Amazon Changing The Perception Of Delivering Products

The company has decided to launch a new method of delivering products to customers.

Amazon Inc. is the reigning monarch of American online shopping. The online retailer is the market leader in the United States, which is said to be providing the best offerings and services to its customer base.

From Amazon Prime to Amazon Web Services, the company has done it all to establish its name outside the e-commerce market as well. Sticking to its e-commerce business only, the online retailer focuses to make it easy for customers to shop online. From drone deliveries to delivering it to your trunk, it wants to speed up the process.

On previous occasions, the online company has launched various new ways of delivering products to its customers in the shortest possible time. With drones, it launched a special one-hour and two-hour delivery program that ensured to ship the order as soon as the order is placed.

Now the online retailer is planning to recruit people from the street to deliver the packages in his neighborhood. According to The Guardian, Amazon is looking to develop a mobile app named as ‘On My Way’, which will be paying those members from public who will participate in delivering the goods to the desired customer.

The news came out from the Wall Street Journal, where it mentioned that this move could be termed as ‘low tech meets high tech’. This is quite a smart strategy from Amazon that will cut down its costs, which is also expected to be one of the most expensive parts of the company’s business model, i.e. doorstep delivery.

The Guardian reports, “Amazon has considered GPS tracking-enabled drone delivery (codenamed Bring It to Me) and sealed an exclusive deal with the Post Office to deliver boxes on Sunday.” This neighborhood delivery program will also be named as ‘On My Way’; however, there are many logistics issues that need to be addressed and solved before it is launched. These logistical issues include theft protection, theft prevention, cost, and protection against liability.

The Wall Street Journal reported, “Amazon isn’t the only tech company trying to find inefficiencies in the delivery market: Uber’s same-day delivery program just reached its first birthday, but it, too, has had trouble. Starbucks and Apple no longer have contracts with the ride-sharing service, and talks with food-delivery services that might have used Uber have stalled.”

Amazon will be focusing on to not only minimize its cost with this program but also speed up the delivery process as well. The online retailer is the only company that is going all out when it comes to compete with domestic and international e-commerce businesses.