{"id":20373,"date":"2015-10-07T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=20373"},"modified":"2015-10-07T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:50:12","slug":"grabtaxi-launches-grabexpress-an-on-demand-delivery-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2015\/10\/07\/grabtaxi-launches-grabexpress-an-on-demand-delivery-service\/","title":{"rendered":"GrabTaxi launches GrabExpress, an on-demand delivery service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GrabTaxi has launched GrabExpress, a new on-demand delivery service targeted at startups or small businesses that cannot afford to hire a regular messenger. But the service is available to anyone who needs to send a parcel or document to someone within select Metro Manila areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/How-to-GrabExpress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/How-to-GrabExpress.png\" alt=\"How to GrabExpress\" width=\"606\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/How-to-GrabExpress.png 606w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/How-to-GrabExpress-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using the GrabTaxi app, all you have to do is select the\u00a0 GrabExpress icon then input the pick-up and drop-off points for your delivery. Key in the recipient&#8217;s name and contact number in the notes section, as well as other important details such as landmarks and gate\u00a0 numbers so that the rider will find his destination easier and faster.<\/p>\n<p>After confirming the booking, you and your recipient can track your package&#8217;s status and whereabouts real-time. Pay the rider the fixed price shown in the app, starting at Php80 for the first 5 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>GrabExpress can be used for packages that are less than five kilograms with dimensions not exceeding 28x32x12cm. It is available on Monday to Saturday, from 8am\u00a0 to 8pm in Alabang, Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Pasig, Pateros, Pasay, Paranaque, San Juan, Taguig, and Quezon City (districts 1, 3, 4 and 6).<\/p>\n<p>The items for delivery are insured up to Php2,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve\u00a0 been\u00a0 testing the\u00a0 beta\u00a0 version of\u00a0 GrabExpress these past\u00a0 few months and\u00a0 we are now\u00a0 confident that\u00a0 it can\u00a0 provide a hassle-free and affordable delivery service for everyone&#8217;s personal or business needs,&#8221; says GrabExpress Head, Angeline Tham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With\u00a0 GrabExpress, the\u00a0 GrabTaxi\u00a0 app\u00a0 provides not\u00a0 only an innovative way\u00a0 of moving people but\u00a0 also\u00a0 of things. When\u00a0 GrabExpress was conceptualized, the\u00a0 first\u00a0 customers we\u00a0 had\u00a0 in\u00a0 mind\u00a0\u00a0 were\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 small businesses that\u00a0 we could help. As a tech\u00a0 company, we want\u00a0 to enable e-commerce and\u00a0 broaden the\u00a0 reach\u00a0 of these startup businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GrabTaxi has launched GrabExpress, a new on-demand delivery service targeted at startups or small businesses that cannot afford to hire a regular messenger. But the service is available to anyone who needs to send a parcel or document to someone within select Metro Manila areas. Using the GrabTaxi app, all you have to do is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19],"tags":[3610,3359,3585],"class_list":["post-20373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-headlines","tag-grabexpress","tag-grabtaxi","tag-logistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}