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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q And, and just so I'm clear, the folks paying for this, it's the, it's me, right? It's me who's ordering Amazon packages or is it Amazon?
A Uh, it depends. Uh, we have retail partnerships in which the retailers are paying for it and you actually get to select your, your delivery time, right? When you're checking out and doorman sort of part of your checkout process with our retail partners. And then. Uh, but we also have the, the direct, uh, you know, download the app from the app store, uh, uh, consumer version where once you sign up for a service, we give you a new shipping address, and then you can plug that shipping address into any store you shop at, and, uh, everything will go, everything will go to our warehouse. Once it arrives, we notify you, and then you can schedule a delivery, you know, uh, same day or, you know, weeks out, um, till midnight.
AI assessment note: “it depends. Uh, we have retail partnerships in which the retailers are paying for it”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q And Xander, why hasn't anybody figured this out? It seems like such an obvious need, such a big pain point we all, we all deal with. Why hasn't anyone figured it out?
A Uh, the, the transition from a world in which people shop in stores to a world in which people shop online is slow and painful, and it's been going on for a long time, but for the longest time, traditional carriers didn't really interact with consumers that much. Uh, there, you know, they interacted with the retailer, and they brought all the stuff to the store, and then the consumer interacted with the retailer, and the retailer stayed open late, so people shop after work. And now, we've sort of been thrust into this world where the, the logistics infrastructure of the company is now directly interacting with the consumer, and, and they're just not ready for it. And so, the, having a, a, we're, we're trying to act as a really consumer-oriented layer in between The logistics industry and the consumer where the brick and mortar store used to be.
AI assessment note: “logistics infrastructure of the company is now directly interacting with the consumer, and they're just not ready”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q million? I have no freaking idea. So a 100,000, a 100,000 packages delivered. That's helpful. Okay. And are you guys doing, I mean, I'm just thinking my own. I'm thinking, okay, what I use doorman. So I order things like rice in bulk because it's easier than going to whole foods. I mean, do you guys have size limitations or how do you figure out what to ship or not?
A Sure. Uh, we will deliver pretty much anything. However, if something's really big, it will cost more. Um, we have pretty loose ranges. Uh, so if something's under It's just in our normal pricing. And you know, there's that, that includes a gigantic box of cat litter that includes a case of wine. Um, so there's a lot of stuff that fits in the sort of under 45 pound and what we consider just a normal package. Uh, and then once you go over that, you know, if someone is, is doing furniture or, uh, or, you know, someone, someone sent us a heavy bag, uh, that weighed, you know, several hundred pounds. Um, you know, we're, we, we then have to sort of figure out possibly a, a, a solution where we need two folks in a car to, in order to deliver it. And then, you know, that, that costs us more. So we, we do charge more for really big stuff.
AI assessment note: “we will deliver pretty much anything. However, if something's really big, it will cost more.”
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D 3 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.30
Q in the show notes at nathanlatka.com forward slash the top two seven one again, forward slash the top two seven one Xander since, uh, we don't want to get a sense of you're still early and you're kind of against getting too deep into details of, of kind of past numbers. What would you consider and the team consider a big win for 2016 in terms of a revenue target?
A Uh, well, the big wins for us are, our, our focus is on being able to close, uh, retailers that are looking for 21st century solutions, and the, and re, and even though we're only in three markets, what would be really exciting for us is hooking up with a really large retailer that's interested in sort of piloting something, uh, that gives their customers more control than they've ever had before. And, and really helps the brand. So, uh, the, a, a sort of standard, the next round that we're trying to raise is, uh, Series A, uh, and a, a pretty standard amount of revenue that, uh, a Series A investor is looking for, um, is, you know, in the one to five million, uh, revenue range per year.
AI assessment note: “pretty standard amount of revenue that, uh, a Series A investor is looking for”
