New delivery service Uber challenges FedEx and Postmates
In April, Uber tested the delivery service UberRUSH in New York. The company has now launched a pilot version of the service in San Francisco, New York and Chicago. According to Uber, delivery should be made in one day.
Uber travel service operates in hundreds of cities around the world. The company expects that the delivery service will receive the same popularity. So far, UberRUSH only works with local stores in three cities.
Unlike the Postmates delivery service , UberRUSH is not a marketplace, but an infrastructure network. UberRUSH is not intended for placing orders, as in Postmates. In UberRUSH order gets only through the store.
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To use UberRUSH, customers must go to the seller’s website and select the appropriate delivery method. After that, sellers are automatically notified of the new order and the chosen method of delivery via email, writes TechCrunch.
"Delivery" of passengers and delivery of things until it will be merged into one service. Travel and delivery cannot be made using the same vehicle.
Another competitor to UberRUSH is FedEx . The American company provides postal, courier and other logistics services around the world. Included in the Fortune 1000 list at the end of 2012 (70th place).
UberEATS food delivery service also operates in San Francisco and New York. According to Postmates, 75% of applications are for food delivery. But Uber plans to develop UberRUSH and UberEATS independently.
UberRUSH delivery costs from $ 5 to $ 7. Postmates delivery costs about $ 7 more.
Shopify and Clover became partners of UberRUSH.
According to the company, thousands of salespeople in New York work with the service. Uber believes that over time, the service will strengthen its position in the market of delivery services. The most fruitful cooperation of the service can be with small business representatives, believe in Business Insider. In this case, small retailers or chain stores within the city are meant.
For comparison, Postmates works with 2,500 stores in more than 40 US cities.
Uber travel service operates in hundreds of cities around the world. The company expects that the delivery service will receive the same popularity. So far, UberRUSH only works with local stores in three cities.
Unlike the Postmates delivery service , UberRUSH is not a marketplace, but an infrastructure network. UberRUSH is not intended for placing orders, as in Postmates. In UberRUSH order gets only through the store.
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To use UberRUSH, customers must go to the seller’s website and select the appropriate delivery method. After that, sellers are automatically notified of the new order and the chosen method of delivery via email, writes TechCrunch.
"Delivery" of passengers and delivery of things until it will be merged into one service. Travel and delivery cannot be made using the same vehicle.
Another competitor to UberRUSH is FedEx . The American company provides postal, courier and other logistics services around the world. Included in the Fortune 1000 list at the end of 2012 (70th place).
UberEATS food delivery service also operates in San Francisco and New York. According to Postmates, 75% of applications are for food delivery. But Uber plans to develop UberRUSH and UberEATS independently.
UberRUSH delivery costs from $ 5 to $ 7. Postmates delivery costs about $ 7 more.
Shopify and Clover became partners of UberRUSH.
According to the company, thousands of salespeople in New York work with the service. Uber believes that over time, the service will strengthen its position in the market of delivery services. The most fruitful cooperation of the service can be with small business representatives, believe in Business Insider. In this case, small retailers or chain stores within the city are meant.
For comparison, Postmates works with 2,500 stores in more than 40 US cities.
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