They say – “An Apple a day keeps the doctor away. But if the doctor is pretty keep the apple away”.  We had been staying away from “the apple” for quite sometime, largely due to limited bandwidth. Today, we are happy to announce that our ordering platform has a new addition to the family. Earlier today, our iPhone application (ZopiOS) was released from the grips of the reviewers at Apple and is ready for public consumption. ZopiOS will join its elder brother ZopAndy who would turn 6 months in the next 3 days. The two brothers would be living in two different rooms of iTune stores and Google Play and would enjoy the luxury of fortune 500 companies.  They would transact with the ZopNow inventory and customer base via API hosted at another fortune 500 company cloud whose name resembles a river.

The two brothers share the same gene pool of ZopNow and have a lot of similarity. Both of them would help ZopNow “consumers on the go” and would offer a personalized ZopNow experience to the consumers. Both strive to make the shopping experience fast and have delighted customers by letting them browse/search for over 8,500 SKU. The top consumers have been able to add more than 30 products in 9 minutes.  Younger brother ZopiOS has retained the ability to remember “shopping list” and quickly searches for products like his elder brother ZopAndy.

It would be fair to say that elder brother ZopAndy has aptly played the role of mentor for younger brother ZopiOS. With its 6 months of real life experience, ZopAndy has trained younger brother ZopiOS with new tricks of the trade.  ZopiOS has ability to show description of a product, similar products and products from same brands for a given product. In addition, ZopiOS has the ability to recommend products and allow a user to look at their past order. ZopiOS would also allow the consumers to add new delivery address.  ZopiOS has been trained by “Sanjay of Mahabharata” and would use this skill to let the consumers know the exact location of their delivery.  The coolest feature that ZopiOS has is the ability to tell you the details of your shopping cart at any point of time in a fraction of second – all you have to ask is to ZopiOS to tilt on its torso.

Luke, one of the first Beta tester for ZopiOS, who turns 5 next month, was able to add his quota of candies, chips and soft drinks while his father was preparing maggi – little did his dad think that his 5 year toddler would be able to order in less than 2 min and use the convenient 3 hour ZopNow delivery slot coupled with cash on delivery option.  Join Luke and several more ZopiOS customers to enjoy the “Power of Now” and get your groceries delivered in 3 hours.

Getting to your home in 3 hrs is just not easy and we have decided to do the unthinkable. We are creating a pipeline which directly connects our warehouse to your homes. This will significantly reduce the time taken for delivery and it will also cause lesser stress on the existing infrastructure. We did evaluate using air borne drones for the purpose but some of the Cloud companies objected that this is going to block the access to Cloud infrastructure. The planned pipeline will be of 1 meter diameter and will be able to handle anything from a pencil to a 10kg Atta pack. Air will be pumped through the pipeline to push the items in the desired direction. Special hardware is being designed for effective routing of food items. We are also in the process of designing 3 types of air which help in keeping various categories of daily needs fresh.

We seek your co-operation in this regard and request you to mails us your details to bbmp@zopnow.com so that we can decide on areas to prioritize.

Here is an illustration of how things might work

It is so damn difficult to untangle ourselves from the multi choice we tend to ponder many a times. Grabbing things within no time that hits our needs and selecting stuffs from a vast store within some amount of time makes little difference. But in case if we get to merge our ideas to implement them in a single task might go well what do you think?
I think this makes sense—-
Comparing product quality with the brands we are accustomed to, or thinking to pick our daily required stuffs from a market or an online hypermarket does really makes much difference?
Getting our daily grocery stuffs delivered at our door step within a slot of time is worth doing? was the question, i had to answer when i was preparing the list to order my stuffs online. Since I am little fond of make up kits or the products that are particularly meant to take care of my beauty, I always go through the review or the information typically focusses about the product before adding them in my cart list. In general, i must admit that i am slightly fussy about the products i normally apply on my skin.
Here the battle starts—–
Some says Herbal products rocks, some says Biotique products rules and few other believes Patanjali Wins! Now the question that provokes our mind is why to have faith in any sorts of argument or other’s words ? But what else to be done? Use all the products and see? Oh come on, who has time to do so? or would go for experimenting the same on our skin?
Now here the hierarchy hits each other—-
“Lotus” products are perfectly women concerned products which are typically nature based whereas “Biotique” products claims to be originated from Ayurveda. But the end lines parallely strikes each other by agreeing the fact, that it provides a salubrious care from head to toe in and out. On the contrary, most people prefer picking “Patanjali” Stuffs, since it is a concoction of Nature+Herbs But have you ever noticed? the mission of the products are actually similar, they all are available for multipurpose requirements and with a better outcome. Only difference has been noticed is in the “price tags” and also how much one is used to, to the products they offer to their skins or the choices matters.
Finally the best thing happens when you get to pick the best products among the flaunted brands on the broad screen you view. And here my answer takes the pleasure to confine the above question, stating the fact that in a single notice, we get to pick up our favourite branded stuffs at just a tip of finger in a comparatively lesser price which is very much worth doing.

1. Bangalore goes healthy - Olive oil out numbered mustard oil by 20%
2. Who says one cannot compare “Oranges vs Apple” - Orange wins. We sold 50% more orange juice than apple. Rumor has it that “carrot” is helping orange. The “Real Orange Carrot Juice” is gaining momentum
3. Soda - Customers from Whitefield are beating the Koramangalans when it comes to soda. Average consumption of soda is 25% higher in whitefield. We have no idea why does majority of soda comes in the 6-9PM order slot.
4. Afganistan beats Punjab - The scoreline stands at 3 to 2. For every 3Kg of “Kabuli Chana” we sold 2Kg of “Rajma”
5. Our faith in God goes up as the year passed by - We sold as much “agarbatti” (incense stick) in the last quarter as we sold in the first three.
6. “Ready to cook meal” and Storage container - We are still trying to figure out why do people who order “ready to cook meal” order twice as much storage container, as other customers who do not order “Ready to cook”.
7. Cream is out, Gel is in - We sold seven times more shaving gel and foam than shaving cream. Still confused that why do two of our customers order shaving gel and aftershave, but never order a razor.
8. Every rule has an exception - We had two. We thought Disposable plates do not need dishwash liquid. However there were 2 orders that had only disposable plates and liquid dishwash.
9. The tide for surf is high - Surf continues to be the most popular detergent with Tide and Ariel at a distant second,third position. Tide and Ariel though have a tough match
10. Its “Even Steven” between Nandini and Amul - Nandini beats Amul when it comes to milk. Amul wins the “maska” race. When it comes to “paneer” – they go neck to neck.
11. For every bread winner there are seven “cereal” killers - Cereal lead by Kellogs seems to be gaining popularity over bread as breakfast
12. The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again - We think George Miller was right. Pasta loving customer order almost every 7th day.
13. The rise of the “Organic Pulses” - Every fourth packet of pulse is organic.
14. Lesson learnt: Stick to what you do the best -  Axe, Park Avenue and Yardley are way ahead when it comes to deodorant than Playboy. May be Playboy should stick to the magazine only
15. Bull vs Bear - Sorry – no bull run here. We love our honey. Sold five times more honey than “red bull”
16. Lets paint the city red - The most popular toothpaste is “red gel” be it colgate or close-up. Red Label Tea wins the race in tea.
17. We are sure that dogs outnumber cat in Bangalore - Delivered three times more dog food than cat food.
18. Good sleep is as important as clean toilet - Sold almost as much toilet cleaner as insect repellent

At ZopNow, as we started building our consumer base and looked at the customer purchase pattern, we saw similar patterns. The same search for “milk” was leading a set of customers to buy “Nandini Milk” and a second set of customers “Amul Milk”, some gravitating to “Nestle” and a small interesting set purchasing “Dairy Milk” on this query. The fact is that different people mean different thing depending on their personal preference. A similar pattern was seen when our customer browse the site. A set of customers browsing the “Edible Oil” section purchase the “Sundrop” brand and another set end up with “Leonardo” in their basket. Based on this purchase pattern we decided to introduce “Zopnolized” feature and that takes into account your purchase pattern and a few other global data to make your zopping experience more personalized, more closer to your needs. It has led to cutting down the purchase time by almost 35% for our repeat customers.

Customers depending on their personal preference would see the following pages while searching for oil or browsing the “beverage page”

This customer is more loyal to Fortune brand and buys its soya health and mustard oil. (S)he gets the fortune in the first set of result

This customer buys Sundrop SuperLite advanced and gets this as the first result

This customer buys Sundrop SuperLite and also buys the coconut hair oil. A search for oil shows the oil that (s)he buys more often at the top

On the beverage page this customer gets the Thums Up can, real active and the Gatorade drink as the first set of products. This is what (s)he buys frequently

A loyal Tropicana customer gets the Tropicana products as the first set of products on the browse page

The customer gets thums up 2 Ltr bottle, Real, Diet Coke as the first set of products while browsing based on the past purchase

ZopNow – Giving a personal touch to your zopping experience.

With a typical basket having 30 products, it is normal to miss out on a couple of things. Hopefully our “Zogger” will help you “jog the memory” and help add those missed products.

Happy Zogging!

What fun!! We have literally been rolling on our tummies out here. You guys are wayyyy more laziness-inspiring and fun-loving than we thought while thinking of putting up this contest for you. Kudos!!

For those who do not know, we did a laziness contest, The Lazy Knight, on Facebook.  We challenged all the lazy people to give a proof of their laziness.

The earth may vanish
The sky may fall
The one who dwells the couch
Among this all
Will shine in the sky
Like a star so bright
Shall be hailed by thy kingdom as

The Lazy Knight!

Show us the proof. Click a photo or make a video about how lazy you can get. A messy room, unwashed dishes, or wet clothes that dried in the tub. Whatever that proves that you deserve to be “The Lazy Knight” who will (not) save the world!

And here is what we got:

Aparna Nigam and Anshul Johri

Umesh Prasad and Neha Gupta

 Hrish Dhempe Thota

Sayan Halder

Bal Krishn Birla

Avinash Chandra

Bhumika Shyam

Raghu

  Hemanth Yadav

Ankit Kumar Nigam

Umesh Prasad

You can do nothing else but bow down to these ambassadors of laziness. So we rewarded the winners with an awesome recliner and bean bags!!

Needless to say we are proud to be touching your lives and making it lazier.

Have fun and keep Zopping!!

Begin your year with loads of happiness, lesser your cholesterol and fats with the olive oil we offer you. Fill your kitchen with the stuffs available in our webstore extensively abundant to feel your needs in a large extent. Grab some snacks to please your guest. Stay fit since we make you rich with all the necessary items you require and we fulfil your desire. Enfold yourself this New Year with pickle and sauce, spices and condiments. Go swirl with the noodles, add black salt to your list and catch the taste of your dish. Go deep into the sip of premium Tea & Coffee. Dry fruits take you to the yard of fresh and aromatic taste of Almonds, Grapes, Cashew, Pistachios, while Rice and Lentils provokes you to get indulged in cooking your best.

A New year a new morning! Start it with a fresh opening by lighting sweet-smelling MangalDeep Agarbattis using various different flavours of it. The instant foods will not let you go rude when you are not in the mood to cook. The Good Life hoods your life with power and strength and the real fruit juice makes you go cool in the world of natural refreshment. Keep your stomach loaded with Kellogs special and corn flakes indeed to keep yourself in a proper shape and size. New Year gives you the opportunity to find a new you! The entire stockpile ends up with a whole compile that shares your every care. Three hours cover more than three times requirement of your daily needs, that’s who we are recognized as!

Get set to bash the Year with new thoughts, new plans and new ideas!! Stay stick to us to see the recipes coming forth to expand your thoughts of cooking abilities. Here Zoppers wishes you all ‘’A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR’’!!

While there were many violation but some esteemed guests, the violations were borne by their respective spouse. Meenakshi topped this category and Ujjwal had to pay the price. The expression on their face says it all.

While all the chaos and commotion was happening on the language front – some people were debating if “judge” is an allowed hindi word or one had to use “nyaya-dheesh” – Birlaji managed to post his status on “mukh-pustak”

The “Begani shadi mein abdullah deewana” award went to Nikhil who in an honest attempt to cut down Mukris loss (who in turn was on a run to lose his life saving in this game) ended up using a mix of English/Hindi and payed the penalty. The comical award went to Tanushree – who managed to translate office into “daftar”, took a sigh of relief of having translated it well and pronounced the next word in English.

The golden moment of the day was when we were able to trap Vikash who had the perfect ratio of number of words spoken and fine paid. But alas, as they say – “Even monkeys fall of trees”.

Praveen managed to maintain his silence and was given good company in form of Shyam. Sanket used 95% English and 4.5% Hindi – the rest 0.5% is still getting deciphered. On the business end of the event, when we finally moved to the Santa gifts, everyone wanted Bhargavis to be their Santa. She got a nice T-shirt as the gift.  However, the most innovative Santa gift was for Vikash. He got an invoice of a book that will be delivered next week. Apparently, Vikashs Santa overslept and forgot to order on time. Last when we checked the orderID, turns out its a cash on delivery gift.

Luke, Shubhos 4.5 year old son, decided to give a fitting end to the party. He decided to narrate the “Jurrasic Park” story. His parents had claimed that he can speak all the characters of Jurrasic Park but not “signal”.  Luke narrated the entire Jurrasic Park story that would make  Steven Spielberg proud. He was able to pronounce all characters ranging from Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Dilophosaurus. And just to make sure, he got the equation right with his parents, decided to pronounce “signal” at least 15 times after ending the story.

Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to all.