rationale: if multiple people in a neighbourhood place orders in a window of time, wouldn’t it make sense if they are able to coordinate their orders? wouldn’t it make easy for the cargo delivery guys to make few visits to a neighborhood and deliver the goods? most importantly doesn’t it make economic and environmental sense?

what the app does: let’s say a person “x” order in parkstreet. an ecoorder will come in effect in the parkstreet area for a limited period of time. this means that anyone who places orders in the parkstreet area in that limited time will be delivered on the same day along with the delivery for person “x”. since the orders in parkstreet are coordinated, the delivery guy makes just one trip and delivers all the goods for the consumers in parkstreet. in turn consumers who opt for ecoorder can either get credits or lower shipping fees.

consumers: they can add the items to the cart and check ecoorder. the order will be placed when the ecoorder for their neighbourhood is in effect. if there is no ecoorder (within a stipulated time), the order will be automatically placed. they can get alerts about ecoorder for their locality. for instance the alert says “ecoorder in effect for parkstreet. place order before 4 p.m.”

subscribe and save consumers: show them the window of ecoorder for their neighbourhood. if they select ecoorder, their subscribed items will arrive during that period.

this will be add-on functionality which is easy to implement. therefore consumers who are only interested can opt in. ecoorder is social ordering which presents a unique sustainable choice to consumers.

market: this would be attractive to environmentally conscious consumers in countries like usa. it presents a win win opportunity that was not possible before. particularly in markets like asia, pacific region amazons shipping costs range from $4.99 to $29.99. the average consumers in these parts of the world are cost conscious, therefore any opportunity to reduce the shipment costs would be a welcome feature.

impact:

• streamlined delivery for service providers and service personnel.
• lower number of delivery trips .helps save fuel,emissions and positive impact on traffic.lower delivery fees for consumer.
• win win win for business, consumers and environment.

the idea “ecoorder” truly is an untapped opportunity and uncharted territory in the world of business apps.

rationale:
many people buy furniture (sofas, tables, beds, etc) locally on sites like craiglist. they need trucks like “uhaul” to transport their purchased items to their home. typically, they need a truck for just a couple of hours to haul. but they need to rent a truck for the whole day which typically costs about $30. this adds additional cost to their purchase and is a well appreciated limiting factor by both buyers and sellers. more often than not this limitation negatively impacts such transactions.

idea:
the app enables people to connect and coordinate with other people who are interested in renting a uhaul. the app enables people to calculate the available space based on the stuff each one needs. based on the space needed for the ume haul consumers, the app will suggest a suitable truck. ume haul enables consumers to connect with uhaul me service provider to rent the truck. finally, the app calculates payment to be made by each person.

benefits:
ume haul availability encourages more sellers and buyers leading to more transactions resulting in more resuse of materials. this will have a great green impact. coordinated uhaul transport will also have a measurable positive economic and environmental impact.