On today’s episode of the Operators Podcast, I was thrilled to announce Passport’s most significant milestone yet: our acquisition of Brand Access! By bringing Brand Access onboard, we’re supercharging our internationalization solution with in-country fulfillment enablement and local-marketplace management capabilities - a game-changer for large DTC brands. Why did we make this move? Because we heard what our customers need: 💸 Huge Cost Savings for Brands: Local fulfillment cuts shipping costs, returns costs, and duties are assessed on the cost of goods imported, not on the retail value ⚡ Faster Shipping: Customers want to get their stuff faster! In-country fulfillment enables this 🔑 Flexibility: With in-country logistics and marketplace management, we can now offer brands multiple ways to grow—whether that’s cross-border shipping, setting up a local presence in key regions like Canada, UK and EU, or expanding on local marketplaces like Amazon.ca 🌟 New Verticals: For brands in categories where cross-border shipping isn’t ideal (think large/ fragile items or ‘dangerous goods’), these local solutions provide a clear path to international growth This solution is ready today, thanks to our 3PL launch partners who are already enabled with a global network of warehouses: Bergen, Capacity, DCL, Outerspace, ShipBob, Shipfusion, and ShipMonk. Thank you to Craig Walsey, CEO of Brand Access, and the rest of the wonderful Brand Access team for building such an amazing company and for your trust in forging this partnership. And a big thank you to Sean Frank, Jason Panzer, Matthew Bertulli, and Mike Beckham for having me and Craig on the Operators podcast to share the big news! Let’s build a future where international growth is easy. 🚀 🌍
And here's the Operators podcast link where we make the announcement: https://9operators.com/podcast/operators/episode/e091-passport-acquires-brand-access
Congrats Alex Yancher Tony Z. Chen Kat Sun and the entire Passport team!
Congratulations, Alex and team.
Nice LevelUp Alex Yancher + Team.
Great move and great way to share the news on the pod. Excited to see brands continue scaling globally with Passport!
Congrats on the acquisition Alex Yancher and Passport team! What a fantastic milestone which continues to cement Passport as the industry’s leading player with internationalization capabilities through a combination of cross-border and in-country services.
Congratulations Alex Yancher and Passport. Your year in, year out, mile by mile execution has been a joy to track!
woohoo! what an exciting leap forward for dtc brands expanding internationally. proud to see the team making global growth seamless and accessible.
Congratulations Alex Yancher and Passport team! Wonderful milestone in your journey.
Full details in the press release: https://passportglobal.com/blog/passport-acquires-brand-access/