Sep 1, 2010 Posted by BoxCycle

Notifications by Text Messaging

We now offer notification options by text message along with email, fax, and phone. Text messaging has a number of advantages over email, especially for time-sensitive communication.  Text messages are typically delivered faster than email.  They are also read sooner, since most people carry their cell phones at all times and not everyone has constant access to email.  Finally, they do not suffer from... read more

Aug 4, 2010 Posted by BoxCycle

Nationwide Shipping of Moving Boxes

We are happy to announce that we now support Shipping along with recently introduced Local Delivery. While Local Delivery is typically performed by the sellers themselves, Shipping is typically done by a 3rd party commercial carrier such as UPS or FedEx. Shipping makes boxes available to buyers anywhere in the continental U.S. As you’ve probably guessed, sellers who offer shipping are designated by... read more

Aug 16, 2009 Posted by BoxCycle

Buyer Appointment Selection Improvements

A while ago I wrote about changes to buyer appointment choice selection.  The basic idea worked well, but the initial implementation handled some situations less than ideally.  We only used the appointment start time to determine if buyer choices provide a sufficient time range when short-notice and are within seller lead time requirements. With today’s release we started to use the entire range... read more

Jul 16, 2009 Posted by BoxCycle

Cheap Shipping Boxes – Used and New

Many people think of BoxCycle primarily in the context of moving boxes, but it is also designed to help people sell and find cheap shipping boxes.  For example, you can now find a decent variety of new and used shipping boxes in Los Angeles.  And if shipping boxes you need aren’t available in your area yet you can create Boxes Wanted listings, which are designed to help large sellers find buyers... read more

May 7, 2009 Posted by BoxCycle

Pictures of Used Boxes Help Buyers and Sellers

Having pictures of boxes has been the plan since launch.  People tend to have a hard time visualizing box sizes from types and dimensions alone.  They need a point of reference – how big is the box compared to a person or a common object?  We’ve had mistakes made by both buyers and sellers because of incorrect assumptions about box sizes. Hopefully, no more.  I am happy to say that the first... read more