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ShotPut (YC S15) helps fulfill product orders at a price that works for startups

54 pointsby justinalmost 10 years ago

10 comments

Skryptalmost 10 years ago
Love the ShotPut crew. Some of the hardest working founders I&#x27;ve met.<p>Admittedly we were damn pretty terrible on the shipping and fulfillment side of our business early on and they&#x27;ve been a huge help getting everything figured out for us.<p>You definitely want to work with these guys.
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dasickisalmost 10 years ago
This is Praful another co-founder of Shotput. Happy to answer any questions regarding tech or operations of our company and the fulfillment industry as a whole.
xur17almost 10 years ago
Amazon offers FBA, which allows you to store your inventory in their warehouses, and ship products to customers via an api. How sets you apart from this? I&#x27;m guessing simpler user interface (Amazon&#x27;s leaves a lot to be desired)?
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gregpillingalmost 10 years ago
Ok, I just tried to use your website. I have no idea what you are going to charge me to ship the orders.<p>I put in one pallet, 960 pieces at 12 per case, 80 cases. 3 pounds each, ship as one, no special work needed.<p>I got a price for move in easily, but then what?
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w1ntermutealmost 10 years ago
Is anyone else concerned about all these startups catering to other startups? When the VC bubble bursts, the majority of them are going to go up in smoke.
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jimhialmost 10 years ago
Hey there, it&#x27;s James one of founders of Shotput here. Feel free to ask any questions about product fulfillment or going through y Combinator!
robzybalmost 10 years ago
This reminds me of Dave Jones, an electronics engineer that runs the EEVBlog on YouTube.<p>He created a little product, a small electronic tester, and sold them on KS&#x2F;IGG.<p>I remember a whole bunch of tweets and youtube videos about how much of a PITA the fulfilment was.<p>I remember that he had some particular problems with international shipping too.<p>ShotPut&#x27;s website doesn&#x27;t explicitly say that they cover international shipping, but they do, right?
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snomadalmost 10 years ago
Do you handle fulfillment to Canada as well? Or US only? How about Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands?
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thedogeyealmost 10 years ago
Where is the scale in the business? How does it get better when it&#x27;s 1,000x bigger?
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frankdenbowalmost 10 years ago
Cool to see other companies in the fulfillment space!<p>How do you differ from a company like Shipwire?
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