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Shipping is a critical aspect of your eCommerce business. It can make or break your customer’s shopping experience. If your customers do not receive their orders on time, it can lead to negative experiences that might also affect their shopping preferences in the future. Along with that, they can also leave negative reviews on your social media and discourage others from shopping on your website. The customer is king, and you need to keep them satisfied at every touchpoint of their shopping journey.
Therefore, it is vital to choose a reliable and efficient shipping solution for your business. A robust shipping solution will ensure that you ship your order systematically and do not miss out on any incoming order. Shipping solutions bring automation to your logistics and shipping efforts to streamline efforts and expedite the process.
Here is a brief comparison between two shipping solutions – Shiprocket and NimbusPost to help you select the best partner for your eCommerce business. Without further ado, let’s get started.
Shiprocket is a shipping solution that provides you with an automated dashboard to add, import, and ship orders to over 24,000+ pin codes in India with 14+ courier partners. Along with that, Shiprocket also offers several other features like end-to-end fulfillment, packaging material, shipping via a mobile app, integration with 12+ websites and marketplaces, AI-backed WhatsApp automation, shipment insurance, and many more.
NimbusPost is a shipping solution situated in Gurugram, Haryana, offering quick and hassle-free shipping with reach to over 27,000+ pin codes and multiple courier partners.
Metric | Shiprocket | NimbusPost |
Pin Code Coverage | 24,000+ | 29,000+ |
International Shipping | 220 countries* | 196+ countries |
Metric | Shiprocket | NimbusPost |
Courier Integrations | 14+ including FedEx, Delhivery, Bluedart, etc | 9 |
Channel Integrations | 12+ including Shopify, Amazon, eBay, etc | 7 |
Metric | Shiprocket | NimbusPost |
Chat Support | Yes | Yes |
Call Support | Yes. Priority call support | Yes |
Metric | Shiprocket | NimbusPost |
Courier Recommendation Engine | Yes | Yes |
Multiple Pick Up Addresses | Yes, for all plans | Yes |
Mobile App | Android and iOS | No |
Shipping Rate Calculator | Real-time calculator | Yes |
Payment Modes | COD and Prepaid | COD and Prepaid |
COD Remittance | Thrice-a-week | Twice-a-week |
Early COD ( Get COD Remittance in just two days of order delivery) | Yes | No |
Packaging Solutions | Yes | No |
Fulfillment Solutions | Yes | No |
Hyperlocal Delivery | Yes | No |
WhatsApp Automation | Yes | No |
Metric | Shiprocket | NimbusPost |
Starting Rates | ₹20/500 gms | ₹21/500 gms |
COD Charges | ₹26 or 2% of the COD value (whichever is higher) | ₹30 or 2.1% of the COD value (whichever is higher) |
Shiprocket offers a wide variety of services that can help you simplify your entire shipping and logistics process. Here is a look at a few of the key offerings in the platform that can help you improve your shipping experience.
With Shiprocket, you get a coverage of 24,000+ pin codes across India and over 220+ countries* worldwide. With such vast coverage and serviceability, you can deliver to almost every household in the country in every nook and corner.
Rates start at Rs.20per 500gm when you ship with Shiprocket. All you have to do is add your orders on the platform eventually or import them directly from a website or marketplace. You can estimate the cost of every shipment using the shipping rate calculator provided within the platform.
You can integrate with over 12+ websites and marketplaces within the Shiprocket dashboard. These channels include names like Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Magento, etc.
Not just multiple websites and marketplaces, you can also ship with various courier partners on Shiprocket. We have designed the platform to bring together over 25+ courier partners like FedEx, Delhivery, Bluedart, Gati, etc. You can select a new courier partner for every shipment based on the pickup and delivery pin code and other factors.
Shiprocket offers you a machine learning-based courier recommendation engine that recommends the best courier partner for your shipment by analyzing multiple data points. You can filter the best courier partner recommended based on the highest and lowest price, best serviceability, and ratings.
You can generate labels and manifest and also customize the messaging on the shipping label. You can choose to hide or show contact details, product details, etc. Along with that, you can select the preferred size of the shipping label.
Not just shipping, Shiprocket also caters to a superior post-order tracking experience for your customers. With Shiprocket, you can provide your customers with a customizable tracking page that contains their order details, tracking details, the estimated delivery date, marketing banners for remarketing your products, and menu links to lead them back to your website, support details of your store, and other relevant details.
You can also store your inventory with Shiprocket Fulfillment’s pan India network of thoroughly equipped fulfillment centers. Shiprocket Fulfilment will take care of the entire fulfillment process for your business. This includes orders, warehouse, inventory management, packaging, and shipping. You can store your inventory closer to buyers and ensure 3X faster delivery of your products.
You can also opt for purchasing packaging material from Shiprocket packaging and make the entire fulfillment process much easier for you. The packaging material that you can buy includes high-quality corrugated boxes in multiple sizes and shipping pouches, among many others.
Non-delivery and RTO can be a massive headache for businesses. Therefore, to streamline your business process, Shiprocket offers you an automated India management dashboard that reduces the processing time for undelivered orders and prompts you to take action much faster. You can reduce your RTO losses by over 50% by managing undelivered orders more quickly.
Shiprocket offers an Early COD to get your COD remittance within 2 to 4 days of order delivery. We ensure that we transfer you your money before we even receive it from courier partners so you can maintain your cash flow hassle-free.
On the Shiprocket dashboard, you also get detailed shipping analytics of your orders, returns, courier partners, and undelivered orders. Insights about your orders can help you make informed decisions for the future, and you can also plan your inventory and orders better.
It is essential to choose the most reliable and efficient shipping solution for your business. We hope this comparison between Shiprocket and Nimbuspost can help you with the right information about the brands. Make the most suitable solution for your business so that you can save costs and optimize your operations simultaneously.
Both providers offer shipping services for eCommerce businesses. With the comparison above, you can decide which provider is most suitable for you.
Yes, Shiprocket offers insurance for your shipments. You can read more here
Yes. Once you integrate your website or marketplace with Shiprocket, your incoming orders will be automatically updated after a fixed interval.
With Early COD by Shiprocket, you can receive COD remittance within 2 days of order delivery by paying a nominal fee. Learn more
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do you frequently adjust our wallet on weight reconciliation??
Hi Yusuf,
Please connect with our support team support@shiprocket.in