How to Develop a Grocery Delivery App like Big Basket?

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2. 01 Preface Greetings from Kody Technolab! We have made this book after leaving no stone unturned. The e-book has written focusing on the online grocery delivery business for ambitious entrepreneurs who have a mindset like Apoorva Mehta (Instacart founder) and Thomas & Andrew Parkinson (Peapod founder). We are ensuring that you will have inside out details regarding the “Grocery Delivery App Development” in this e-book. To be a gig who knows how to Table Of Content 1. Introduction 2. Chain of Features - basic & advanced 3. Effective Revenue Model 4. Tour of Development process 5. Ideal development service 6. Cutting-edge Technology stack 7. Track Time & Cost 8. Final words Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

3. 02 Introduction Groceries are an integral part of the kitchen that includes from oils to spices, meat to seafood, bakery to dairy products, Cearels to vegetables, Eggs to snacks, healthy soups to cold drinks, and many more items with that your kitchen too might have filled today. Storing such things in the kitchen is essential to cook instantly anything, anytime at home whenever hunger attacks you. In the meantime, it can give a hard time to stock each thing, and buy all it from the supermarket is so tiresome activity as well as a lot of time- consuming. To save today’s millennials from such a dilemma, technological gigs have introduced a way easier and convenient online services with developing a grocery delivery application. A grocery delivery app has made the shopping of all essential groceries effortless and it delivers all ordered items at the customers’ doorsteps with hassle-free online payment methods. A single Grocery delivery app can collaborate with multiple grocery stores’ vendors to list them on the app and lets users order from their nearer grocery stores. When it comes to developing such an app, it requires you to think over 3 types of panels: 1-Users’ panel where users can browse and order their required grocery. 2-Vendors’ Panel where grocery merchants can register their stores on the app and serve the users’ orders. 3-Admin Panel lets you analyze the revenue ratio generated through the app and enables you to manage users & vendors of the application. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

4. 03 Chain Of Features Three sites require three types of features to perform respective functions for their respective users and further make the app interaction smooth and soothe the needs. So, let’s have a glimpse of such features that you can incorporate to make your Grocery Delivery App efficient for everyone. Customer Panel: Registration/ Login Location selection Select the store List of items Advanced search bar Track Order status Offer alert Schedule Delivery Previous Order history Multiple payment options Write comments or feedback Search Your Product BREAD Shop By Catagory EGG POOJA NEEDS Search Your Product MILK SNACKS Fresh Daily Essentials At Your Use code : DD247 WATER BOTTLE Doorstep FRUITS NEWSPAPER Everyday Milk HYGIENE MRP : $27 500 ml Subscripton Of The Day Amul Buffalo Buy Once Amul MRP : $25 Subscribe 500 ml Amul Shakti Buy Once Amul Amul Gold MRP : $27 Subscribe Amul 500 ml MRP : $27 Subscribe 500 ml Amul Gold Buy Once Amul Shakti Chat Buy Once Amul Amul MRP : $25 Subscribe Wallet Subscribe 500 ml Amul Buffalo Amul Buy Once Daily Delivery Between 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM MRP : $27 Subscription Subscribe 500 ml Shop By Catagory Buy Once Home MILK EGG BREAD Home Subscription Wallet Chat Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

5. 04 Merchant Panel: Registration/ Login Order Management Pending order status Add a new product Delivered order list Customer support Sales Analytics Admin Panel: Login Dashboard Payment Management Vendor accounts Management Manage Notification Real-time overall Analytics Add or Remove vendor Monitor feedback Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

6. 05 Tour of Development Process So, now it's time to take a tour of the development process of the Grocery Delivery application. It is necessary to understand why your application should differ from others and what things you need to keep in mind. Lean Canvas: If you are creating a business from scratch, then it is necessary to have a complete understanding of the app and its unique features. Here lean canvas can help you to generate a portable business model and provide a clear picture of the business. You can get the lean-canvas model online and brainstorm with your team. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

7. 06 Create User Stories: A well-written user story can provide an understanding of informal, natural language description of one or more features from the end-user perspective. A user story describes the type of user, what they want and why they want. It works as a guide for designers, developers, QA, and other development team members to work on shared understanding from the user perspective. Create SOW: The next in the development process of an app is to create the Scope Of Work document. For creating SOW, you need to check your competitors' or similar apps and list down the features you wish in your app. You can also brainstorm with the team for new and advanced features. Write down the features and their functionality what action it will take in the application in a few words. Decide Technology Stack: This is the most crucial part of app development, and if you are not tech- savvy, it is suggested to consult the expert who has experience in developing similar apps for guidance. Wrong technology can cause many issues like slow speed, reloading, no result found while searching, and sluggish app. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

8. 07 Development Method: Developing a great application requires huge efforts, and you must select the right approach to develop your app. Success of your project depends majorly upon a perfectly running app, and that's why you should choose it wisely. 1.Develop an app with Inhouse team It is the best way to develop your application as you can have control over everything aa well as you can have a birds' eye view on each development process. You can make your team by hiring the right people based on your needs and start developing the project. You should know how to manage the project and how many resources will be required to execute the project in a well-manner. Moreover, it requires a huge investment as each task requires a different skillset, and you need to hire them inhouse. Usually, the entire development project requires 2 to 5 months to complete, and after successfully developed, it will reduce the requirement of resources. You can not spend your full time in development as you have to take care of a lot of things like sales, marketing, operation, meetings, etc. Pros: - Everything under control Cons: - Too much expensive - Required some project management knowledge - Different tasks require different skill sets. - Full-Time attention will required Suggested when: - You have project management expert in your team - You have strong financial backup Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

9. 08 2. Develop an app by hiring a team of freelancers This is cheaper among all, and instead of hiring an in-house team, you can hire freelancers for a specific period. Hiring freelancers will provide great freedom compared to the in-house team, and you can release the app as soon as work is completed. But it can increase uncertainty in the project as you can not know everything about the development process and which skills are essential for the project. Hiring without knowing the accuracy and skill, is not the solution that you can afford at the moment. Sometimes freelancers are careless, and as they work individually, they don't have someone when they stuck with any problem. Also, you have to manage all the freelancers and assign them appropriate tasks with a deadline, and take follow-up with everyone. Pros: - A cheaper option among all - You can hire them for a specific time Cons: - Increase uncertainty - They don't have experience of working with each other - You have to manage everyone - Careless attitude of freelancer - When stuck in a problem they don't have someone who assists them - Reviewing their work required testing & quality analysis on each stage Suggested when: - You have a very low budget - A very small project like a small website - You have great technical knowledge Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

10. 09 3. Develop an app with partnering with a development company This is an intermediate option when you don't want to hire an in-house team and want to get the benefits of the in-house development team. The main advantage of a development company is the team has experience working together and multiple skill set you can find at one place. You just need to be careful while choosing the development company by checking their past projects and domain expertise. Also, check that the development company is following the proper development method, their design skill, quality assurance, and documentation skills. The best thing about the development company is you don't require project management knowledge as their in-house project manager will take care of your project and single point of contact for progress and updates. Pro: - Experience of working together - Multiple skill-sets at one place - Cost-effective then inhouse team - You can expect long term support - No project management skill required - Provide their inputs based on experience Cons: - Choosing the wrong development company miss lead your project - Suggest you when: - You have a medium budget - You don't want to spend your time in managing development - You want an accurate working application Suggested when: - You have a very low budget - You want a quality product - You have less technical knowledge - You don't want to manage product development Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

11. 10 Ideal Development Process "A good process produces a good result" ― Nick Saban If you want a polished product, it should pass through the proper development process for that, then only it will perform like a champion. Here you will get the perfect recipe for developing a champion app that rules the market. 1. Prepare SOW document This is the first step of the development process. You need to make sure that you cover only essential features at the moment. Brainstorm with your team and create a list of features you want in the application. If you hire the development company for your project, You can share the document having raw requirements, and business analyst can polish the requirements as per standard. 2. Freeze The Requirement It's necessary that once you are done with SOW, freeze the requirement as soon as possible, so you move to the next step. Many founders stuck at this step because they keep coming with new requirements without starting the development. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

12. 11 3. Divide Project in Sprints You can not achieve a whole product in a single shot like if you are traveling from New York to Los Angeles by car, then you need to pass through Denver, Omaha, Etc. Dividing your journey in milestone helps you to measure the progress, and the same thing happens to the app development route. When you divide your project in the sprints, you have a milestone to achieve in a specific time. You can make a 15 days sprint to try to achieve those milestones. If you have hired the development company, they will divide your project into multiple sprints to achieve the best result. 4. Takes the Deliverables and Deadline Once you get the sprint, it's time to know about what are the deliverables and deadline for the same. It allows you to track your development progress, where you are lacking, where you are performing good, and based on that you can take appropriate action to achieve a goal. Gantt Chart is used to check the progress and deliverable, and a good development company can provide a grant chart with clearly mentioned deliverable and the deadline. 5. Create User Stories & Test Cases As we discussed earlier, the user story will work as a guide for designers, developers, QA, and other development team members to work on shared understanding from the user perspective. Also, test cases reduce the chances of bugs and errors and prevent major revision to fix the issues. 6. Design the Wireframes Now based on sprint, the module, and features that are part of development in a sprint prepare wireframe frames for the same. Wireframes provide a clear idea of the flow of the applications on the layout of the buttons and information. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

13. 12 7. Design Mood Board Your application or project must have an amazing design and colors, buttons, fonts, etc., in harmony with your brand. Create a design mood board by brainstorming with your team, displaying the samples of objects in a composition. If you hire the company, the chief designer will provide you the mood board right after understanding your choice and project need. 8. Working Prototype From this step, the actual UI-UX designing part will start, and you will get to know how your application will look. It would not be the final application, but this kind of mockup will help you understand and complete the application. If you find anything wrong or missing, then you can correct it before the actual development starts. The good development company will provide the clickable prototype before developing the application and also make sure you will get an aesthetic designed application. 9. Backend development Backend development is "behind the scene" part of your music streaming app development. Once the designing part gets completed, developers will take their command over a coding part to connect the app with the database and handle user interfaces. The backend development gives a life to your music streaming app and makes it ready to launch. 10. App Quality Analysis Before launching the application, it is inevitable to ensure that the app does not have any single bug or error. To make sure of an accurate quality, the application needs to go under the Quality Analysis process. If any error or bug would be found, it can be cured before launching the app. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

14. 13 11. Deployment or Launch Bingo! Now, it is time to launch your app finally on the stores of platforms you have chosen. After dealing with multiple processes like ideating, validating, making mockups, designing, and developing apps, you’re ready to publish it. Platforms like Android and iOS have their standard procedure to deploy the app on their stores that will be taken care of by the developers. Cutting-Edge Technology Stack App Platforms: iOS, Android, Web App Back-end: Python, .Net, Java, Node.js 3rd Party Apps: Google Maps Push Notifications: APN, Twilio, Firebase SMS, Voice, and Phone Verification: Twilio, Nexmo, Sinch Cloud Environment: AWS Payments:Braintree & PayPal, E-Wallets, Stripe Real-Time Analytics: Spark Streaming, Apache Flink Mandrill: Relevant to emails Database: Cassandra, MongoDB Traffic Analytics: Flurry, Google Analytics, etc. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

15. 08 Track Time & Cost In order to carry out estimation on the grocery app development cost, you must keep in mind the following factors, which include, how complex a grocery app is, the numbers of platforms you want to launch it on, what country and the audience it targets, etc. The app developers based in Eastern Europe cost around $30 per hour to $150 per hour The grocery app developers based in the S. cost around $50 per hour to $250 per hour Indian app developers cost around $10 per hour to $80 per hour The Cost to Develop On-Demand Grocery App that has a limited number of features, coding, depends on the following: Technical documentation costs around $1000 to $2000 QA and testing costs around $2000 to $4000 UI/UX Designing costs around $1500 to $3000 Front-end, as well as Back-end development, costs around $10,000 to $20,000 In the end, considering the above-presented factors in order to calculate the Cost to Build an On-demand Grocery Delivery App, on average, for a single platform such as Android or iOS, it costs about$10,000 to $50,000. However, the cost goes up as you increase the number of features or more and hence, make a list of everything you have to integrate into your grocery delivery app accordingly. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

16. 09 Final Word Our journey of profound development process for “Grocery Delivery App” is ending here with the expectation that you have gained more than enough details to get started your own journey of grocery delivery app development. Furthermore, if you require any assistant to initiate your custom app development journey, we’d love to assist you with our elite services. We are a full-stack development company who provides business consulting, Mobile and Web App development companies with having the team for multiple technology stacks and expertise. Also, we can help to build a go market strategy for your business and provide long term support. Hope this ebook can serve what you need and help you understand better. Great wishes for your business. Sales@Kodytechnolab.Com www.kodytechnolab.com +91 9316 756 365

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