Shiply

I've always used the better-rated couriers on Shiply who haven't necessarily been cheapest but they've had lots of positive feedback. I guess, as a result my experiences have been good. You have to understand how Shiply works - it's a portal which allows couriers on a "dutch auction" basis for a job. Not all men with vans are as reliable as each other or drive the same van! As with all things cheapest doesn't necessarily mean best - but you pay for what you get.

I took a chance on a newly listed van company but they turned out to be fraudulent.
If you're going to book with Shiply, please use a company that has 500+ reviews to make sure they are a genuine company.
I have been very happy with the companies that have come through. It's just the one but it needs to be addressed when someone new joins the site. A simple google search of the driver's name showed he had been jailed for van hire fraud.

Great communication, I can't fault their service. Used twice so far and I will be using again. Reasonably priced and good staff. Felt very comfortable with their service due to the impeccable communication I received. Always had a professional response within minutes! Definitely would recommend!

Shiply is a shipping broker site full of low ball pricing scammer movers who hold goods hostage. Most offered very low prices for our household move of ******* kgs cargo. Many of the network members are also not really movin companies but sub brokers mediate for partner moving companies who then hire subcontractor drivers. One Hungarian sub broker company we hired for the 1500 kgs household goods cargo move from Spain to the Netherlands only sent a 1050 kgs cargo holding truck instead of the agreed and paid for 1500 kgs. Ultimately we had to pay extra to get the full load moved. The driver was also very late so not per agreed time and delayed our move by a day with of course extra costs. Upon arrival at destination the driver refused to help unload although we had paid extra for his help. Shiply refused to mediate to get a partial refund for that non performance despite that they had received a deposit from us.

After seeing the rosy advertising and thinking they "sound legitimate". I was required to give a deposit to shiply AND pay the shipper up front. The shipper never showed up. It's been a month. Shiply says they won't refung the money they instructed me to give to the shipper. And they never offered to even give me a refund of the money I gave Shiply directly. Shiply's shippers can just keep your money and abscond (take off with it). Shiply tries to avoid this topic from coming forth. They say their shippers are trustworthy. But that's only if they don't keep your money like some do. I guess that means only the shippers that don't rip you off are trustworthy, lol. As of now I'm out $1000. I wouldn't recommend using this company or any fly by night outfit that doesn't have their own in house drivers, otherwise you have a great chance of having all your money stolen. That's my Shiply experience.

Shipley is a great site to find a courier for larger items. I had to ship a mattress from Manchester to Yorkshire and submitted a request for quotes on Shipley.

Most of the first quotes were quite high at around £69 but if you leave it for a while until you've received a few more quotes you'll end up with good price.

I ended up accepting a quote in the end for £31 and got £5 off from the courier so ended up only paying £26 which I was very happy with.

I've used shiply many times and its a great concept but my biggest problem with it is the lack of flexibility and editing in the advert, especially in the headings. This makes it hard to be specific in the advert to help avoid generic quotes and endless rounds of message to explain what you need done, when it ought to be clear from the advert. I found myself having to explain basics like dates and contents. As a consequence many of the offers are generic and wild guesses, when just allowing all the info in the ad would avoid this. For example - Title of ad should be open Text and fully editable so you can summarize the Job and make sure quotes are accurate alongside Job type. If Job Date is fixed, it should be obvious to all (Many offers kept asking for the date despite it being entered correctly). You must allow uploading of multiple Photos and a Word or Excel files for full inventory on House moves. Item list on House moves needs greater flexibility too..

Shiply is not a real company. SCAM They can not be contacted. They stole a fee which is a percentage of the cost of transport and I've heard nothing since. I cannot get my money back or speak to anyone total scam.