Shopopop, the shopping delivery application between private individuals in the Hérault

The shopping delivery platform, Shopopop, permits individuals to have their shopping delivered to their properties by different individuals. It was created in Nantes and works effectively in the Hérault the place it arrived in 2019. In the division, there have been 50,000 deliveries, 700 individuals who use it each day and 41 associate shops.

Interview with Adeline Viaud, communication officer for Shopopop.

Shopopop is due to this fact an application that enables individuals to have groceries delivered to their properties by different individuals?

Exactly. It’s a collaborative dwelling delivery service. So it’s kind of like the idea that we all know effectively about carpooling utilized to delivery.

How does this application work for individuals who need to have their groceries delivered to their properties?

You store at your favourite retailer as standard. And when validating your order, you possibly can both select to choose it up at the drive or in retailer. There you select dwelling delivery with Shopopop. Then we, it’ll set off an alert on the application which is meant for private delivery individuals who then can place themselves on the delivery if they want.

Does that imply that it’s important to undergo the retailer’s on-line ordering platform and never by means of the application?

The application is absolutely devoted to private delivery folks. So, successfully, for purchasers they proceed to undergo the retailer with which they’re used to working.

For individuals who ship groceries, it is not a job both. The concept is extra to assist people who find themselves on their each day journeys towards a small monetary contribution?

It’s not a job in any respect, however it’s a bit additional earnings. It permits them to make some cash on their gasoline paymentsmake worthwhile the journeys they make every day whereas offering mutual assist and hyperlinks in the territories.

Adeline Viaud, in Hérault, there have been 50,000 deliveries since 2019 and 700 individuals who use it each day. What kind of clientele does Shopopop attain?

There are going to be varied folks. For instance, the aged who dwell in the countryside, who can not transfer or fairly merely who not have a automobile. We even have the case of enormous households who’re with no automobile and who need to have their groceries delivered, but additionally individuals who have, for instance, power again ache.

Does the improve in gasoline costs additionally have an effect on the use of this application?

Yes, utterly. We see that private delivery individuals are all the extra desirous to make their journeys worthwhile. Let’s say that we expect extra after we take our automobile as a result of inevitably, it’s dearer. And so, I believe like that. Can be a approach, exactly, to make worthwhile the journeys that we make every day.