Bob Go smart shipping solution

Bob Go smart shipping solution

Free to install. Additional charges may apply.
Rating (3.7)
Reviews

About this app

Launched

December 7, 2015

Languages

English

Works with

The Courier Guy, DPD Laser, SkyNet, RAM

Bob Go (formerly uAfrica) is a smart shipping and order management solution.

Bob Go automates and smoothes out shipping processes for ecommerce businesses in South Africa, while saving merchants valuable time and money. Easily integrate Bob Go with your ecommerce stores, sync with your sales channels and automatically pull your orders from your store. Receive quotes from multiple couriers, get automated waybills and send tracking updates to customers all from one easy-to-use interface. Logistics has never been easier!

Bob Go automates and smoothes out shipping processes for ecommerce businesses in South Africa, while saving merchants valuable time and money. Easily integrate Bob Go with your ecommerce stores, sync with your sales channels and automatically pull your orders from your store. Receive quotes from multiple couriers, get automated waybills and send tracking updates to customers all from one easy-to-use interface. Logistics has never been easier! more
  • Deliver anywhere in South Africa and get quotes from multiple couriers.
  • Generate automated waybills and send collection requests with one click.
  • Keep customers updated with customisable tracking notification emails.

Pricing

External charges may be billed by Bob Group (Pty) Ltd separately from your Shopify invoice. Learn more

Free to install

30-day free trial with flexible pricing plans to suit your business needs, starting from R0 p/m.

Free to install

30-day free trial with flexible pricing plans to suit your business needs, starting from R0 p/m.

All charges are billed in USD. See all pricing options

67 reviews

Overall rating
3.7
Counts per rating level
  • 82% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 7% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 1% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 9% of ratings are 1 stars
February 25, 2023

If you are on a Basic Shopify plan, the integration between Shopify & Uafrica is amazing, it's easy and simple and saves you from purchasing the more expensive plan as it allows you to save time when booking a courier to collect parcels - your addtional cost though is printing waybills unless you have the stickers/trackers provided by someone like the The Courier Guy. They are also able to offer you better pricing for courier charges due to large volumes. That's your 2 stars.

The bad part is the courier companies they have chosen to align themselves with, where the service is pathetic and some do not take resonsibility in an event where your parcel goes missing, stolen or gets lost in order for you to see which companies provide LIMITED liability cover, you have to read their policies etc on their website. In other words, if ANYTHING goes wrong Uafrica takes no responsibility and neither do the courier companies who do not provide you with this limited liability cover.

Think twice about choosing the cheaper courier companies as they give you the most problems namely: Internet Express & Skynet.

Uafrica has a brilliant setup which makes shipping easy, but they fail us businesses by not stepping in when there are issues relating to courier companies and their service. I feel as the "middle man" they should act on it, and should have all courier companies align to a set Uafrica policy and procedures rather than the couriers own. This would allow all parties to have a fair chance when disputes arise regarding poor service, theft & loss.

Atlas Trading Company
South Africa
11 days using the app
Edited October 10, 2022

They continued to charge me for months after i uninstalled the app from shopify! Had constant issues with the app not syncing - more than twice a month! Every month at least 1-2 per month i had to email you! I used this fr over 4 years there were no extra terms when i signed up! Its obvious that it doesnt work if you need to cancel the subscription on a separate website! Shows it doesnt sync properly!

RedTagSA
South Africa
Over 5 years using the app
Bob Group (Pty) Ltd replied October 10, 2022

In accordance with section 4.8 of our terms and conditions, "Please note that uninstalling or deleting the App does not result in a cancellation of your subscription. Therefore, in the absence of you logging into your account and cancelling your subscription or written notification of cancellation to uAfrica in accordance with clauses 4.7.1 or 4.7.2 above, your subscription will remain active and you will continue to be liable for all charges in relation thereto."

We are happy to look into the syncing issues, as there could be a bug that our tech team can fix.

Edited January 11, 2022

Pros - User friendly and hugely convenient - Good set of couriers
- Good customer support
- No major glitches so far
- Mostly fair pricing
Con
- Extremely high pricing for having more than 1 shipping location.

Drifters Adventure Center
South Africa
Over 2 years using the app
Bob Group (Pty) Ltd replied January 11, 2022

Thank you for your review! Since early 2021 we offer an unlimited number of shipping locations on all of our plans. One of our team members will give you a call shortly to explain to you how it all works.

March 17, 2021

The app is very simple and convenient to use. Didn't take me long to figure out how to work the system.

Pollywiggles
South Africa
9 months using the app
December 12, 2019

Integration is easy and the app does what it needs to. The only thing required is for the app to handle overseas delivery as well. Spoken to all three the courier companies used by UAfrica and they all do overseas delivery, why not make this available, this will boost my sales.

Medical Practice Consulting Store
South Africa
Over 1 year using the app

About this app

Launched

December 7, 2015

Languages

English

Works with

The Courier Guy, DPD Laser, SkyNet, RAM

Built by Bob Group (Pty) Ltd

About Bob Group (Pty) Ltd

3.7 average rating

8 years building apps for the Shopify App Store

Support

Send a message

+27 (0)12 940 1060

support@bobgo.co.za

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