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How is this different than Webvan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan

• dorkitude 14y ago
  One of them has a functioning mobile app that I used last night to order groceries; the other doesn't even have a website.
• eweise 14y ago
  I found the answer here http://blog.aisle-zero.com/2012/08/what-price-convenience.html http://blog.aisle-zero.com/2012/08/what-price-convenience.ht...
• webwright 14y ago
  Webvan maintained inventory/warehouses. The modern equivalent is Amazon Fresh ( http://fresh.amazon.com/ http://fresh.amazon.com/ ). Instacart is more like an Exec/Taskrabbit model. Their inventory/warehouse is your local grocery store. They pay drivers to go grab stuff there and bring it to you. So not terribly different in value prop, but pretty wildly different in terms of business model.