Curbside Pickup Apps - Mike Grossman Consulting Newsletter

Curbside Pickup Apps - Mike Grossman Consulting Newsletter - January 2021

Published: Thu, 01/28/21

Hello, and welcome back to the newsletter.

This month I'll dive into apps for Curbside Pickup, which is more important now than ever during the pandemic.

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About curbside pickup: A recent survey by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. found that about three out of four people have tried a new shopping method due to the coronavirus. More than half of all consumers intend to continue using curbside pickup and grocery-delivery services after the pandemic is over.

Nearly 70% of consumers surveyed intend to continue buying online for store pickup. The pandemic collapsed into three months a process of adopting e-commerce that otherwise would have taken 10 years in the U.S., the firm concluded.” (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 15, 2020)

Curbspot

Curbside pickup for merchants

Their curbside fulfillment management software allows you:

to see all your customer orders
inform them through email that their orders are ready
alerts you when your customers are outside.

Check out the Curbpost explainer video.

Starts at $9.99/month

Visit Curbspot

Zapiet

Curbside pickup using Shopify

Let your customers come to you and save money on picking, packing, and shipping their items by offering store pickup. Zapiet is Shopify’s most popular store pickup and local delivery solution.

Top Features:

Schedule store pickups, local deliveries, and date-based shipping orders in-store from the Shopify POS

Control each store’s pickup times and availability

Date and time picker gives your customers convenience.

Set your entire store to pick up only mode, ideal if you don’t want to offer delivery

14-day free trial. From $29/month

Visit Zapiet

Curbside Pickup By Gold Plugins
Curbside pickup plugin for WordPress

It works directly with WooCommerce and with any theme that supports WooCommerce. It also works as a stand-alone app.

Curbside Pickup is a complete system to manage your curbside pickup experience. It features custom pickup links for your customers and a Dashboard for your staff, so you’ll be alerted right away when a customer arrives for pickup.

Your customers can even provide special instructions, a parking space number, and/or a description of their vehicle to make it easier for your staff to find the customer and deliver their order.

Pro version $99/year. Hire Mike Grossman Consulting to help you get set up!

Visit Curbside Pickup

SwipeBy

Curbside takeout orders for restaurants

Don't want to use an eCommerce or BOPIS (buy online, pick up in-store) solution? SwipeBy allows you to run your business like you always have. It gives you a simple way to offer curbside pickup, connecting the customer and restaurant associates.

4.5% + 45¢ per successful transaction. No other fees.

Glympse

Location Sharing for curbside pickup.

Customers can safely and securely inform brands of their precise ETAs, so those companies can ensure their order is ready at the right time. Customers spend less time waiting and realize the true convenience of curbside commerce.

Top Features:

Internet mapping
Map sharing
Census data integration
Geocoding

Pros: In the wake of COVID they’re offering free location sharing for delivery and pickup.

The cross-platform SDKs and APIs are simple to integrate, so you can get up and running in no time.

Visit Glympse

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