Show HN: InStock – like Waze, but for grocery availability

Post by thimkerbell » Sun, Apr 05, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

btrettel wrote: post #12

butz wrote: post #2

Nice additional feature could be to display times, when there's probability to meet least number of shoppers.

Google has estimates of this which you can see in Google Maps.

Post by cakkineni » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 5:32 AM UTC

thimkerbell wrote: post #81

cakkineni wrote: post #63

shameless plug...we made something very similar... covidneeds.com ... just a bunch of volunteers ..we've put this up over a weekend trying to help... very basic.. sorry, if I shouldn't be posting about it here...

Maybe it could also let you specify "old person hours" at your nearby stores? And does it let you specify a thing you're looking for? (like 151 proof alcohol) I think the best way to get this off the ground is to pick 1 community and really push it there, to try out how useful it can be. Then use that one as an example.

Post by kmdupree » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:46 PM UTC

matthuggins wrote: post #25

OOvsuOO wrote: post #8

How the heck are you able to get this data? I called the local store (Fred Myer) and they say they don't know they wait until the truck arrives and then they see what they get.

Here's an idea for OP: - track what users are searching for in an area (e.g. toilet paper) - use GPS to determine who is at a store nearby that hasn't had that item updated recently - prompt the user via notification with something like "Does [grocery store you're in] have toilet paper in stock?" Admittedly it's not motivating anyone to answer, but it might help to keep data fresh.