Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bangladesh’s Capital

Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:11PM (#9978160)

Hi all, I am one of the founders of Chaldal. Happy to answer any questions here -- about Bangladesh or Chaldal. :)

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by thomasfoster96 on Thursday July 30, 2015 @08:25PM (#9979191)

This sound pretty well done (I'm in Australia, so I can't use your service, but Instacart and the like aren't here either). Do you have any plans to make available some sort of API for making orders/deliveries etc?

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Friday July 31, 2015 @04:17PM (#9984158)

We will have to think about it. We didn't have it in mind to begin with -- but may be worth trying.

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by awfullyjohn on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:12PM (#9978576)

Sounds like Instacart. How's this different?

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:18PM (#9978611)

Our prices are cheaper than brick and mortar stores in the country. The supply chain is super fragmented and no one has the scale to bring costs down significantly. Think instacart without Safeway/Wholefoods.

We have our own warehouses. Our workers are full time.

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by gargarplex on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:25PM (#9978265)

What's the hottest Bengali song right now or recently?

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:33PM (#9978318)

Way out of my expertise. But this went viral a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blXydyJLkYY

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:52AM (#10033589)

I just found this today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1ZAcUGlv0

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by riyadparvez on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:45PM (#9979031)

Another Bangladeshi here. Keep up the good work :).

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Friday July 31, 2015 @09:44PM (#9985491)

Thanks so much. Please ask your family/friends to try us out.

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by izolate on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:51PM (#9978451)

Any plans to launch in India? Can I help?

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by waseemalim on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:02PM (#9978522)

No plans in India for now as the market feels super competitive. We have a big enough market at hand and would like to have a clear lead before we expand internationally. We're looking for full-stack engineers. Please email me waseem@<domain>

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Re:Chaldal (YC S15) Wants to Become the Amazon Fresh of Bang... by ramgorur on Thursday July 30, 2015 @08:46PM (#9979281)

bangladeshi here, really good see a bd startup in YC, we need more people like you.

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