Titipku, Deliveree, and Ubadik Present Innovations to Make Online Shopping Easier

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is quite large for entrepreneurs from the bottom up, in various industries. Many SMEs that are trying to grow are distraught. Some startups seem inspired to help them, as they try to stay relevant in the current situation. We tried to list some of these startups.

The first one is leave me. This startup from Yogyakarta has focused on empowering SMEs from the start. Their service tries to optimize technology to connect small traders, stalls, and the like with shoppers through an app.

Recently, Titipku introduced a location-based service feature. This service is claimed to be developed to make it easier for users to find merchants around them so that shopping is easier.

"The location of the store which is far from home is actually one of the problems when shopping online. The long distance will affect the shipping cost of the ordered goods. Even the shipping cost can be more expensive than the item you want to buy. That is of course very unfortunate. We hope that the latest Titipku feature can minimize such problems," said Titipku's Co-Founder CEO Henri Suhardja.

Titipku itself currently claims to have succeeded in embracing 150 thousand users and 100 thousand registered businesses on its application.

Next there is Deliveree. In the midst of a pandemic, this startup known for offering goods delivery services launched a basic food shopping platform online which can be directly accessed in their application. From the official statement, the goods will be shipped en masse using the fleet city ​​car. This new feature is also equipped with live chat or call to get directly connected to the store.

"We hope this will make life a little easier for those who are worried about being exposed and exposed to the virus. With this service, our hope is not only to help reduce the spread of the virus, but also our latest technology is expected to help more than 5000 driver-partners to return. working during these difficult times," said Deliveree Indonesia Country Director Tom Kim.

Similar steps were taken by Sub-advertising. This startup, which is known as a mobile advertising service using cars or motorbikes, has started exploring a new business called UbiFresh. Offer shopping Grocery in a manner online through their application.

UbIklan claims that their new business unit was formed due to discussions with businesses them and also seeing the current pandemic conditions that force people to stay at home more. UbiFresh is packaged in such a way as to help users still be able to get their groceries as well as market merchandise from traders in traditional markets.

"We see a lot of people that we can help with UbiFresh. We can serve households in meeting their grocery shopping needs and at the same time we also help traditional markets which happen to be some of our business partners [...] What is certain is the product The market products offered at UbiFresh are always maintained in terms of quality, freshness and completeness at the same cost-effective price," said CEO of Ub Advertisement Glorio Yulianto.

Efforts to stay relevant

In a situation like today shopping online is an option. There are great risks to avoid, and there are conveniences to try to take advantage of. The three startups above may be among those trying to be relevant. Or at least trying to resist giving up while constantly looking for ways to keep growing.

Titipku is currently still planning to fundraising. Their focus is now on increasing the number of transactions. As a startup that has developed a mission to help SMEs from the start, this feature is a follow-up to their previous efforts.

Meanwhile, for Deliveree and Ubklik, the birth of a new business line is a strategic step for them to remain relevant. To the circumstances, also to the business conditions. It is not impossible that in the future their new line of business will become permanent and become an important part of a sustainable business journey. Because right now the demand is high, and shopping online grocery could be one new normal.