Australian start-up parcel operator Sendle is teaming up with freight and express giant Toll Group to extend its range of delivery services.
The company, which targets SMEs in competition to Australia Post, now offers delivery through Toll Consumer Delivery as well as courier firms Fastway and Singapore Post-owned Couriers Please, local media reported.
The deal will improve Sendle’s overall range of delivery services while opening up the SME segment to Toll. Sendle launched last autumn with the aim of winning SME customers from Australia Post with lower prices, while Toll Consumer Delivery started in 2012 to offer B2C deliveries to online retailers.
“Today’s partnership with Sendle allows us to provide the Toll experience and delivery service to a large number of small business customers, who we haven’t been able to work with in the past”, said Luke Condon, Head of Toll Consumer Delivery.
Sendle CEO James Chin Moody said his start-up was now the first efficient delivery and support solution targeted at small businesses in Australia. “Toll completes Sendle’s delivery network, such that we can now deliver packages Australia-wide at a flat rate, for less than it costs to go to the post office,” he said.
