Shutdown
Oct 2025David Marquez wrote that he and Josh Supan made the decision to close down Shipmates last April, returned the money, and shut it down.
SourceShipping platform for online merchants in the Philippines
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Shipmates was a Philippine shipping-aggregation platform for online merchants that consolidated multiple couriers into one workflow for booking, tracking, and automated shipping; public sources now mark the service as discontinued.
Primary product
Shipping platform for online merchants in the Philippines
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Makati, Philippines
Team size
1-10
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Shipping / courier aggregation software
Offices
Pasig, Philippines
Makati, Philippines
Business model
B2B SaaS
usage-based per-order fees
courier aggregation / marketplace
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$2.7M
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2022
Latest amount
$2.2M
People & investors
Work & culture
Public hiring and founder posts suggest a scrappy, customer-led startup culture focused on logistics automation, with WFH flexibility and hybrid roles mentioned in hiring content.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
No public salary band was found. Public hiring content emphasized flexibility and hybrid work rather than compensation details.
Benefits
WFH / remote flexibility
flexible schedule
hybrid work
Product & market
Pricing
Free account signup; usage-based / per-order convenience fee on shipments
Differentiators
- —multiple courier aggregation in one platform
- —rate comparison across couriers
- —bulk booking
- —automated waybills
- —address validation
- —Shopify integration
- —Excel-based order uploads
- —nationwide shipping
- —cash on delivery support
- —free courier pick-ups
Technology
Ruby on Rails
React
PostgreSQL
Redis
Shopify integration
WooCommerce integration
Excel order uploads
Customers
online merchants in the Philippines
e-commerce businesses
small-to-mid-sized online sellers
Shopify merchants
WooCommerce merchants
Competitors
direct courier booking
other shipping aggregators
manual shipping workflows
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$6M-$7M ARR (est.)
Estimated monthly visits
663
Traffic estimate as of Dec 2025
Signals & risks
Shutdown
Dec 2025The Shipmates homepage was indexed as 'Service Discontinued'.
SourceLatest news
Shipmates homepage · Dec 2025
The company homepage was indexed as 'Service Discontinued', indicating the public service is no longer active.
LinkedIn · Oct 2025
David Marquez said Shipmates was closed down last April, that the founders returned the money, and that the venture was shut down after four years.
Shipmates blog · Oct 2024
Company blog post describes a pay-per-use model and partnership-oriented delivery workflow for ecommerce businesses.
Shipmates blog · Jun 2024
Explains courier-pricing structure, notes that signup is free, and describes Shipmates as charging the same delivery fee or less than booking directly in some cases.
TechCrunch · Sep 2022
TechCrunch covered the $2.2M seed round, the founders, the product, target customers, and per-order monetization model.
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