founder angus elphinstone and ben goor headquarters london united kingdom services online marketplace for transport services website www.anyvan.com anyvan is a uk based limited company providing a reverse auction internet marketplace where european delivery requesters may list items they need to transport and delivery and transport providers such as haulage providers and private car owners 1 can bid on the listing . contents 1 concept 2 history 3 area covered 4 reception 5 awards 6 references 7 external links concept edit the concept employed by anyvan aims to minimise unused haulage or delivery space from private transport requester deliveries . it is an expansion of the groupage concept utilized by large haulage providers . customers create accounts and list the items to be transported along with information such as size location maximum price and flexibility of timing . transport providers then bid on the delivery requirements in a unique reverse auction environment . traditionally listings are awarded to the lowest bidder although a user feedback system is included on the site to minimise rogue trading 2 and enable customers to choose a transport provider based on factors other than cost such as reputation and insurance . anyvan has a free registration system for both transport providers and customers . as of march 2015 anyvan has over 1.5 million registered customers and over 40 000 registered transport providers . history edit anyvan was founded by angus elphinstone and ben goor in march 2009 and launched in october 2009 . elphinstone who was running a white van man delivery business often received calls from customers who wanted something moved but could not afford the cost of a one off job . the business was launched with 125 000 and a further 250 000 for expansion and as of december 2011 deliveries totalled approximately 10 million miles . 3 anyvan reports to reduce carbon emissions by an average of 274kg per successful listing . 4 area covered edit anyvan operated exclusively in the uk between october 2009 and february 2012 . in march 2012 the company expanded in germany opening a german website and allowing german transport providers to bid . as of december 2015 the company also operates in ireland spain france and italy . reception edit anyvan has been covered in the uk media in reference to the economic climate 5 6 environmental issues 7 and delivery cost saving . 8 awards edit anyvan.com has received thegoodwebguide.co.uk website of the year award in 2010 9 the green entrepreneur awards green project of the year 2010 10 and the rushlight award for environmental sustainability . 11 it has also received a 5 5 rating from webuser.com . 12 references edit miles brignall march 12 2011 . make a delivery and cover your petrol costs . the guardian . chiara cavaglieri may 9 2010 . search the web for a man with a van . the independent . tim heming december 14 2011 . cashflow s small business heroes . the sun . % 7c 2010 crunchbase profile check url value help . techcrunch . april 5 2012 . miles brignall march 12 2011 . make a delivery and cover your petrol costs . the guardian . linda harrison march 8 2011 . earn money by using your car for courier work . the telegraph . alice logan july 10 2010 . moving with the times . the daily mail . jessica johnson november 12 2010 . website to change the way we transport goods . theexpress.co.uk . website of the year 2010 won by anyvan . the good web guide . november 17 2010 . green project of the year . digital entrepreneur . november 2010 . anyvan wins rushlight award . rushlight . october 2010 . web user february 11 2010 . web user review . external links edit official website uk official website ireland official website germany official website spain official website france official website italy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anyvan & oldid 732237832 categories online auction websitesinternet companies of the united kingdomhidden categories pages with url errorsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 15 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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