British startup announces its first expansion outside of UK in international roll-out
Quiqup, the September 2014-established UK tech scale-up that offers last-mile logistics services to retailers, has announced its first international roll-out into Dubai. Quiqup offers local businesses the opportunity of same-hour and same-day deliveries to their customers through a range of tailored business services.
Businesses in Dubai now have the option to offer consumers convenient deliveries via their own websites and apps. Quiqup enables its partners to power local deliveries while they stay in full control of their own prices, customers, data, and the movement of their goods.
Quiqup’s Dubai launch marks the first application of its ambitious expansion strategy outside the UK, with further launches in the UAE and across the GCC planned for the future.
“As our first launch internationally, our expansion to Dubai marks a huge step for Quiqup as a company and an important milestone in our long-term ambition to bring on-demand, same-day delivery to the mass market. The last-mile delivery space offers huge potential to Dubai’s local retailers,” said Bassel El Koussa, CEO and co-founder, Quiqup.
Choice offerings
Quiqup offers two distinct business services to its Dubai partners. Quiqdash, a web app that allows small to medium sized business to instantly order or schedule a delivery, and its API integration service that incorporates Quiqup’s delivery service into retailers’ existing e-commerce channels, allowing customers to seamlessly order directly from the retailer.
Quiqup also offers a number of features tailored to the Dubai market, to provide their customers with a reliable and efficient urban delivery experience. These include Quiqup’s trained delivery agents, or ‘Quiqees’, accepting cash or card upon delivery, using GPS coordinates as delivery locations for destinations without distinct addresses, and sending tracking links by SMS to customers so they can track their Quiqee in real-time.
“Quiqup’s services have effectively filled a gap in the Dubai same-day delivery market. We see great potential to fulfill the needs of the Dubai retailer and consumer and are excited to be partnering with some fantastic local and international brands in Dubai already,” quipped Dani El Zein, General Manager, Quiqup Dubai.
