Zonos, a St. George-based AI operating system for cross-border trade, has acquired Evolve Trade Services, a licensed U.S. customs brokerage specializing in high-volume e-commerce clearance.
Evolve has offices in Los Angeles and Seattle.
With the acquisition, Zonos will launch Zonos Brokerage Services, a new division focused on low-value informal entries into the U.S. for merchants, postal operators, logistics providers and freight forwarders. Zonos serves more than 50,000 merchants and over 70 postal operators worldwide.
Evolve Trade Services was founded by Jason Bye and Bill Coleman to handle the clearance profile most affected by the upcoming U.S. postal entry changes: high-volume, direct-to-consumer parcel traffic. Evolve Trade will continue to operate under its own name as a separate entity under Zonos, serving as the licensed brokerage behind Zonos Brokerage Services. Evolve brings e-commerce customs expertise, including Type 11 informal entries and a track record of clearing high-volume D2C parcel traffic into the United States.
“Zonos sits at the origin of the transaction, collecting duties and powering shipments for thousands of businesses, as well as serving as the ‘Qualified Party’ for over 70 postal operators,” said Clint Reid, CEO and founder of Zonos. “Adding clearance means our customers get a single, compliant path from checkout to clearance.”
“Evolve Trade Services has always been defined by our ability to solve complex brokerage challenges for our clients,” said Jason Bye, co-founder and managing director of Evolve. “Becoming part of Zonos allows us to dramatically expand on that mission — pairing our expertise with Zonos’ technology to deliver compliance capabilities and customer solutions at a level we couldn’t have achieved alone. As trade complexity continues to accelerate, this is the right partnership at exactly the right time.”