Business travellers
Coordinate local movement, meetings, language support, and everyday needs around a working trip.
Shipay / Tap. Trade. Collect.
A connected service platform for doing business in China.
Shipay is a bilingual local-life and business companion for foreigners living, working, or travelling in mainland China.
Use one interface to find mobility, stays, food, exhibition context, and practical trade support. Bookings and payments are completed with independent third-party providers.
- SourcingExplore supplier discovery and local sourcing coordination.
- MobilityFind local movement and travel context around the workday.
- ExhibitionsUse fair context to plan visits, conversations, and next actions.
- Support and follow-throughCarry supplier decisions into shipping coordination and follow-up.
Built for
- Business travellers
- Entrepreneurs and SMEs
- Exhibition visitors
- Traders
For people with work to finish in China.
The same trip can involve a fair, a supplier meeting, local transport, translation, meals, and shipping follow-up. Shipay is shaped around the people managing those handoffs.
Entrepreneurs and SMEs
Keep sourcing conversations connected to the practical work of visiting, evaluating, and shipping.
Exhibition visitors
Move from planning and booth visits to supplier conversations and clear follow-up.
Traders and sourcing teams
Follow products, communication, local coordination, and delivery steps through one journey.
A service map built around the journey.
Shipay connects practical local services with sourcing, logistics, mobility, food, and exhibition support. Availability varies by city and provider.
One journey, several handoffs.
Shipay starts with practical local discovery today while organizing a wider path from planning and sourcing to local work and shipping coordination.
- 01Plan and sourcePrepare products, suppliers, and the reason for the trip.
- 02Arrive and moveCoordinate local movement around meetings and practical needs.
- 03Attend and communicateNavigate exhibitions, conversations, and next actions.
- 04Coordinate and shipCarry supplier decisions into shipping and follow-through.
Field context at Canton Fair.
See visitors, conversations, and the working environment at Canton Fair in Guangzhou.
One connected journey, before, during, and after.
Shipay brings preparation, on-the-ground support, and follow-up into one service journey. Availability varies by city and provider.
Before arrival
Sourcing preparation and exhibition planning.
On the ground
Mobility, language support, and everyday needs.
After the visit
Supplier follow-up and shipping coordination.
Organizations across the Shipay journey.
Explore 21 organizations across payments, logistics, travel, banking, technology, and local infrastructure.
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View all organizationsFounded on the coordination work itself.
Shipay was founded by Paul Mechaalani, who began sourcing in China in 2012 and expanded into shipping coordination in 2017.
That hands-on path across sourcing, travel, and shipping surfaced a recurring problem: fragmentation. People relied on separate calls, contacts, and tools for each part of the trip. Shipay was conceived as a way to connect those practical steps without hiding their real complexity.
Read the Shipay origin
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Take Shipay with you into China.
Download the Shipay app for practical local services, then explore how Shipay connects the wider trader journey.
