More than 100 businesses competed over the course of several months for the chance to be selected as one of ten finalists given the opportunity to present to a panel of judges. Finalists were chosen based on several metrics including quality of integration to QuickBooks, innovation, market impact, number of votes and number of users on QuickBooks.
In an interview with SiliconANGLE, Hoffman said, “Really, it’s just validation. It was several years of hard work for myself and my partner Ankit Sharma. The first thing I did getting off the stage was inform Ankit, who was anxiously waiting for results, that we won the App Showdown. Outside of market success, which we’re seeing, it’s truly great to be recognized by such a great tech company like Intuit.”
Bear Down Parcel is a shipment auditing platform that finds and secures unclaimed refunds within FedEx and UPS small parcel shipping accounts. The performance-based service saves companies 4.5% on shipping on average, with no upfront or ongoing fees, just a split of the savings delivered. Bear Down Parcel operates under the moniker “Found Money”, and businesses use Bear Down Parcel to save money on shipping.
- Bear Down Parcel brings shipment auditing to the QuickBooks ecosystem. Business can install the Bear Down Parcel app from the QuickBooks App Store. QuickBooks ProAdvisors can deploy the
- merchant program
- to offer shipment auditing as a value-add service to customers, wherein the entire shipment auditing platform is white-labeled as a branded service.
