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Marketplace vs. Connect, Which Dispatch Product Is Right for You?

Now that Dispatch offers both Marketplace and Connect, it can be hard to decide which product is best for you and your customers. We’re here to help simplify this decision. Read on to find out which delivery management tool is best for your business.

Lexie Bray

November 17, 2021

Now that Dispatch offers both Marketplace and Connect, it can be hard to decide which product is best for you and your customers. We’re here to help simplify this decision. Read on to find out which delivery management tool is best for your business.

Dispatch Marketplace

Dispatch Marketplace enhances your customer experience by solving your on-demand delivery needs with an easy-to-use web app. 

When you have a business-to-business delivery to make, you can place the order in seconds. With four service levels, you get to choose how quickly your order needs to be delivered. We also offer Multi-Stop, where you can select up to ten different drop-offs from one pickup location. 

Our newest updates to Marketplace brings you Customer Branded Notifications, Reporting Enhancements, and Printable Parcel Labels. We understand how important notifications are in the delivery process for both you and your customers. With Customer Branded Notifications, you now have the ability to add your company name and logo to every email delivery update that your customers receive. We know how essential it is for businesses to understand a variety of data. For this reason, we developed our Reporting Enhancements feature to help you look back at the data that you find most important. 

Marketplace is best for when you don’t have a fleet of your own to manage, but still have deliveries to make. Now you don't have to sacrifice productivity by trying to manage deliveries internally.

Dispatch Connect

Dispatch Connect is a delivery management software that lets you visualize and organize your daily deliveries in one place. It helps you connect the dots between your business, drivers, and your customers. Managing deliveries with your own fleet can be time-consuming, but Connect can help you streamline your process.

It’s not uncommon for businesses to have more deliveries than their fleet can manage, especially during peak seasons. With Connect, however, your overflow orders can be sent to Marketplace for Dispatch Drivers to fulfill.

Connect’s route planning capability means you’re not only able to plan the routes ahead of time, but you can also repeat deliveries and optimize each route to get the best way to make those deliveries. With this feature, your business can save on both fuel and driver expenses.

Connect also allows you to keep your customers updated with real-time ETAs. Offering accurate and timely tracking notifications not only gives your customers the visibility they crave but lets them know that you are dependable and trustworthy. Both of which are crucial to customer relationship and retention.

Connect has two tiers from which you can choose. The first and most basic plan is the Starter Tier. If you decide to upgrade to the Professional Tier, you’ll have access to everything in the Starter Tier plus branded delivery updates, unlimited deliveries per route, unlimited historical route viewing, and the ability to plan and optimize all of your routes.

By streamlining your delivery process with Connect, you gain extra time in your day to get other projects done.

Whether you decide on Connect or Marketplace, Dispatch will be here to fulfill your delivery needs. Still not sure which is the right tool for you? Take our Product Selector Quiz to find the best fit for you.

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