NetDespatch Powers Collect+ at PayPoint Stores

MARLOW, England, September 15, 2010 - Web services from NetDespatch have been used to integrate PayPoint
terminals in local convenience stores with parcel carrier tracking
systems to power Collect+, the new parcel returns and collections service.
The seamlessly integrated system is already being used every day by thousands
of customers of the UK's leading online and home shopping company, Shop
Direct Group, home to brands such as Littlewoods.com, very.co.uk and
Woolworths.co.uk.

The NetDespatch platform connects customers dropping returned goods and
collecting parcels at their neighbourhood stores including members of symbol
groups such as Londis, Spar, Nisa Today's and Best-One, to the powerful
NetDespatch Velocity web booking and tracking applications.

Parcel tracking for Returns starts with a scan at the in-store PayPoint
terminal and continues through the partner parcel system right back to the
goods-in department at the retailer.

Customers of companies such as major catalogue firms can arrange to have
their parcels delivered to their local store for collection at any time
during store opening hours. There is even a service for individual consumers,
who can use the www.collectplus.co.uk website to follow step-by-step
instructions to find their nearest Collect+ store, and then choose a
Collect+ store for the recipient to collect their parcel. Payment is made
online using the secure PayPoint.net credit/debit card processing system.

Collect+ stores are almost all open 7 days a week and offer early morning
to late evening drop-off, collections and returns services. The combination
of the resilient NetDespatch-based web services platform, the convenience of
Collect+ stores and the home-delivery expertise of their partner parcel
carrier is a recipe for success and is set to revolutionise parcel shipping
and return processes throughout the UK.

The NetDespatch Velocity platform links the whole Collect+ system
together; XML integration for retailers, web-site booking and label
production, credit/debit card payment through PayPoint.net, point of sale
integration with PayPoint in-store terminals and systems integration with
retailers. The system includes signature capture, and fully detailed tracking
of parcels; automatically collating and storing the data and providing an
electronic trail for full end-to-end traceability, as well as operational and
accounting reports.

www.netdespatch.com

Contacts: Matthew Robertson, NetDespatch, tel: +44(0)1978-367475, e-mail: delivermore at despatch.net