Shyp was a shipping company that operated in the years 2013–2018. The company picked up, packaged, and shipped items through USPS and other major carriers.^[3] The company was founded in San Francisco by Kevin Gibbon, Joshua Scott and Jack Smith.^[4] Until 2017, the company operated in New York,^[5] Miami,^[6] Los Angeles,^[7] Chicago,^[8] and Philadelphia.^[9]

The company raised a total of $62.1 million in venture-capital funding, with the Series B investment led by investor Kleiner Perkins.^[10]

The company provided a mobile app by which users could enter a package's pick-up and destination addresses and upload a photo of the package to be shipped.^[11][12]

In 2015, the company launched an Android app to complement its iOS app.^[13] Also in that year, Shyp added "Shyp Returns" functionality to its apps whereby shoppers could return items they purchased online from select merchants, including Amazon, Target, and Nordstrom.^[14]

Shyp was one of the few on-demand companies made up entirely of employees, not independent contractors. In 2015, the company converted its couriers from independent contractors to full-fledged employees.^[15]

In 2017, in an effort to become profitable, Shyp laid off the majority of its staff and ceased operating in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.^[16] In 2018, Shyp CEO Kevin Gibbon announced that the company would shut down and lay off all its employees.^[17][16]