noahanee

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:03PM (#27824111)

Broadly speaking? Yes.

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @08:13AM (#27819983)

Not yet

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @07:36AM (#27819754)

The delivery associates use vans and mini vans. They are paid based on deliveries done in a month

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @07:34AM (#27819738)

Yes. We partner with logistics companies and independent van drivers but we influence the KPIs and compensations of the delivery associates

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:38PM (#27814128)

Thanks

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:38PM (#27814124)

Thanks

Re:Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores ... on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:38PM (#27814119)

We limit delivery to mom and pop stores within 1 hour reach from a warehouse within the city. All orders during a day are assigned to delivery associates that load the next morning and deliver to several stores based on proximity. Our business operations are local to enable next day delivery. As we expand, we will open up to manufacturers in countries outside Africa to launch their products into Africa using Suplias.

Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores in Africa

Posted by noahanee on Monday July 12, 2021 @01:11PM
from the self-post dept.

Hey HN, This is Sefa, Michael and Stephen of Suplias (https://suplias.com/). Suplias is a B2B marketplace where mom and pop stores in Africa buy inventory directly from manufacturers using a mobile app.The retail market in Africa is informal and fragmented with 13M independently owned mom and pop stores contributing 90% of the market. To play in the $180B food and beverages market, you have to...

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