Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery • Hacker News Board

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by mthmohan » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:33 PM UTC

Love the idea.. Possibilities around POS data and Nielsen like services are obvious extensions.. Good luck!!

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by fuzzythinker » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:41 PM UTC

tg3 wrote: post #5

antidaily wrote: post #2

Peapod but faster?

Kozmo.com, but with a saner business model.

wiki search for kozmo shows 2 more similar services: MaxDelivery, Urban Express, both in NYC though.

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by apoorvamehta » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:42 PM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #8

This gets even better and it will save tons of money when I can create a bag, save it, then simply press one button to re-order.

Coming up in the next iteration (i.e. in a day or two) :)

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by Wilya » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:43 PM UTC

AznHisoka wrote: post #9

antidaily wrote: post #2

Peapod but faster?

No, Amazon, but within 1 hour. No need to overcomplicate things.

Well, except they sell only groceries, which isn't at all Amazon's core business (and isn't what Amazon does, in 99.9% of the world).

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by imjk » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:45 PM UTC

Wasn't there a documentary about this somewhere back in the day that came to define the dot-com bubble?

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by reddickulous » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

How can they make money delivering for $9.99? I guess the item prices are jacked up a little.

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by nukethefridge » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:54 PM UTC

This looks great. Today I'm sick WFH and could really use some meds delivered. I signed up for an invite... what is the process/wait time like? I may have to try something else if I'll need to wait too long.

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by jolan » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:56 PM UTC

imjk wrote: post #15

Wasn't there a documentary about this somewhere back in the day that came to define the dot-com bubble?

Yep, E-Dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oClrbijIxA&feature=resul...

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by apoorvamehta » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 8:58 PM UTC

imjk wrote: post #15

Wasn't there a documentary about this somewhere back in the day that came to define the dot-com bubble?

The documentary was talking about Kozmo.com, which had several issues in their business model including no minimum order size or delivery fees.

Re: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery

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Post by Philadelphia » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 9:07 PM UTC

Doesn't Amazon plan to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery?