The #1 shipping platform for ecommerce; that’s Sendcloud. You can link all kinds of shipping methods to this platform, with which you automate your entire shipping process. Save time, save money and offer the customer many shipping options. Does Sendcloud have more to offer? You can read it in this extensive Sendcloud review!
If you set up your own webshop, you have to deal with numerous points of attention. For example, you have to think carefully about the products you offer, but also about the way in which you are going to ship these products. To make this shipping process as easy as possible, Sendcloud comes in handy all too well.
What is Sendcloud?
Sendcloud is a platform in which more than 50 integrations and 80 carriers are available. By linking these integrations and carriers to your e-commerce webshop, you make doing business a lot easier for yourself.
Which integrations you can choose between? You can, among other things, link your Shopify webshop to Sendcloud, but also your Magento or WooCommerce webshop. With such a link, you are able to immediately automate the entire shipping process.
For that you can choose from more than 80 carriers. This concerns all common carriers, including PostNL, DHL, DPD and UPS. At Sendcloud you can also opt for the less common carriers. Because they offer more than 80 carriers, you can always choose the perfect shipping party.
Within the platform you enjoy a lot of convenience. For example, you can create shipping labels with one click, you benefit from attractive discounted rates for sending the packages and you ensure automatic processing of all returns.
In other words: thanks to Sendcloud, you have less to worry about both the shipment and the return.
The benefits of Sendcloud
The company Sendcloud finds its roots in the Brabant town of Eindhoven. From that place, the three entrepreneurs have managed to experience a wonderful growth. In recent years, more and more people have opted for sendcloud’s services.
Does that make sense? Yes, if we look at this platform, we find this completely logical. As far as we are concerned, it is a fact that Sendcloud offers the necessary advantages.
A lot of possibilities
In our eyes, it is unique that you enjoy so many possibilities at Sendcloud. You can choose from more than 50 integrations, while you can also choose from more than 80 carriers. The fact that you can also choose the less common / well-known carriers, appeals to us very much. For example, if you have a webshop in the sustainability industry, it is nice to select a sustainable shipping party. Via Sendcloud you have that possibility.
Many useful features
We also believe that Sendcloud has many useful features. We have listed some of these functions for you:
- Same day delivery: do you want to offer same day delivery to your customers? This is possible via Sendcloud, while this is not the case with many other carriers.
- Shipping rules: with these rules you can assign the correct shipping method per product. All products are shipped in the right way.
- Automatic return: do you receive a return request from a customer? Thanks to Sendcloud, you don’t have to worry about this. This system takes care of the entire automatic process for processing the return.
- Analytics: Sendcloud measures all kinds of important key figures on your website. You can then view these key figures through Analytics; this gives you quick insight into your shipments and returns.
- Pack & Go: if you have a barcode scanner, this function comes in handy all too well. Thanks to this feature, you can print both shipping labels and packing slips with one click.
- Professional tracking: via Sendcloud it is of course possible to work with Track & Trace. However, the tracking you send to your customers is of a high level. Thanks to this professional tracking, you are even able to increase your conversion!
It should be clear; at Sendcloud you enjoy the necessary useful functions. It is good to know that you do not have access to all functions by default. At Sendcloud you can choose from several packages, but we will come back to that later in this Sendcloud review.
Discounted rates
Sendcloud has built up good relationships with the carriers over the years. Thanks to these good ties, Sendcloud has managed to score attractive discounted rates. If you send your packages to your customers via this platform, you do so at attractive rates.
Thanks to these discounted rates, you keep your costs lower, so you can achieve more profit. Of course, you can also choose to include these discounted rates in the shipping costs for your customers.
360 degree shipping platform
At the bottom of the line we think it is a big advantage that Sendcloud is a 360 degree shipping platform. With this platform you not only arrange the shipping, but also the return. You also enjoy a lot of convenience and many automation options. That saves time and money!
The disadvantages of Sendcloud
As you have read in this Sendcloud review, we are very pleased with Sendcloud. This is also clearly reflected in the amount of disadvantages; those are just two minor drawbacks as far as we’re concerned.
Supply may be a little too overwhelming
Because Sendcloud works with so many parties, the offer may be a bit too overwhelming. Especially if you have no experience with shipping methods, it may be difficult to make the right choice. If you do not succeed in making the right choice, we are happy to help you with this!
Difficult to choose between the subscriptions
We also believe that it can be difficult to choose between the subscriptions. You can choose from five different packages, the exact costs depending on the number of packages.
The cost of Sendcloud
To conclude this Sendcloud review with dignity, we would like to list the costs of this platform. For the following costs we have assumed 1000 packages per month and an annual payment:
- Essential: free
- Small Shop: 40 euro per month
- Large Shop: 89 euro per month
- Business: 179 euros per month
- Enterprise: price on request
Please note: these are only the prices for using Sendcloud. You then also pay per package that you send to your customers via Sendcloud.
Conclusion
Sendcloud is, in our opinion, the best shipping platform in the Netherlands. This platform is extensive, uses attractive rates and offers an unprecedented number of possibilities.
Can’t see the forest for the trees? Are you unable to integrate Sendcloud into your webshop? Or do you run into other problems? We are happy to assist you. We often work with Sendcloud, so this platform no longer holds any secrets for us.
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