A Nigeria’s e-logistics company, Funnel Logistics Technologies Limited has launched its electronic courier aggregation platform.
Tagged Funnel, the platform, which brings together customers in need of courier services is an electronic facilitator for efficient and seamless requests/fulfillment of deliveries through the best courier operators across Nigeria.
Speaking at the launch, Mr. Tunde Oloyede, the Chief Executive Officer of the company noted: “We are excited to be launching this pioneering service in Nigeria. The Funnel platform provides innovative solutions to ease Nigerians’ everyday last-mile logistics pain points. At Funnel, our mission is to be the primary electronic facilitator for efficient request/fulfillment of deliveries across Africa”.
Subscribers on the Funnel platform can request to have their parcels picked-up and delivered by their preferred courier services at highly discounted rates.
Who can use Funnel?
The Funnel technology platform can be used by retailers, e-commerce platforms and their customers. Social media retailers can initiate delivery requests from within their chats with customers, and customers of e-Commerce platforms can now choose and pay for their preferred delivery service during checkout.
Best of all, anyone can request a pick-up and delivery to any part of Nigeria from their mobile phone/PC without placing a single call/message. Every step from the initiation of the request, to follow up, tracking deliveries and receipt of parcels, will all be done within our apps.
Oloyede further explained that users on the Funnel platform have a range of courier service providers to choose from, He said “We have partnered with the most reliable courier companies (DHL, FedEx, Smartpost, Rapiid, EMS, and many others), and negotiated highly discounted rates with them, to ensure that our users get the best value for their money”.
With the launch of Funnel into the Nigeria market, it is expected that Nigerians will be able to move their parcels, documents, and goods from one point to the other with the significantly less hassle. All they need to do is go to Funnel.ng to get started.
How to use Funnel
Once registration is completed, making a request or integrating businesses onto the Funnel platform takes just four simple steps which can be completed in less than 2 minutes.
The Funnel apps are easy to use for subscribers of all types; including individuals, businesses, e-Commerce platforms, online stores, warehouses and retailers. It has an intuitive dashboard that allows customers to track orders, provide businesses with various reports that can be used for decision making and planning, gives warehouses the flexibility to print their shipping labels easily.