Shipify

Shipify is a leading platform where manufacturers and buyers meet. You can find 200K+ suppliers on the platform. The system automatically calculates discounts according to the number of products purchased, so that customers can buy in bulk with lower cost. Shipify also provides a logistics service platform where customers can manage and track their cargo until its arrival. Shipify also provides Less than Container Loads (LCL) services, allowing customers to import with low volume and only pay for the spaces they need.

Why HUAWEI CLOUD?

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    On HUAWEI CLOUD, Shipify's system can run smoothly, be flexibly scaled, and facilitate staff collaboration across countries/regions. Customers and employees can have faster and more stable user experience.

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    HUAWEI CLOUD updates vulnerability information, patches, and security technologies in a timely manner. This can help Shipify's web applications keep up with latest technologies and prevent online threats.

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    Compute resources can be scaled up or down, so that services can meet in-the-moment requirements, such as peak hour requests during promotional campaigns.

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    Huawei partners in Thailand could provide local support, allowing for better communication and understanding.

Challenges

The logistics industry works for 24/7 and requires quick, smooth collaboration across countries and regions. It was challenging for Shipify to improve organization synergy among staff in Thailand and China.

Service traffic was unpredictable. Traffic surges during promotional campaigns were difficult to handle.

Technologies are changing fast. Shipify needs a system that can be adaptive to new technologies and business models while remaining scalable, efficient, and secure.

Why HUAWEI CLOUD?

  • Reliability

    HUAWEI CLOUD provides insightful consultation services, and is prompt in delivering swift technical support for clients throughout the process of server migration to cloud.

  • Security

    The HUAWEI CLOUD platform attained multiple ISO certifications in Information Security Management System (ISMS) which encompasses the highest level (level 3) of certification achieved from MTCS.

  • Cost-Effectiveness

    HUAWEI CLOUD is equipped with a variety of customizable cloud service options for clients, including a pay-per-use subscription plan, making it affordable and practical.

  • Ease of Use

    HUAWEI CLOUD services can be easily provisioned and accessed, and managed in a unified manner.

Solution

• Shipify deployed its website on HUAWEI CLOUD, providing services to users who order products from China. Users can check the order status and view service history from anywhere in the world.

• The system architecture was redesigned before being migrated to HUAWEI CLOUD, considering the security and the support for possible scaling in the future Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) was, therefore, chosen to enhance security and flexibility in managing connections as well as to maximize the data security. Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) and Relational Database Service (RDS) were used to provide web services in diverse Virtual Private Network (VPC) zones. The customer configured security group rules in VPC to allow only specific access to necessary services.

Customer Benefits

Service provisioning is easy and quick on HUAWEI CLOUD. Services can get ready for use immediately after migration.

Shipify simply needs to configure autoscaling in a few clicks. Resources will be quickly provisioned to handle traffic surges in unexpected peak hours.

Shipify services were deployed near website users to reduce latency and minimize bandwidth cost.

Data storage is cost-effective and easily manageable. Shipify can dig out value from massive amounts of data and explore business opportunities faster than competitors.