5 last-mile delivery solutions you’ve never heard of

Shadowfax
Shadowfax
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3 min readNov 21, 2017

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Shadowfax has always aspired to push boundaries in the logistics industry, leveraging its sophisticated technology platform to solve major last-mile business problems. Every business across B2C, B2B and C2C sectors have been gearing up to not only provide amazing delivery experiences to customers, but also streamline the reverse logistics processes.

To further their ambitions, Shadowfax has successfully pioneered 5 new solutions to provide innovative logistics capabilities to modern businesses:

For C2C clients companies who create an online environment in which customers can trade with each other, Shadowfax provides Quality Check at doorstep pickup, shares a picture of the item with both parties, and provides packaging as well.

Reverse pickups for wholesalersreverse pickup can be done in bulk, followed by a 2-step Quality Check: first check is at the doorstep and a second detailed one at the hub. Images are shared with the wholesaler, which enables customers to receive refunds as quickly as 4 hours compared to 7 to 10 days.

KYC and Document collection — This is a crucial service for all banking and financial services, mandated by the government. Shadowfax provides biometric device capabilities linked to Aadhar, along with image and location capture, as well as seamless form filling features.

QC-based Delivery — Shadowfax can pick products directly from manufacturers and perform basic quality checks related to damages, usage and packaging before delivering to customers.

Surface reverse — Items such as television screens, refrigerators, treadmills and other heavy weight durables are now delivered by Shadowfax with dedicated special handling.

Shadowfax fervently believes that clients play a key role in galvanizing them to take the logistics industry to the next level and have humbly assumed the responsibility to do so by conceptualizing and executing new delivery models.

About Shadowfax:

Shadowfax is India’s largest crowdsourced delivery platform with presence in 75+ cities across India and 7000+ daily active delivery personnel. Shadowfax’s unique app enables delivery of food, grocery, pharmacy and e-commerce for businesses and helps them create customer delight using technology. With relentless focus on engineering pleasant experiences for the customers, Shadowfax envisions to become the most desirable and trustworthy delivery platform for customers.

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