Badangay: Zamp onboards in 1–2 hours versus weeks for legacy providers
Rohit Badangay · Zamp's Series A: $14M in 15 Months · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Sep 13, 2024 · at 25:50
Rohit Badangay, founder and CEO of automated sales tax platform Zamp, compares Zamp's onboarding duration against traditional legacy sales tax providers.
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“This onboarding process typically takes, you know, an hour, two hours tops. When you compare that to industry average for somebody to get fully set up running sales tax for the following months with legacy providers, it's like weeks, sometimes months, if you're using their API”
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