We realized four things. Firstly, last-mile logistics is broken and can’t adapt its current methodology fast enough to accommodate the onslaught of daily packages flowing through its channels. Secondly, consumers are frustrated and dissatisfied with the last-mile in its broken state that results in missed deliveries and stolen packages. Thirdly, there’s unused space in local businesses in neighborhoods across America and the world for that matter. Finally, there are drivers willing to trade their time to earn extra income in exchange for making deliveries.
So, we asked ourselves, are there local businesses out there willing to receive packages as a means of earning extra income in exchange for their unused space?
We discovered the answer was yes. We even ran our pilot program using a UPS Access Point as our Package Delivery Point for validation. Today UPS has over 27,500 UPS Access Point locations nationally. These access points are local businesses willing to accept packages on your behalf until you pick them up. In return for their willingness to receive your package(s), UPS pays the business, access point, a fee and facilitates foot traffic. That was the final piece we needed.
Foot traffic? The trend is more like click traffic. More and more consumers are opting out of going to the stores and opting in for delivery of everything, from their next outfit to their next home delivered meal kit online. Can you deliver it to me now? Is the question for today. From there we envisioned, devised and connected the dots. The result was a modular, flexible and scalable service to disrupt last-mile logistics. This service is called NextPakk.
Together with its blockchain and cryptocurrency, Pakka, we’re building an ecosystem for consumers, local businesses and community drivers to connect on a decentralized, shared and transparent platform. Wait, there’s more, we added an escrow functionality for those trips that call for an additional layer of custody to cover your higher valued item(s).
Simply put, “NextPakk is to last-mile logistics what AirBNB is to the hotel industry.”
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