‘PikMe’ facilitates shoppers to join queues virtually before going shopping
By Retail4Growth Team | Retail4Growth Team | October 05, 2020
The virtual queue and appointment management system introduced by the company; facilitates consumers in Pune to nominate shops of their choice, without any charges.
The Ohio-based start-up; ‘SOLYD’ that entered India last year as a hyperlocal grocery delivery; PikMe has jumped into the bandwagon of technological innovation as it introduces a virtual queue and appointment management system.
The particular innovation offers a free, virtual queue for its customers that allow them to join the queue before going to actual shopping, therefore easing shopping experience during the pandemic.
Prabhat Kumar Singh, CEO, PikMe, states “The virtual queue and appointment system are integrated with Apple and Google Exposure APIs. This is a derived service for exposure and crowd management to have absolute control over safe shopping experience. It also helps partner stores to save their employees from cross-infection."
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Through this initiative, the company facilitates users to nominate shops from where they would like to avail services, without any charges for booking or queue appointments. However, the partner stores pay 10 paisa per customer for an appointment in India.
Commenting on its reach, Prabhat added, “The company has its wide operations in USA, but it is only active at Pune, in India. Nonetheless, the pace will accelerate with time. People are nominating Big Bazaar and Shoppers Stop for Queue and Appointments.”
