with the ability to instantly search for local, regional and national carriers. Rates are listed in a user-friendly table, with the lowest prices automatically sorted from top to bottom.