UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service • Hacker News Board

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by tombone12 » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

"Tip: While couriers will come in store to pick up the delivery, the most successful users of UberRUSH conduct curbside handoffs. By eliminating the time required for your courier to park and find the handoff spot, you can have your deliveries arrive to your users as fast as possible!"

As this is a service intended for people with no existing logistics infrastructure, this seems to be firmly in line with the uber policy of reminding everyone why rules are created in the first place...

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by chrismessina » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:40 PM UTC

Cyph0n wrote: post #41

Wow, this looks awesome. The ad for UberRUSH is one of the best I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRu6M9sCfmo . I've actually been thinking of starting a similar venture in Tunisia. Over here, there is simply no straightforward way to deliver packages within a city. Obviously I don't have the platform Uber has, so I'm thinking of building both at the same time, but with a focus on package delivery for i…

While I can't comment on the kind of insurance your business might need, in the case of UberRUSH, if a package gets crushed in transit, UberRUSH has insurance up to $250. If the package gets crushed due to our service, we will take care of it.

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by chrismessina » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:44 PM UTC

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #22

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #8

Can somebody give an example of a service that needs this, where Fedex wouldn't do?

Sure. I've been involved with a bunch of vendors who exhibit at conferences. Often there is an "oh shit" moment when you unbox the crates and find that the monitor you have is busted. You're missing an audio cable. You really need a 4' 2x4 to fix a collapsed table. Doesn't really matter, but you could see a need for an "equipment and stuff" on demand in an hour type of service catering to these events. Similarly, eve…

These are great examples!

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by chrismessina » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:48 PM UTC

asimuvPR wrote: post #44

chrismessina wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please see my comment on what's currently allowed, and where our service is available: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11871600 UberRUSH is focused on courier-style deliveries within a single urban environment; you can not use UberRUSH for long distance deliveries.

Thank you for providing the list. Its more open that I would have imagined. Do the current Uber imposed car requirements still apply? (I mean the year / type of car allowed).

It varies; if you drive with Uber, then you can choose to also deliver goods and products. Some driver-partners choose to only do deliveries for UberRUSH; some do both.

Here are the requirements to deliver for UberRUSH:

- Be at least 19 years old (21 years old in Canada)

- Be able to lift 50 lbs

- Have a driver’s license, insurance, and vehicle registration

- Have at least 1 year of driving experience

If you want to be a bike courier:

- Be at least 19 years old

- Be able to lift 30 lbs

Source: https://get.uber.com/p/delivery-partner/

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by chrismessina » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:51 PM UTC

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #8

Can somebody give an example of a service that needs this, where Fedex wouldn't do?

The local delivery case is really where UberRUSH provides the most value. We also take pride in our developer tools and experience and invite you to check out our docs:

https://developer.uber.com/docs/rush

I'm curious how you might compare them to FedEx's docs?

http://www.fedex.com/us/developer/web-services/index.html

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by asimuvPR » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:56 PM UTC

chrismessina wrote: post #54

asimuvPR wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for providing the list. Its more open that I would have imagined. Do the current Uber imposed car requirements still apply? (I mean the year / type of car allowed).

It varies; if you drive with Uber, then you can choose to also deliver goods and products. Some driver-partners choose to only do deliveries for UberRUSH; some do both. Here are the requirements to deliver for UberRUSH: - Be at least 19 years old (21 years old in Canada) - Be able to lift 50 lbs - Have a driver’s license, insurance, and vehicle registration - Have at least 1 year of driving experience If you want to…

Thank you. :)

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by hayksaakian » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:58 PM UTC

if you don't want to develop a program, there's a frontend for business owners

https://rush.uber.com/how-it-works

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by ecomm94098 » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 8:59 PM UTC

sawyer wrote: post #48

47 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does your API is making such a big assumption that there is only one parcel/package per shipment[0]. I have looked at your competitors as well. Except for one all of them make this assumption. I guess customers with multi package shipments are not your target clients. [0] https://goshippo.com/docs/#shipments

We call them Orders, and support them for all carriers including Uber. https://www.easypost.com/docs/api#orders

That's awesome.

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by 47 » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 9:01 PM UTC

sawyer wrote: post #48

47 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does your API is making such a big assumption that there is only one parcel/package per shipment[0]. I have looked at your competitors as well. Except for one all of them make this assumption. I guess customers with multi package shipments are not your target clients. [0] https://goshippo.com/docs/#shipments

We call them Orders, and support them for all carriers including Uber. https://www.easypost.com/docs/api#orders

I might be wrong but it seems like the api is creating one shipment for each package with in an order. I assume that mean you will get a tracking number for each package (Unless tracking number is associated with order, not the shipment in the api). The Scenario I have seen this is not something desirable. UPS[0] and Fedex[1] I believe let you ship up to 20 boxes in one shipment.

[0]https://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/sri/glo_mlt_pc.h... [1]http://images.fedex.com/ca_english/businesstools/shipsoftwar...

Re: UberRUSH API – Add on-demand delivery to your app or service

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Post by sawyer » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 9:27 PM UTC

47 wrote: post #59

sawyer wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We call them Orders, and support them for all carriers including Uber. https://www.easypost.com/docs/api#orders

I might be wrong but it seems like the api is creating one shipment for each package with in an order. I assume that mean you will get a tracking number for each package (Unless tracking number is associated with order, not the shipment in the api). The Scenario I have seen this is not something desirable. UPS[0] and Fedex[1] I believe let you ship up to 20 boxes in one shipment. [0] https://www.ups.com/content/us/en…

Yes, most carriers will assign a unique tracking code (and shipping label) to each shipment in the order, and also a "master" tracking code for the entire order. Depending on who the recipient is they may want to watch the entire order from the single master tracking code, or keep an eye on each individual shipment.

It's not common, but sometimes individual shipments / parcels get separated from their orders in transit, so it can be helpful to have the individual tracking codes.