Is shifting home the toughest of all tasks that we take upon ourselves? Apparently yes. Whether it’s about moving from one city to another or within different localities, shifting is bound to drain your energy. The most common issues faced while moving and packing include:

  • Unfair pricing
  • Damage of items
  • Defacement of furniture, fragile glasses etc
  • Items gone missing during transit
  • Unprofessional behaviour of movers & packers staffers
  • Lack of real-time update during long-route transit
  • Glitches while tracking

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As a matter of fact, these are just a few of the bottlenecks that are faced by people during shifting. But the point now is how one can overcome all these frictions. The answer lies with technology, which has become an indispensible part of our lives post the outbreak of the pandemic. Tech-based innovations in the shifting and relocation space have led to the emergence of a few aggregators like Shift Freight, who much like the OYOs and the OLAsare solving the scattered pieces in the movers & packers segment.

According to Shift Freight co-founder Avinash Raghav, “Based on thorough research, we identified the gaps in the scattered and disorganized movers & packers space, and tried to fill the same with tech-based innovations. The sector has predominantly seen the emergence of standalone players, and as an aggregator we have enabled a sort of evolution by bringing many such entities on one uniform platform to form a pan-India network.”

Problems that movers & packers aggregators solve:

Automated bidding system to ensure the most competitive pricing

  • Tech-based assessment of complete inventory
  • Standardized high-quality packing materials for no-damage transit
  • Dedicated point of contact from booking till last mile delivery
  • Trained staff members
  • Adherence to covid protocols by each packer
  • Sanitization of packing material as well as transport
  • Wide network of movers and packers across different geographical locations
  • 24x7 status update
  • Live tracking of consignment

Shift Freight is one of the startups in the movers and packers space, launched in 2020 by a team that calls itself ‘Crazy 4’. The startup has adapted technology in the best possible manner to make shifting a hassle-free experience for Indians, whether it is Intra-city Relocation of household goods, Inter-city Relocation of household goods, Vehicle Relocation as well as Office Relocation.

Within a year, Shift Freight has created a pan-India network of movers and packers, registering approximately 2000 orders per month with presence in cities such as Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Kolkata.

With regard to safety, Shift Freight has put in place a set of guidelines to get the KYC done of all partner movers and packers and theirstaff members. This helps in ensuring that no crime or cheating happens where people and goods are involved.All packaging teams and delivery partners of the startupare provided with proper dresses, shoes, PPE kits free of cost, in addition to mask, shield, gloves, Shoe Cover, and sanitizers.

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In the wake of the recent healthcare crisis, the Delhi/NCR based movers and packers aggregatorworked closely with governments to ensure timely delivery of medical supplies like oxygen concentrators free of cost. Shift Freight took multiple delivery requests, free of cost, wherein each delivery cost more than Rs 50,000.A plan is afoot to launcha Training & Development wing to train more than 300 unemployed labourers every month to provide them secured employment through the aggregator’s network of movers and packers.