My business idea is to create a grocery store service that allows customers to place their grocery order online and either pick it up at the store, or have it delivered to their home. Revenue would come from the service itself, as well as partnerships with grocery stores.
Next Product
Because my idea is a service, it's difficult for me to think of a product on amazon that my customers would need or want. So, I am straying away from business idea and analyzing another product. My business idea currently is reaching out to those with busy schedules who feel too overwhelmed or busy to shop. I am looking for a product on amazon that reaches out to the same demographic, and also deals with food.
Making Life Easier
The next product I am looking for will improve customers lives by making getting food a quick and easy process. This product is to help those with busy schedules have more time for themselves or other important things.
The Product
The product that amazon offers is called the "dash button". Each dash button is for a certain product and is synced up with amazon. You simply push this button whenever you run out of a product and amazon will ship it to your house. This is useful for your favorite products that you find yourself constantly running out of and having to run to the store last minute.
The Reviews
This product didn't have reviews, but it did have a "question and answer" section where some people expressed their satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the product. Some people expressed concern for accidentally clicking the button multiple times. But this isn't a huge issue because the rest won't ship until the first one does, and you are able to go into your amazon account and cancel the order before it ships. Some people expressed their wants for more products. People really like convenience of this product. They said they find themselves forgetting these essentials when at the store and come home to find out they are out. So this button makes it simple to re-order your essentials and get it shipped to your home in 2 days.
Changes
I've never seen anything like this product, but I am very impressed. Using the same technology and idea, I think I could create a more customizable button. I would like a button with a LED touch screen that allows you to choose the product you wish to have delivered, so you don't need multiple buttons for different products. One button would have different product options. Also, with these buttons, you get a large amount of the product. The changes I would make would be to give customers more options when placing there order, such as how much of the product they would like.
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea for a faster way to grocery shop. It sounds like grocery shopping from the future sort of. I think your idea could save customers a lot of time and time is a valuable resource. I am also amazed by this amazon product, I think it’s to innovative.
Here’s the link to my blog post if you want to check it out.
http://blogpostsbyalo.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-amazon-whisperer.html
Hi there Rachel!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your Amazon Whisperer blog post. I think you have a great idea for your business and in my eyes I see it as having a lot of potential. The only other business I have ever heard of is some third party delivery service that would provide the same service. Although it is more costly and takes a lot more time, I think your business idea would be a lot more timely and monetarily economical. I think the product on Amazon that you found is cool, I have never heard anything like it, but clearly your business would provide a much more abundant service than a simple button for one product. Well done. Here is the link to my blog post in case you want to check it out: http://lbritthoff.blogspot.com/2016/03/amazon-whisperer.html