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Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

Carpetsmoker wrote: post #14

So it's just an Android app and not a website? One of my great frustrations with current platforms is that they're just apps. The UX is terrible: I'm stuck on a tiny screen, I can't search (control+f) and have to scroll through endless lists, I can't copy text (e.g. Google translate), etc. Even though delivery is ridiculously cheap where I currently live (Indonesia), I find I use it a lot less than back home in Europ…

We will be adding a PWA and IOS app. Its not so much difficult to build it ...

We just need some funds and Investment ! and copy the screens already in the android app.

In lot of developing countries android is dominant platform so we though we would start with android.

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

_8j50 wrote: post #11

Love the idea,but how do you handle support,customer-shopper arbitration(either side claiming the delivery did or did not happen for example),really bad customers/shoppers (basically quality) without central management? Another solution would be to have a separate pickup location where shoppers drop it off at that location and customers would pick it up at a different date. This helps people that want the convenience…

We are considering forming cooperative's of local vendors who will do all the management.

There will be multiple local market instance each managed by a separate cooperative.

There is no central management ... its a distributed platform !

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #16

Hello, looks like a cool project. I had a quick read and here is what I picked out: * I can stand up my own server ( Java REST API + PostgreSQL) * I then need to update each app to my server URL * Application source is released under MIT https://github.com/NearbyShops/Nearby-Shops-End-User-Android... * I require a license to modify them https://nearbyshops.co/pricing.html * I don't think that's compatible with MIT li…

Yes its pretty much like that only ... there are multiple local market each self-hosted has their own server ...

And they connect with Central API for user login purposes !

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

mantlepro wrote: post #6

Would there be a desktop or browser version of the software in the works? It'd be nice to see first-class support for free/libre operating systems so admins, shop owners, and customers alike wouldn't be forced to use walled-garden smart phone ecosystems.

That a good point ... we will surely be providing a web app in future ...

We just are waiting for raising some funds !

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

keerthiko wrote: post #5

This is really great, and I hope it gains traction -- it's nice to see things that can supplant the funded-walled-garden-startup incumbents for these such cases with services that embody the original vision of the WWW

yes that was the original intent ... we want the platform to be open and welcoming to everyone !

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by _8j50 »

sumeetk wrote: post #32
_8j50 wrote: post #11

Love the idea,but how do you handle support,customer-shopper arbitration(either side claiming the delivery did or did not happen for example),really bad customers/shoppers (basically quality) without central management? Another solution would be to have a separate pickup location where shoppers drop it off at that location and customers would pick it up at a different date. This helps people that want the convenience…

We are considering forming cooperative's of local vendors who will do all the management. There will be multiple local market instance each managed by a separate cooperative. There is no central management ... its a distributed platform !

What is the best way to contact your team? I know local people that were doing "instacart" before it was a thing at a small local scale who might be interested.

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

#37

Post by santa_boy »

sumeetk wrote: post #29

Hello Friends, If you like this Project Please share this project on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit ! Please Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Lets discuss and work together ! Links are given on website ! We are Looking for Volunteers who can help this project ... Please Join Us and Help this project ! Best Regards ! Sumeet Moray Founder - Nearby Shops Project

Will do ... Great work Sumeet!

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

#38

Post by bruceb »

Looks like your team put in a lot of effort so I applaud that. So to be a tad negative now.. I don't know who this is aimed at or what the specific value is. The first thing that shown is it is decentralized, which is nice, but that isn't the core value.

The core value is this will help a shop owner and shoppers. What it actually does and why its worth investing time to set up should be the FIRST thing you see. Even reading more I don't exactly know how it works.

Re: Show HN: Nonprofit Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform

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Post by sumeetk »

_8j50 wrote: post #36
sumeetk wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are considering forming cooperative's of local vendors who will do all the management. There will be multiple local market instance each managed by a separate cooperative. There is no central management ... its a distributed platform !

What is the best way to contact your team? I know local people that were doing "instacart" before it was a thing at a small local scale who might be interested.

Sure ! ... we will be glad to hear from you ... You can contact us at our forum https://forum.nearbyshops.org/

Create a new thread we will reply to you !

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