diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a76f319..6b6b793 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -116,9 +116,26 @@ script:
   - install_run $PLAT
 
 after_success:
-  # Upload wheels to Rackspace container
-  - pip install wheelhouse-uploader
-  - python -m wheelhouse_uploader upload --local-folder
-      ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/wheelhouse/
-      $UPLOAD_ARGS
-      $CONTAINER
+  # trigger an upload to the shared ecosystem
+  # infrastructure at: https://anaconda.org/scipy-wheels-nightly
+  # for cron jobs only (restricted to master branch once
+  # per week)
+  # MATPLOTLIB_WHEELS_NIGHTLY is a secret token
+  # used in Travis CI config, originally
+  # generated at anaconda.org for scipy-wheels-nightly
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" == "cron" ]; then
+        source extra_functions.sh
+        for f in wheelhouse/*.whl; do rename_wheel $f; done;
+        ANACONDA_ORG="scipy-wheels-nightly"
+        pip install git+https://github.com/Anaconda-Server/anaconda-client;
+        anaconda -t ${SCIPY_WHEELS_NIGHTLY_ACCESS} upload --force -u ${ANACONDA_ORG} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/wheelhouse/*.whl;
+    fi
+  # for merges (push events) we use the staging area instead;
+  # MATPLOTLIB_STAGING_UPLOAD_TOKEN is a secret token used in Travis
+  # CI config, originally generated at anaconda.org for
+  # multibuild-wheels-staging
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" == "push" ]; then
+        ANACONDA_ORG="multibuild-wheels-staging"
+        pip install git+https://github.com/Anaconda-Server/anaconda-client;
+        anaconda -t ${MULTIBUILD_WHEELS_STAGING_ACCESS} upload --force -u ${ANACONDA_ORG} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/wheelhouse/*.whl;
+    fi