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There's also the more obvious thing that affects retention which is simply bad service. We've all had bad taxi rides but overall the variability in possible se
by rtpg 10y ago
There's also the more obvious thing that affects retention which is simply bad service.
We've all had bad taxi rides but overall the variability in possible service quality for Uber is pretty low. But Homejoy died because so many people didn't like the quality of the service.
I honestly question the premise that people want more on-demand services, given that the major companies that are succeeding in this space were already on-demand (hotels, taxis, food delivery).
What market has shifted from not-on-demand to on-demand?
- jacalata 10y agoService levels are pretty closely tied to customer acquisition cost. It turns out that people just didn't want to pay the amount it costs to get a really good self-motivated cleaner with great people skills to turn up and do a great job on a completely unfamiliar house. So they got inexperienced cleaners who didn't do a great job, and didn't like it.