I think there is something one or two steps away from what you're doing now which will be a success. Especially if you can figure out a way to lower marginal costs to deliver a service through this kind of shared pre-buy (for instance, it's only worthwhile for a business to open late at night if customer demand exists; this way customers could prepay for midnight meals at a place which normally closes at 9pm on weeknights).
Or really any service where a business might be capital constrained and where economies of scale exist.
We're certainly trying to figure out how to make this work the best for businesses. Certainly helping better utilize resources is part of it, and so is driving repeat visits.
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I think there is something one or two steps away from what you're doing now which will be a success. Especially if you can figure out a way to lower marginal costs to deliver a service through this kind of shared pre-buy (for instance, it's only worthwhile for a business to open late at night if customer demand exists; this way customers could prepay for midnight meals at a place which normally closes at 9pm on weeknights).
Or really any service where a business might be capital constrained and where economies of scale exist.
We're certainly trying to figure out how to make this work the best for businesses. Certainly helping better utilize resources is part of it, and so is driving repeat visits.