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A comment on Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India.

Re:Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketp... by vthallam on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:34PM (#15100994)
Great idea, Anu. Congratulations on the launch.

How much does the devices cost? I assume since this is mostly used by apartment complexes, it should not be a problem to convince them to pay one time device cost. But independent house owners would not be willing to pay the device cost, are you also planning for a 'Uber for Water Tankers' style ordering in this scenario?

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Re:Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketp... by anusridharan on Friday August 25, 2017 @03:09PM (#15101290)
That's a good question. Actually, we've spent time figuring out how to drop the cost of the device to sub $30, at scale.

For frequent users, we would give the device away for free. For people that are on a public water connection and only use tankers once in a while to supplement their water usage, it would probably be like you mentioned- order tankers on demand, when you need it.

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