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The E-Grocery market is one of the trending business ideas in recent times as about 60% of our daily spends is in the form of groceries. You can estimate the growth opportunities that groceries provide to budding entrepreneurs along with the major tech companies developing systems to enter into the e-grocery market.
Amazon has recently launched an Amazon pantry, Facebook is partnering with Reliance Retail to offer grocery delivery service through WhatsApp and Instacart has already covered a major portion with the US grocery market share of more than 50%.
Being a developer myself I have received a lot of queries regarding the cost to develop an online grocery app in the past few months the major reason behind people have begun using more grocery delivery apps since the beginnings of Covid-19 lockdown.
As there is no end visible to the Covid-19 pandemic the need for online grocery delivery apps is definitely going to grow at a stellar pace. It is important to take one of the popular e-grocery apps as a reference for our app development as it will help a developer understand your requirements quickly and precisely.
In this case, we are going to take the market leader in grocery delivery app i.e. Instacart as our reference.
Popular Features of Online Grocery Delivery App Instacart
1. User App
· User Profile and registration tab for application access
· Customer feedback and review section for user experience sharing
· Search Option to find the desired product
· Delivery Tracking to stay updated about the delivery time
· Order Management for items addition and removal into the cart
· Payment option to conveniently pay online
· Delivery schedule to avoid office hours delivery at home
· Store selection for order delivery if available
2. Admin Web
· Dashboard showcasing a total summary
· Order allocation to the store and delivery agent based on the nearest location to the delivery
· Payment management for vendors and delivery agents
· Manage customer support for users, grocery vendors, and delivery staff.
3. Store Management Panels
· Order Update Management
· Inventory Management
· Option to accept or reject the Order
· Payment tab for payment analysis
4. Delivery Agent App
· Profile Update and registration
· Map API integration for navigating to the delivery location
· List Orders or order to be delivered
· Delivery Status Update
· In-app calling or chat features to contact the user for any query related to the delivery
The above are the most popular feature of a grocery delivery app like Instacart. There are lots of other advanced features that can be implemented in an app based on your user requirements and budget.
So it is important to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each feature and align it with our goal to achieve success.
