served greater toronto area kitchener waterloo san francisco owner alphabet inc. parent google website bufferbox.com a bufferbox at finch bus terminal . bufferbox inc. was a canadian startup from the university of waterloo ontario canada that leveraged parcel kiosks to provide consumers the convenience of picking up their online purchases 24 7 . 1 founded by jay shah aditya bali and mike mccauley bufferbox s mission was to make missed delivery notices a thing of the past . 1 when consumers signed up for the service they received a unique bufferbox address to use as their shipping address when shopping online . members then received an email notification with a unique unlock code as soon as their package was delivered which enabled them to pick up their package from their local bufferbox . 2 one year after its founding bufferbox was awarded the 2012 velocity venture fund and went through the y combinator program in silicon valley . 3 after conducting a pilot trial at the university of waterloo the service expanded to various locations in the greater toronto area . a deal was announced in early november 2012 to install kiosks at go transit stations . on november 30 2012 bufferbox was acquired by google for a rumored 25 million . 4 5 the acquisition was seen as a step to compete with amazon s locker service . 5 google waterloo engineering director steve woods said the bufferbox team which consisted of seven employees beyond its trio of founders would be kept intact with google providing additional resources to help the company grow . google advised at the time of the acquisition that they planned on keeping the bufferbox brand active for the foreseeable future . 6 however on february 21 2014 google announced that it was closing down bufferbox . the last day for warehouses accepting packages was set to march 31 2014 . 7 contents 1 how to use bufferbox 2 competitors 3 references 4 external links how to use bufferbox edit shop anywhere online sign in using your google account to get your personal bufferbox address ship to bufferbox address enter your bufferbox address on the checkout page whenever you buy online pick up your parcel you ll receive an unlock code by email . then pick up your parcel anytime you d like competitors edit amazon locker dhl packstation europe inpost lockers mostly europe post office box the ups store mailbox smartbox india references edit a b https www.bufferbox.com about http techcrunch.com 2013 09 30 googles bufferbox expands its shipping kiosk service for parcel pickups to san francisco http startupnorth.ca 2012 11 30 bufferbox acquired hartley matt 30 november 2012 . google snaps up waterloo startup bufferbox . financial post . toronto . retrieved 30 november 2012 . a b http techcrunch.com 2012 11 30 google acquires waterloo based e commerce startup amazon locker competitor and yc graduate bufferbox http business.financialpost.com 2012 11 30 google snaps up waterloo startup bufferbox lsa b03d b67b http blog.bufferbox.com 2014 02 important bufferbox update.html 2014 02 important bufferbox update.html external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bufferbox . official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bufferbox & oldid 740670189 categories google acquisitionscompanies established in 2010companies based in torontohidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 14 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view