It currently operates in Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru
Thiruvananthapuram, NFAPost: Kerala’s first hyper-local delivery startup Errando has launched WhatsApp API-powered delivery service. Customers can now use their WhatsApp to place orders for food, stationary, medicine, grocery, pick and drop or any errand services. A customer can start availing this service by sending a ‘Hello’ message to 7994834834.
Respective automated reply messages will prompt and guide the customer in placing the order with a couple of messages.
Delivery/pick-up addresses can be shared easily by either typing the location name or using WhatsApp location search functionality. Customers can make payment using auto-generated payment links and also receive updates of the order in the same chat window.
Shameer Pathayakandi, Co-founder of Errando said that WhatsApp powered services will help customers to avoid multiple app downloads that consume storage space and hamper smartphone performance. Apart from English, services will soon be available in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.
Services
Errando, which started its services in 2016, currently operates in Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru and completes 1.5 lakh orders a month.
It provides a wide range of hyper-local services encompassing home delivery of commodities from shops or offices, forgotten items from home, purchase of medicines and bill payments to name a few.
Errando has previously raised Rs1.5 crore in angel funding and is now expanding services to six more cities in South India including Hyderabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mysore, Mangalore and Thrissur.
Errando (https://errando.co.in/) also provides full stack order fulfilment services to B2B customers which includes fulfilment, delivery, returns and CoD.
