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A free tool to plan deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic

47 points by eiskalt 6y ago

amelius 6y ago
The problem is discovery, since every consumer is already using apps like Uber eats.
- jdsnape 6y ago
  Depends where you live. Here in rural UK Uber etc. aren’t present so local shops and pubs are doing a good trade in takeaways and supplying meat/groceries so this would be useful for them
- giarc 6y ago
  It looks like this could be used by any industry, example a hardware store or toy store. While listening to a podcast, I heard about a toy store that was doing more business now than before COVID and self-isolation.
  - jsjohnst 6y ago
    > I heard about a toy store that was doing more business now than before COVID One plausible explanation: parents desperately needing to keep kids entertained at home so they can work. Most likely it’s multiple causes, but that’s one of several that comes to mind.
- myself248 6y ago
  Yeah, you're gonna need to find it on the business's own website, "Joe's Produce delivers with YandApp" or whatever.
yread 6y ago
Oh I thought it's going to be about your birth plan
flarg 6y ago
Here is the Nokia maps solution right? Is popular with some people I know
- maxerickson 6y ago
  It was previously (before that it was Navteq, Nokia bought it in 2007 and made it Here). A consortium of german automakers bought it a few years ago.
taitems 6y ago
We self isolated really early due to a possible COVID scare, so for months now we’ve been using a local green grocer who has always done free delivery over $40. Early on it was phone orders only, payment details read out over the phone. After a while they moved to email. Now I’ve noticed a Shopify instance. It’s been fascinating watching the digital transformation step by step. Problem is its still a black box as to when it’s coming. I emailed Friday morning and they might do a delivery run around 12pm, only they didn’t. Nor Saturday. Usually the only warning I get is a push notification my card has been charged and some time in the next 15min-3 hours it might show up. This isn’t about Uber Eats or Deliveroo, this is about tiny operations in hyper local environments. COVID has brought a lot of companies kicking and screaming into the digital age, so I hope apps like these capitalise and stick around. Impeccable timing!
adamqureshi 6y ago
So we can use this to build a web app for the local farmers to set up a delivery service? I live in New York. USA.
- qtyc 6y ago
  Hi Questtag cofounder here. I would be more than happy to help you set something up.
qtyc 6y ago
We at https://www.questtag.com/ https://www.questtag.com/ offer a one stop solution for people to start their own delivery services. Particularly during this pandemic we are trying to help restaurants self-deliver. So if you know a restaurant owner that can utilize our software please mention about us.

47 points by eiskalt 6y ago

amelius 6y ago

The problem is discovery, since every consumer is already using apps like Uber eats.

jdsnape 6y ago
Depends where you live. Here in rural UK Uber etc. aren’t present so local shops and pubs are doing a good trade in takeaways and supplying meat/groceries so this would be useful for them
giarc 6y ago
It looks like this could be used by any industry, example a hardware store or toy store. While listening to a podcast, I heard about a toy store that was doing more business now than before COVID and self-isolation.
- jsjohnst 6y ago
  > I heard about a toy store that was doing more business now than before COVID One plausible explanation: parents desperately needing to keep kids entertained at home so they can work. Most likely it’s multiple causes, but that’s one of several that comes to mind.
myself248 6y ago
Yeah, you're gonna need to find it on the business's own website, "Joe's Produce delivers with YandApp" or whatever.

yread 6y ago

Oh I thought it's going to be about your birth plan

flarg 6y ago

Here is the Nokia maps solution right? Is popular with some people I know

maxerickson 6y ago
It was previously (before that it was Navteq, Nokia bought it in 2007 and made it Here). A consortium of german automakers bought it a few years ago.

taitems 6y ago

We self isolated really early due to a possible COVID scare, so for months now we’ve been using a local green grocer who has always done free delivery over $40. Early on it was phone orders only, payment details read out over the phone. After a while they moved to email. Now I’ve noticed a Shopify instance. It’s been fascinating watching the digital transformation step by step. Problem is its still a black box as to when it’s coming. I emailed Friday morning and they might do a delivery run around 12pm, only they didn’t. Nor Saturday. Usually the only warning I get is a push notification my card has been charged and some time in the next 15min-3 hours it might show up. This isn’t about Uber Eats or Deliveroo, this is about tiny operations in hyper local environments. COVID has brought a lot of companies kicking and screaming into the digital age, so I hope apps like these capitalise and stick around. Impeccable timing!

adamqureshi 6y ago

So we can use this to build a web app for the local farmers to set up a delivery service? I live in New York. USA.

qtyc 6y ago
Hi Questtag cofounder here. I would be more than happy to help you set something up.

qtyc 6y ago

We at https://www.questtag.com/ https://www.questtag.com/ offer a one stop solution for people to start their own delivery services. Particularly during this pandemic we are trying to help restaurants self-deliver. So if you know a restaurant owner that can utilize our software please mention about us.