Online Marketplace Helps Fill Empty Cargo Space and Maximize Earnings
Austin, TX – September 21, 2006 – uShip, Inc. (http://www.uShip.com) announced today that over 30 thousand transportation service providers are registered members and offering services on its revolutionary online shipping marketplace.
“The swift growth of our transportation service provider membership demonstrates the universal appeal of our marketplace and the business benefits it provides to those in the transportation industry. uShip is the place where service providers can manage their business and operate with better efficiency,” said uShip CEO Matthew Chasen.
uShip is the first and largest online marketplace for shipping services. People and companies list items they need shipped, from household goods to vehicles to freight, and receive bids from feedback-rated service providers, including movers, carriers, transporters, van lines, freight brokers and independent service providers.
On any given day, there are thousands of active shipments listed on uShip representing millions of dollars of business. The web site is easy to use and allows transportation service providers to locate jobs along their routes and bid on shipments that will fill empty cargo space and maximize earnings. With high diesel prices, service providers have more incentive than ever to maximize capacity on every mile of a haul. uShip allows them to do this efficiently by providing the most accurate and detailed searches of any shipping services marketplace.
While pleased to reach this milestone, uShip continues to focus on attracting new service providers and more consumer business to the marketplace to increase the number and diversity of shipments available and service provider options for consumers.
About uShip
Founded in 2003, uShip is the first and largest online marketplace for shipping services. Members list anything they need shipped, from household goods to vehicles to freight, and receive bids from thousands of feedback-rated service providers, including movers, carriers, transporters, van lines, freight brokers and independent service providers. On any given day, there are thousands of shipments listed on uShip representing millions of dollars of business. It’s totally free for members to list shipments and for service providers to place bids. uShip’s reverse-auction format and patent-pending search technology dramatically reduce shipping costs by allowing service providers to find shipments along their routes and fill empty cargo space. uShip’s feedback system holds service providers accountable for their service and rewards those that perform well.