Well, my family had a bookstore
that sold sort of used books, new books in Scarborough, where I grew up.
At the time, eBay was just coming on the scene
and my father started to get interested in it.
We decided, or he decided to close the store down
and start listing the books on eBay, and he quickly started to realize that,
he could make a living selling the same books at one state and store online.
Recognized that he couldn't compete with U.S. sellers.
So if he had to quote the high cost of Canada Post.
So he started printing his own postage in Canada at home,
and was driving down to the United States Post Office.
Once he started doing that, his online sales, you know, started to
really grow quite rapidly.
Chit chat
says, a freight forwarding company that goes to the U.S.
six days a week and gets a mail into the US postal state.
One of the biggest problems that Canadian businesses
are having with shipping is that the prices are too high.
I'd love for chit chats to disrupt the shipping industry in Canada.
And the reason why is I feel there's a great injustice
the freedom, the liberty to do business.
And the opportunities are there in the US.
We are a company that sets Canadian e-commerce businesses
up with the ability to print US and international postage in Canada.
You know, we clear customs, tax and duty free
and all packages that have a retail value of less than $800.
And we induct mail directly into the United States Post Office six days a week.
Our website is
this new platform that our customers can log in to anywhere,
at any time to prepare postage and prepare their shipments.
They can get quotes to give quotes to their customers.
Getting the lower pricing and the quick tracking gives them
peace of mind that once they hand it over to chit chat,
they don't have to worry about their packages anymore.
Shipping costs in Canada are so high and what everything is on the web
and you're e-commerce, what is that doing for Canadians?
This means that Canadians e-commerce businesses can compete
in the US and international markets because we level the playing field.