Shipt is a membership-based online grocery marketplace delivering fresh foods and household essentials through a community of shoppers and a convenient app

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Your code smells because there are likely many instances where it could be edited or improved. Most of these smells are just hints of something that might be wrong. Therefore, they are not required to be fixed per se… (You should look into it, though.) Previous Code Smells You can find all the previous code smells (Part I - XLII) . here Let's continue... Code Smell 211 - Tab over Spaces TL;DR: Don't use Tabs. It is not a "personal style decision" Problems Mixed Standards Readability Compilation errors in some languages Mixed Standards Solutions 1.  Use spaces. Always. 2.  Use automatic tools to prevent tabs in the code. Context Developers might see using tabs or spaces for indentation as a matter of personal preference or team convention. it is generally recommended towith the chosen method of indentation within a project. There are a few advantages of using spaces over tabs. Spaces will always look the same, no matter the text editor, font spacing, or IDE used. Tabs can vary in width, which can lead to inconsistent indentation when code is viewed on different platforms or in different editors. Spaces are more consistent in terms of alignment and readability, particularly when it comes to code that involves a mix of spaces and tabs. Spaces are more predictable and easier to read, which can help to reduce errors in code. Some screen readers and other assistive technologies may have difficulty reading code that uses tabs for indentation, particularly when tabs are used inconsistently or when tab width is not uniform. Sample Code Wrong def calculate_average(numbers):

total = 0 

count = 0 

    for number in numbers: 

total += number 

        count += 1 

    average = total / count 

return average 

numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

print("The average is:", calculate_average(numbers)) Right def calculate_average(numbers):

total = 0 

count = 0 

for number in numbers: 

    total += number 

    count += 1 

average = total / count 

return average 
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print("The average is:", calculate_average(num Detection [X] Automatic We can enforce a policy to avoid tabs. Tags Standards Conclusion Bad indentation can make the code difficult to read and understand and can cause errors if the indentation is not consistent throughout the code. Using spaces for indentation is generally recommended for consistency, readability, and accessibility. Relations Code Smell 164 - Mixed Indentations Code Smell 48 - Code Without Standards Credits Photo by on Faisal Waheed Unsplash It is hard to write even the smallest piece of code correctly. Joshua Bloch Code Smell 212 - Elvis Operator Your code is not safer using this operator TL;DR: Don't propagate nulls. Problems propagation NULL Harder to read code Hacky code Solutions Remove the nulls. If you can't remove it, deal explicitly with them. Context The Elvis operator is also known as the null-coalescing operator or the null-safe operator. It is a shorthand operator used in some programming languages to simplify null-checking. The Elvis operator takes the form of ?. and is used to access a property or method of an object only if that object is not null. If the object is null, the operator returns null without attempting to access the property or method, thus avoiding a potential null reference exception. The nickname "Elvis operator" originated from the visual resemblance of the operator to the famous singer Elvis Presley's hairstyle. The symbol "?:", with its round shape on top and a curl underneath, vaguely resembles the pompadour hairstyle that Elvis Presley was known for. Sample Code Wrong val shipTo = address?: "No address specified" Right val shipTo = if (address != null) address else "No address specified"

// This keeps the billion-dollar mistake error Detection Automatic [x] We can detect this operator usage and replace them with more strict checks. Tags Null Conclusion The code can be difficult to follow and may require additional comments or explanations to make it clear what is happening. The operator hides potential errors or bugs in the code. For example, if an object is null and the Elvis operator is used to return a default value, this may mask the fact that there is a problem with the code that is causing the object to be null in the first place. In several languages, such as Common Lisp, Clojure, Lua, Object Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript, the OR operator (typically || or or) has the same behavior as the above: returning its first operand if it would evaluate to true in a boolean environment, and otherwise evaluating and returning its second operand. When the left-hand side is true, the right-hand side is not even evaluated; it is "short-circuited." This is different from the behavior in other languages such as C/C++, where the result of || will always be a boolean. Relations Code Smell 149 - Optional Chaining Code Smell 06 - Too Clever Programmer Code Smell 12 - Null Code Smell 140 - Short Circuit Evaluation More Info Wikipedia Null: The Billion Dollar Mistake Credits Photo by on Susan Mohr Unsplash You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it. Alan Perlis Code Smell 213 - Hoisting You can prevent undefined TL;DR: Declare your variables and look after the scope Problems Readability Least Surprise Principle violation Variable Shadowing Solutions Be explicit on declarations Use when possible. 'const' declaration Declare variables at the beginning of the scope. Use strict mode Context Hoisting allows variable declarations to be moved to the top of their containing scope during the compilation phase. Variables declared with var and function declarations are "hoisted" to the top of their respective scopes automatically in several languages. Sample Code Wrong console.log(willBeDefinedLater); 
// Output: undefined (but no error)

var willBeDefinedLater = "Beatriz";
console.log(willBeDefinedLater); 
// Output: "Beatriz" Right const dante = "abandon hope all ye who enter here"; 
// Declaring a constant 'dante'
// with value "abandon hope all ye who enter here"

console.log(dante); 
// Output: "abandon hope all ye who enter here"

dante = "Divine Comedy"; // Error: Assignment to constant variable Detection Semi-Automatic [x] We can perform mutation testing to check if changing the scope of the variables brings unexpected results. Tags Mutability Conclusion Hoisting is yet another magic tool some compilers provide to favor lazy programmers. But if it fights back in debugging time. Relations Code Smell 116 - Variables Declared With 'var' Code Smell 42 - Warnings/Strict Mode Off More Info Wikipedia Strict Mode Credits Photo by on Ash from Modern Afflatus Unsplash The best error message is the one that never shows up. Thomas Fuchs Code Smell 214 - Duplicate Parameter Names Two arguments of the same type. Two equal names TL;DR: Turn on Strict Checks Problems Unexpected errors Ambiguity The Least Surprise Principle violation Portability Solutions Enable strict mode Use role-naming arguments Context Most compilers forbid duplicate parameters since they are a common mistake in a large parameters list Sample Code Wrong function addNumbers(a, b, a) {
  console.log(a + b);
}

addNumbers(2, 3, 4);

// Outputs 7 (2 + 3 + 2) Right "use strict";

function addNumbers(a, b, a) { }
//                          ^
// SyntaxError: Duplicate parameter name not allowed in this context Detection Automatic [x] By enabling strict mode, the compiler will warn us Tags Naming Conclusion Enable the stricter modes you can find on your compilers. Try to and catch errors as early as possible and leave the hard and dumb work to the tools. fail fast Relations Code Smell 188 - Redundant Parameter Names Code Smell 65 - Variables Named after Types More Info Sonar Source Mozilla Org Fail Fast Credits Photo by on Caroline Veronez Unsplash One of the things I've been trying to do is look for simpler or rules underpinning good or bad design. I think one of the most valuable rules is avoiding duplication. "Once and only once" is the Extreme Programming phrase. Martin Fowler Code Smell 215 - Deserializing Object Vulnerability Metaprogramming is always a problem TL;DR: Don't allow remote code execution Problems Security Solutions Validate and sanitize input Avoid executing code. Input only data Apply sandboxing or isolation Context Deserializing objects from an untrusted source is indeed a security-sensitive operation. Suppose you have a web application that accepts serialized objects as input from user-submitted data, such as in an API endpoint or a file upload feature. The application deserializes these objects to reconstruct them into usable objects within the system. If an attacker submits maliciously crafted serialized data to exploit vulnerabilities in the deserialization process. They might manipulate the serialized data to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, or perform unauthorized actions within the application or the underlying system. This type of attack is commonly known as "deserialization attacks" or "serialization vulnerabilities." Sample Code Wrong import pickle  # Python's serialization module

def process_serialized_data(serialized_data):
    try:
        obj = pickle.loads(serialized_data)  
        # Deserialize the object
        # Process the deserialized object
        # ...

# User-submitted serialized data
user_data = (
    b"\x80\x04\x95\x13\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x8c\x08os\n"
    b"system\n\x8c\x06uptime\n\x86\x94."
)
# This code executes os.system("uptime") 

process_serialized_data(user_data) Right import json

def process_serialized_data(serialized_data):
    try:
        obj = json.loads(serialized_data)  
        # Deserialize the JSON object
        # Does not execute code
        # ...

user_data = '{"key": "value"}'

process_serialized_data(user_data) Detection Semi-Automatic [x] Several linters warn about deserialization points. Tags Security Conclusion Metaprogramming opens doors to abusers. Relations Code Smell 189 - Not Sanitized Input More Info Laziness I - Metaprogramming Sonar Source Credits Photo by on Towfiqu barbhuiya Unsplash Whenever possible, steal code. Tom Duff Next week, 5 more smells

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Online grocery platforms are witnessing rapid growth in the eCommerce industry. With the widespread grocery trends, the market value of the eCommerce grocery industry has doubled. There is no doubt in the fact that people nowadays feel much ease in purchasing groceries online. The main objective of online grocery stores is to deliver the best quality products directly to their customer’s doorsteps at competitive prices. Great website features are crucial in running an online grocery platform. And in a world full of advancements, supermarkets must provide their customers with a seamless shopping experience. And for that, an online grocery platform should have a wide variety of features to offer products to customers; the platform must make the products easily accessible. In a nutshell, one should make a website as simple as a physical store. Undoubtedly, the rapid growth of online grocery has created a lot of interest in the grocery eCommerce market. This blog post aims to help entrepreneurs better understand how an online grocery marketplace works, the top software to build a grocery marketplace, and the critical features of a successful online grocery marketplace. Top Market Players in The Grocery Industry According to the Research and Market reports, the global online grocery market rate is expected to reach USD 2,1583.53 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 25.3% from 2022 to 2030.  With the growth of the online grocery industry, the preferences of customers are also changing. Many online stores offer services like placing and collecting orders on the same day, which helps in the market's rapid growth. Business Founded Founder Investors Funding Peapod 1989 Young Lee Ahold $73M Instacart 2012 Apoorv MehtaMax MullenBrandon Leonardo Sequoia CapitalCoatue ManagementKhosla Ventures $2.7B Shipt 2014 Bill Smith GreycroftHarbert Venture Partners $65.2B FreshDirect 2002 David MclnerneyJason Ackerman David MclnerneyJason Ackerman $280M Farmigo 2009 Benzi RonenYossi Pik BenchmarkSherbrook Capital $26M Types of Grocery eCommerce Software Grocery software is a fast and reliable turn-key solution equipped with features to efficiently and easily launch an online supermarket. These are convenient and less expensive because they come up with purpose-built features and pre-integrated APIs. This software doesn’t require any coding from your side. There are two types of eCommerce grocery platforms for online merchants to choose from which are: Hosted Grocery eCommerce software Self-hosted Grocery eCommerce software Hosted Grocery eCommerce Software They offer ready-made eCommerce Software for creating a store for your business. It runs on a server that the solution providers fully manage. This means you can easily create an online store without worrying about hosting/storing files/data on the cloud and all technical details. Examples: Mycloud Growcer, Mercatus, Unata, Shophero Self-Hosted Grocery eCommerce Software These platforms allow full access to source code to build a full-fledged online grocery marketplace for businesses. The self-hosted grocery eCommerce solution is one where the business owners are responsible for the hosting, which will give them full freedom to implement their online grocery marketplace according to their business needs. Examples: Growcer, ZielCommerce, Yelo Top 5 Grocery Software to Manage Marketplace Effectively As we have already elaborated that grocery software is essential for a successful marketplace. So, here we have put together a list of the top 5 grocery software that will help supermarkets to enhance their business growth in the eCommerce industry. 1. Growcer Growcer is a self-hosted, readymade grocery software that is fully equipped with a set of multiple features and functionalities which help in not only the start-up of an online grocery business but also other businesses like online pharmacy delivery, liquor and wine delivery business, food delivery, supplement delivery, online pet food delivery, and many more. Its inbuilt inventory module provides real-time inventory tracking and also helps with order management, pickup management, tax management, and much more in one place. Its latest version, with enhanced features and functionalities, helps you to launch your hyperlocal marketplace with minimum effort. In addition, Growcer also offers you a lifetime license for experiencing complete ownership through a one-time payment process. Key Highlights: Define Radius Offers limitless scalability Auto-order completion BOPIS (Buy online, and pick up in-store) 2. ZielCommerce Zielcommerce comes with a one-time payment option and customizable software that helps you build an online grocery delivery website and app. Zielcommerce supports both single-vendor as well as multi-vendor online grocery businesses. It reaches customers globally with its multi-currency and multilingual options. Zeilcommerce is a great website builder for online grocery marketplace, providing complete solutions to online grocery retailers and engaging consumers through customized shopping. Key Highlights: Customization One time cost End-to-end support Fully ensure 3. Mercatus Mercatus is a feature-rich eCommerce software that empowers online supermarkets to run successfully. Its configurable front end allows sellers to build their online grocery marketplace, offering an in-store experience with multiple product options. This flexibility of this software allows you to monitor stock as there is a convenient dashboard that shows all the inventory reports. Its user-oriented UI supports better customer engagement, and the software also enables good revenue through its entire management tools. Key Highlights: Offers order management Multipayment channels Smooth integration with CRM, loyalty program, and many more Inventory management 4. ShopHero ShopHero is a popular platform which makes it easy to launch an eCommerce grocery marketplace. Its retail success platform consists of three main modules – eCommerce, POS (point of sale), and buyer engagement. Their logistics technologies also offer independent grocers cost-effective home delivery services without a considerable investment in technology or delivery infrastructure. In addition, it is a platform that offers an automated marketing system, reports & analytics, and much more. Key Highlights: Inventory management Loyalty Program Intuitive UI/UX Convenient payment experience 5. Yelo Yelo is a multi-vendor marketplace SAAS software that allows you to create a website and mobile apps to sell groceries online. The entrepreneurs are offered a complete tech suite to run and automate their business operations in terms of ordering, delivering, and marketing. Furthermore, Yelo also offers more than 50 integrations in payment, accounting, and marketing. Apart from delivering groceries to doorsteps now, they also provide facilities for drone delivery. Key Highlights: Promotion management SEO management Return management Provide a facility for drone delivery Essential features for Online Grocery Business With the help of the above-mentioned grocery software, you can build a fully loaded website with a set of unique features that will make your marketplace website easy to use and mobile-friendly. Here, we have compiled a list of some features that you must include in your online grocery marketplace to attract vendors and buyers. Product Catalog System Grocery eCommerce marketplace must have this feature to create and manage lists of products in terms of import/export, categorizing them, inventories, and much more, easily. Order Management Because of this feature, vendors can easily manage multiple order requests at once. This feature gives them full details about total delivered orders, pending orders, cancelled orders, order history, and much more. Inventory management An online grocery marketplace integrated with this feature helps to provide real-time location and regulate track inventory status so that customers can collect all details regarding stock availability. Radius Calculation An online grocery marketplace must provide this system which helps customers get all the details of the nearest store just by typing the address. It is also preferable for delivery partners as they will get a specific radius within which they can do deliveries Multiple Payment Options Make the purchasing process as simple as possible for the customers by including a variety of online payment options in the shopping cart. The availability of multiple payment options like COD, card payments, eWallets, and other payment methods on your marketplace, gives your customers more reasons to continue buying from you. Scheduled Deliveries An online grocery marketplace must use this feature to provide schedule-based deliveries. This feature helps customers to get a clear idea of the delivery schedule by knowing the availability of vendors and delivery partners. Pick-at-Store Options These services are becoming very popular nowadays in an online grocery marketplace. Integrating this feature in an online grocery marketplace allows buyers a convenient self-pick-up facility. This enables customers to shop online at their convenience by visiting stores whenever they want immediate delivery or a combination of both. Conclusion Customers have started utilizing online grocery platforms, and with the rapid growth in the eCommerce grocery industry, starting an online grocery platform can be a profitable business option. Furthermore, to experience the success of your online grocery business, we have created a list of top grocery software that can help you make the most of your online grocery business by choosing the best software for your marketplace based on your business needs. So, try to gather as much information as possible by considering everything you’ve read above in this article.

Top Software To Build an Online Grocery Platform in 2023

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Customers’ buying behavior keeps changing often. To make a business run effectively, you need to understand your buyers and also the latest trends and technologies in the market. The online grocery business is gaining a higher reach in recent days. When compared with other eCommerce industries, grocery eCommerce platforms assure same-day delivery and in some cases 2 – 3 hours delivery. With a wide range of customers and unlimited product categories, the industry is showing steady growth. Let us have a clear understanding of the online grocery business with its models, its features, and also let us analyze the top, leading grocery eCommerce platforms in the market. Types of Online Grocery Business Models Before launching your own grocery ecommerce platform you need to analyze your business model and should develop your online grocery store that suits your business well. Let us understand the types of online grocery business model in detail. – a single grocery platform that allows several vendors to get associated with it and allows them to sell their products through the platform is the multivendor grocery platform. Multi vendor Grocery Platform – meeting out the customers’ needs through local offline shops through an online marketplace is called the hyperlocal marketplace platform. Hyperlocal Grocery Platform – selling our own products through a single digital platform and attracting more customers to the marketplace is the single vendor grocery store Single vendor Grocery Platform Here is the list of top 15 most popular Online Grocery Platforms 2022 For Building App & Website 1. Zielcommerce – The #1 Solutions To Build Grocery  Ecommerce Platform Zielcommerce is a cost-effective grocery ecommerce software that can be along with lifetime license and one-time payment. The platform provides multifacted grocery solutions like multi vendor, hyperlocal and single vendor. This platform has been integrated with more than 50+ third party APIs. Platform Highlights Zielcommerce is flexible ecommerce grocery store that acts as a one stop solution for all business demands. The platform comes with multilanguage and multicurrency support that will make you reach the global customers easily. The platform has all necessary marketing tools that are essential to promote the . grocery ecommerce platform A Detailed Key Highlights of Grocery Ecommerce Platform The excellent admin dashboard makes this online grocery platform more reliable and helps to enhance the business. Streamline your order flow with an effective order management solution. A flexible commission set-up for multi vendors grocery store Multiple payment gateways integrated in this online grocery store software. By purchasing Zielcommerce with minimum investment you can get the amazing returns Explore Zielcommerce Grocery Ecommerce Platform 2. Ownmyshop – Personalized Online Grocery Store Software Ownmyshop enables you to expand your brick and mortar grocery store software to an aligned digital grocery eCommerce store. With this grocery ecommerce platform, you can analyze the shopper's data and their behavior. This will help in personalizing the customer's online experience. Platform Highlights Ownmyshop delivers the best grocery ecommerce website that has all essential and comprehensive features to uplift your online grocery store and make it a big success. The platform has inbuilt advanced search facility that will enable the users to find their products easily. The user-friendly platform will retain the customers with your business. The power-packed features of this grocery eCommerce website: Manage deliveries with the grocery delivery management system that is pre-built in this online grocery store software. Optimize your route for delivering the products with the help of Google Mapping. Delivery agents will get an exclusive delivery agent app that will help them to have a clear picture of their tasks. Explore Ownmy shop online grocery ecommerce solutions 3. Zemez – A Trustworthy Grocery Ecommerce Platform Zemez is trusted by more than 20K businesses. This online grocery platform will let your customer have end-to-end real-time delivery tracking. This grocery store software is developed with the latest technologies that can give a user-friendly experience to the customers. Platform Highlights Zemez is a well-known software that can fulfill all online grocery shopping demands. The elegant design and user-friendly theme grabs the attention of the visitors and helps in easy conversion. Zemez provides wide range of payment options that can facilitate the buyers to decide on purchasing the product without any hesitation. The ultimate features of this grocery ecommerce website: Zemez is integrated with business intelligence that can give you a clear insight about your business. Get the advanced reports and statistics with this grocery eCommerce platform. No extra cost is required to promote the platform as the ecommerce grocery platform is SEO-friendly and will get you organic traffic with less effort. Have a detailed product description catalogue for managing your products. Explore EMEZ Grocery Store Software 4. Rocketbazar – A Reliable Online Grocery Store Software Rocketbazaar, a leading grocery eCommerce platform, lets you manage your business effortlessly. This grocery eCommerce store software will provide solutions for multi-store grocery shopping and delivery. Customers can explore the products using advanced search options. Platform Highlights Rocketbazar has become a powerful ecommerce grocery software after undergoing tremendous market analysis. This market segmentation has made this platform a perfect choice for any startups and fits into any business type. The grocery ecommerce platform provides various options for revenue generation. The exclusive features of this grocery eCommerce  Platform: Customers can either pick-up the groceries from the store or can even have door-step delivery. Scheduling the delivery of the groceries is possible with this online grocery store software. Live grocery order tracking is an advanced feature that is enabled in this grocery ecommerce website. Explore  Rocket Bazar Online Grocery Platform. 5. IONWE – Customizable Online Grocery Platform IONWE has a dedicated central admin that can manage the overall grocery eCommerce platform. This eCommerce grocery store software has a perfect inventory management that allows the store owners to be well informed about the stock details. The store owner can fix the pricing for the groceries and also can have offers and discounts that will delight the customers. Platform Highlights Users can carve the grocery store according to his product and service as the platform is 100% customizable. The efficient product search of this grocery software will simplify the shopping experience of your customers. Users can gain greater reputation in the digital market by launching Zielcommerce as their renowned grocery platform. The notable features of this online grocery store software: A reliable financial accounting system than can keep a perfect track on store earnings The real-time tracking feature will facilitate the customers to track their product easily. Customized menus for various grocery franchises. Please contact IONWE grocery ecommerce solution for custom plan pricing. 6. Essitco – A Reputed Online Grocery Store Software Essitco is backed by robust and scalable tech-architecture. The deployment of this grocery eCommerce website is faster compared to other online grocery store software. PCI compliance is quite assured with this online grocery platform so there will not be any issues on security. Platform Highlights Essitco is a challenging ecommerce grocery store to all competitors who are in this field. The platform never fails to impress the visitors with its advanced features that makes the ecommerce grocery store more lively and helps in easy order conversion. One can get more returns by installing Essitco as their ecommerce grocery software. The advance features of this online grocery ecommerce platform: The whole grocery store software is developed by keeping the best SEO optimization for apps in mind. Scheduling, payment and live tracking are added features. Can easily manage various grocery delivery operators and drivers through the app. Can run referral campaigns on both the grocery ecommerce website as well as on apps. Contact Customizable plans for enterprise users with greater needs Essitco 7. Mycloud Grocer – A Renowned Grocery Ecommerce Website Mycloud Grocer provides you with an effortless storefront administration and management. The effective delivery management of this grocery eCommerce website allows the customers to select their convenient time for delivering the grocery items. You can harness the power of product ratings and reviews mainly to redefine the online shopping experience. Platform Highlights Mycloud Grocer is a versatile ecommerce grocery store that can easily get adapted to your business model and business style. You need not worry about getting traffic to your ecommerce grocery website. The platform comes with complete SEO and social media integration that can easily get you more traffic to your website. The extraordinary features of this online grocery platform: With dedicated mobile apps, you can have a mobile presence. Through retail management system, you can easily organize your orders This grocery eCommerce platform is well integrated with payment gateways. Admin can push messages to store owners, drivers and customers. Please contact their mycloud grocer sales team for custom pricing. 8. Shophero – A Robust Online Grocery Platform Shophero is well optimized for the web and mobile grocery ecommerce platform and comes with free installation and setup. Customers will experience a user-friendly front-end and the admin enjoys a perfect back-end. Vendors can have both web and mobile apps for their processing. Platform Highlights Shophero has attracted numerous users with its salient features. The users so far have never faced any complaints while using this ecommerce grocery software. No technical knowledge is needed to use this platform and it is easy to customize and can fit it into your theme and style. The unique features of this online grocery store software: Customers can avail a convenient payment experience. Admin can manage SMS gateway from back-end and can send SMS to the customers as well as to the vendors. Customers can call and place orders with their favorite grocery store software. Admin can manage the complete activity log. Please contact shophero directly for a more information 9. Mobicommerce – An Incrediable Grocery Ecommerce Website Mobicommerce is one of the most famed grocery ecommerce platform that can build your brand and let you reach your target audience. The store owners can make profitable decisions by quickly analyzing the web analytics data of the online grocery store software. Customers can easily detect the delivery person’s movement through real-time tracking. Platform Highlights Mobicommerce is one of the trustable grocery ecommerce platform that has a separate customer base. The platform is highly secured with proper SSL certificate configuration. This makes users feel safe to purchase with your platform. So you can expect good conversion and can also acquire more new customers to your business. The remarkable features of this grocery eCommerce platform: Gain multiple location access through this online grocery store software. Vendors can earn commission that mutually benefits the store owner and the vendors. Delight your customers with fast delivery time with the help of delivery management systems. Mobicommerce plans include all the basics for starting your web-based grocery ecommerce software 10. Ecommercesite – An Ultimate Online Grocery Platform Ecommercesite provides a one-step solution for all your grocery demands. This grocery ecommerce platform is designed and developed to assist the commoners. Ecommerce site gives you the grocery ecommerce website that can help you to handle the stock and will take care of the delivery of the products. This online grocery platform gives you the ease of managing the accounts and can have a hassle-free transaction. The demanded features of this grocery ecommerce platform Well-integrated payment gateways that facilitate the customers to buy the products 24/7 customer support that can simply delight your customers. Real-time tracking feature to keep your customers at ease. An exclusive dashboard is given for each grocer. Contact custom grocery solutions for yokart team 11. Shipt – An Outstanding Online Grocery Store Software Shipt comes with all advanced features that are essential for grocery store software. This online grocery platform meets all the latest technology demands in the field. You can enjoy the scalability and the flexibility and can make your grocery software to give an ultimate shopping experience to the users. The true features of this grocery ecommerce platform You can customize the online grocery platform as per your business requirements. By paying a one-time payment you can own this grocery ecommerce platform. Enhanced payment options in this grocery ecommerce store software can provide a secured payment transaction Shipt could be an option for your grocery ecommerce platform 12. Mercatus – An Integrated Online Grocery Platform Mercatus Online grocery store software gives you a unified shopping experience. This  platform has user-centric UI that supports better customer engagement when compared with other online grocery stores. The responsive design of this grocery platform never fails to attract and impress the audience. Platform Highlights Mercatus allows you to deliver your grocery products with the reliable online grocery platform that can fit in all market size. The grocery ecommerce website holds a unique potential user interface and ensures the users to get a seamless shopping experience and can get you good returns in sales and revenue. The real features of this grocery eCommerce website: Avail 24/7 technical support that can back your online grocery store software and its functions. The platform is highly configurable and also scalable. Gain operational efficiencies in all the back-end processes of your grocery eCommerce platform. Mercatus is completely secured and fully PCI compliant. Contact Mercatus directly for custom pricing. 13. OurHarvest – A Supreme Online Grocery Platform OurHarvest is a single solutions that can give all grocery ecommerce platform. You can easily turn your offline grocery store software and can enter the online grocery ecommerce platform by trusting OurHarvest grocery ecommerce software. This online grocery platform is rich in all features that are needed and demanded by the buyers and the grocers. The salient features of this grocery ecommerce website The excellent admin dashboard makes this online grocery platform more reliable and helps to enhance the business. Dedicated apps for admin, delivery agent and the buyers will delight the grocers as well as the buyers. Flexible order management will let you to manage your orders efficiently. 14.	DelivX – a multivendor online grocery platform DelivX allows you to explore the new dimensions of the grocery store software. You can give a contactless delivery and can build your customers’ support through this online grocery platform. The unique UI and UX give the customers a seamless grocery shopping experience. The significant features of this grocery ecommerce website: The advanced search option will let the buyer to search product-wise and also store-wise. The scheduling and payment feature of this online grocery store software will let the buyer to schedule their delivery time and can pay with the available payment options. In-app wallet is well-integrated with this online grocery platform. 15. ShopurGrocery – A Remarkable Grocery Ecommerce Platform ShopurGrocery will help you to create your own personalized cloud platform. You can use this grocery ecommerce platform in both web and as an app. This online grocery platform provides high accessibility to the users. The grocery software is well-integrated with finest delivery management system and gives an awesome shopping experience. The intense features of this grocery ecommerce website: Customize the way you like the grocery ecommerce software to be. The mobile app will give customers a personal shopping experience. This online grocery platform is completely device compatible and can be used well in both IOS and android platforms. Must Have Features for a Profitable Grocery eCommerce Platform – narrow down the options that your customers are searching for with advanced searching and filtering options built in your grocery platform. Easy search – let your customers and vendors know about the order status in your online grocery store and allow them to easily track their orders and get status. Order tracking – delight your customers by providing special discount and coupons that will make them buy again and again through your grocery ecommerce platform Coupons and discounts – facilitate your audience to utilize your payment option to buy products from your and ensure them that your grocery platform is a highly secured one. Secured multiple payment option ecommerce software – never miss an opportunity to get your customers’ feedback about your grocery platform service and product quality. This will enhance your online credibility. Reviews & rating Conclusion The global online grocery platform is facing healthy growth. You may have realized the importance and now know what the leading grocery ecommerce platform is that you can rely on for your business. Check what features that are essential to run your online grocery store software and listed above. Good luck! choose the best grocery ecommerce platform suited to your needs from the options

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Uber has quietly changed the way it pays drivers in several major cities across the U.S., using a new feature it’s calling “Upfront Fares.” Instead of paying drivers for trips based on just time and distance, it’s now to calculate the fare. using an algorithm “based on several factors” What all of those factors are is unclear. Uber has to determine how much passengers pay, which is one of the reasons riders sometimes see vast price fluctuations. long used an upfront pricing algorithm The company says the new feature provides drivers with more transparency. They see more details of a prospective ride before accepting it, such as the fare and pick-up and drop-off locations, which is something drivers say they’ve been asking for. In the past, most drivers wouldn’t receive this information until after they accepted a ride. Uber spokesperson Harry Hartfield said upfront fares are about giving drivers “more control and choice” but will include a “balancing” of payments. That means, he said, drivers will make less money for longer trips but should earn more on shorter trips. Some drivers say, however, that they’ve mostly seen lower earnings overall since the change. On top of that, they say, it seems like Uber is taking a bigger cut of fares. “Before, you could guestimate—back of envelope calculate—and see that [the trip is] this far and this long and figure out you’ll make this much,” said Sam Vance, who’s been a full-time UberX and Lyft driver in Columbus, Ohio, for more than four years. Now, “it’s not based on anything. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.” Uber has long said the average amount it . But Vance shared screenshots with The Markup of two recent trips he did for Uber that show the company took far more. takes from fares is about 25 percent One shows a customer paid $30 for a 20.9-mile trip, Vance earned $14, Uber got $13, and the rest went to sales tax. The other trip, which was 8.8 miles and included an airport drop, the customer paid $22, Vance got $6, Uber took $9, and the remainder went to airport fees and sales tax. When asked about its take from Vance’s trips, Uber’s Hartfield said these trips were not necessarily representative of Uber’s usual take. Vance said that Uber often takes around half the fare. 2. 3. Before Uber’s change in pay structure, Vance said he’d normally average around $1 per mile once time and distance were calculated, especially if he was driving on the highway. So, the 20.9-mile trip would have earned him about $21, and the 8.8-mile trip would have brought in roughly $9. “Some drivers are really looking forward to this because they think it’s going to be a positive change,” Vance said. “But it’s not what you think it is.” The Rideshare Guy blog (which partners with Uber and receives commissions for signing up new drivers for the company) was the first publication to . Reuters additionally . detail Uber’s new pay structure reported on it last week According to both sources, Uber has in states including Texas, Florida, and throughout the Midwest. It appears the company initially started about six months ago, including Columbus, where Vance lives. rolled out upfront fares to a total of 24 U.S. cities testing the pay structure in a handful of cities “Black Box Algorithms” Uber isn’t the first gig company to experiment with algorithms to calculate driver earnings. A few years ago, Instacart, DoorDash, and Shipt started calculating pay for their delivery couriers using what workers call “black box algorithms.” Anecdotally, many couriers for those delivery companies have said the have made it . They also say over time. seemingly arbitrary fluctuations of the pay algorithms harder to predict and figure out their earnings they’ve seen their pay decline Worker advocates say using concrete factors, like time and mileage, helps drivers and couriers better assess if a trip is worth taking and understand how they’re being compensated. The more opaque the fare calculations, the more drivers, regulators, and the public have a hard time holding the gig companies accountable to fair and transparent pay standards, said Amos Toh, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch who . studies the effects of artificial intelligence and algorithms on gig work “Uber didn’t come out and say this is going to be algorithmic, but the criteria that they are using—a range of factors and things that aren’t specified—could indicate that the fares are going to disappear behind a black box algorithm,” Toh said. “When you put a fare calculation behind a black box algorithm, it’s possible to have the capacity to learn from driver behavior … and actually for a ride.” learn what is the lowest rate a driver will take “We don’t have any evidence that Uber is doing this,” Toh added. “But the real problem is the secrecy, because it makes it impossible to verify.” Uber’s Hartfield didn’t respond to questions about why Uber changed its pay structure in these markets, when the pilot first began, or whether it plans to take it nationwide. He also didn’t respond to questions about what cities currently have upfront fares or how Uber’s algorithm calculates driver fares. When asked for all of the factors that are taken into account to calculate drivers’ fares, Hartfield said in an emailed statement, “Rather than just the time and distance of the trip, upfront fares are based on a much more comprehensive set of factors including base fares, estimated trip length and duration, real-time demand at the destination, and surge pricing. While earnings are subject to seasonal demand patterns and the types of trips a driver chooses to take, we haven’t observed an earnings impact due to this pilot in cities that have had upfront fares for more than six months.” He didn’t respond to questions about whether this was the complete list of factors or whether there were more factors. Hartfield said The Markup could “learn more about the pilot” from the by The Rideshare Guy and also sent a by Uber about upfront fares, saying, “It’s worth looking through the comments under the video, most of which are from drivers saying they’d like to see these changes in more markets.” blog post link to a YouTube video The video has several comments from drivers saying they’re happy to see more trip information before accepting a fare. Other commenters say they don’t like the idea of being paid less for longer rides. Several Reddit threads and comments on driver forums have also popped up, with drivers who’ve tested the feature saying they’ve often seen , , and an . lower fares confusing fare drops during rides overall decrease in rides Along with upfront fares, Uber has also rolled out a companion feature in those 24 cities called “Trip Radar.” The way it works is that Uber shows a trip to several drivers at once, and whoever accepts the ride first gets it. Vance said he usually only has a second or two to see it and click, so he doesn’t have time to see the upfront details right away. “It’s kind of a moot point because it comes up so fast on the screen, and there are four or five other drivers tapping on it,” Vance said. “It’s like Hungry Hungry Hippos, and everyone is tapping.” Hartfield didn’t respond to request for comment on drivers not having time to see upfront details with Trip Radar and having to compete for rides. Vance said recently, in his haste to accept a ride, he got stuck on a five-hour round-trip drive to Cleveland. For that trip, he earned just $90. Before Uber instituted upfront fares, Vance said he liked doing longer trips. Back then, he said, a trip to Cleveland would usually net him at least $140. “Because there’s no longer a rate card, that’s interrupted the way drivers drive. Your strategy just has to be different,” Vance said. “Now you have to stay out longer, and it takes a lot more to make money, and you don’t make as much.” Credits: Dara Kerr Photo by on Barna Bartis Unsplash Also published here

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On her first day as Instacart’s new CEO in early August, Fidji Simo, a former Facebook executive, acknowledged the tumultuous relationship the grocery delivery company has at times experienced with its workers. Publishing an , she offered change to delivery workers, whom the company treats as independent contractors, not employees. open letter “I want to be a thoughtful and open partner,” she wrote.  She added that workers could email her suggestions on improving working conditions, saying, “My team and I will read every note, and I’ll respond to as many as I can.” But members of , a group of more than 13,000 gig workers that formed to advocate on behalf of app-based food and grocery delivery workers for companies like Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Shipt, say little has changed at Instacart. Gig Workers Collective “We were optimistic that there was positive change on the horizon,” said Willy Solis, an Instacart worker and lead organizer with Gig Workers Collective. “But our initial optimism was dashed.” Instacart, founded in 2012, has . amassed $2.7 billion in venture capital funding During the coronavirus pandemic, the company said business boomed, with the number of orders , prompting it to . going up by as much as 500 percent hire more than 500,000 new delivery workers While it’s , and grocery delivery businesses overall have begun to slump, the company has indicated it before the end of the year. unclear how profitable Instacart is plans to go public Yet, advocates say, Instacart workers are not seeing their pay improve—the fundamental issue at play in a new #DeleteInstacart campaign launched by Gig Workers Collective. The group is asking customers to support delivery workers by until it (“Shopper” is Instacart’s term for delivery worker). The collective also , asking workers to avoid delivering for the company. boycotting the company “rectifies the genuinely inequitable manner in which it treats its shoppers.” planned a walk-off on Oct. 16 “We take shopper feedback very seriously and remain dedicated to listening and learning from our community to improve the Instacart shopper experience,” said Natalia Montalvo, Instacart’s director of shopper engagement and communications. “While historically the actions by this group have not resulted in any disruption or impact to our service, our relationship with all shoppers is incredibly important and we’re deeply committed to doing right by them.” Rebecca Givan, an associate professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, said the labor clash is not unique to Instacart workers—she’s seen an overall uptick in gig-worker-led boycotts, strikes, and walk-offs. “As the workers are squeezed more, they start to learn successful organizing strategies” - Rebecca Givan “As the workers are squeezed more, they start to learn successful organizing strategies,” Givan said. “The workers are explicitly asking for customers to use another option. This is something that is a little bit different when we’re talking about gig workers, because it’s frictionless for both the workers and the customers to switch to another app.” Instacart workers have taken various forms of collective action against the company in the past. In the beginning of the pandemic, workers demanded ; and before that, they protested and . hazard pay and access to paid sick leave over low pay how the company allocates workers’ tips In this latest round of unrest, Gig Workers Collective has , which focus on working conditions and Instacart’s pay structure. The group in mid-August. five specific demands published this list in an open letter to Simo Simo has been “consistently reading and responding to emails” and has conducted “a number of one-on-one conversations” with workers, Instacart’s Montalvo said. But Solis, from Gig Workers Collective, said individual workers he’s spoken to have gotten “canned responses” from the CEO, and the collective has yet to hear back. “At the end of the day, it was nothing more than lip service,” Solis said. “We need more than placating banter.” How Much Are Instacart Workers Paid? Workers say that as pay has declined over time, their earnings have become harder to predict and understand. When Kelly Harris started working for Instacart in Columbus, Ohio, in 2017, her pay would fluctuate based on what Instacart said was customer demand. She said that back then it was easier to predict what her pay would be: $0.40 per item in each order, plus a set price per order. That price would go up or down . depending on what Instacart deemed busy times In 2018, Instacart changed its pay structure by getting rid of “busy”-time pricing and the $0.40 per item payments. The company started to calculate pay. Workers would get at least $10 per order, and the price could go up from there, but workers say how much and when seemed to be arbitrary. Harris said she began earning less. relying more heavily on its algorithm Then, in 2019, Instacart changed again—lowering the minimum pay from $10 to and bundling up to three orders together for that $7 baseline (or whatever price the algorithm had set). $7 per order “The kind of money that I was making in 20 to 30 hours then, I would probably need to work 100 hours now,” said Harris, who’s relocated to Steubenville, Ohio. “I’ve seen a 70 percent pay cut over the years. It’s really not worth it; it’s not reliable anymore.” “I’ve seen a 70 percent pay cut over the years. It’s really not worth it” - Kelly Harris Montalvo didn’t respond to questions about how the company’s algorithm calculates worker earnings but said, “There are many considerations for every order that needs to be taken into account when determining batch pay—including the volume of customer demand, geographic profiles, retailer mix, items, weight, and projected delivery times.” When workers open the app, they see available “batches” (Instacart’s nickname for grocery orders), which show a set commission price plus the customer’s tip. If the batch is higher-paying, workers have around 30 seconds to decide whether to take it before it disappears. Workers say the $7 and other lower-paying batches tend to sit there. Harris said batch prices can be all over the map. “I’ve seen batches with 90 unique items for $7, and I’ve seen batches for 12 or 13 items for $7,” Harris said. “There’s no sense to it.” Harris provided The Markup with several screenshots of batches in late September. One, for example, was for 107 grocery items and offered $14.92 total pay with no tip. Another was for four items for $22.94 and a $3.33 tip but included a 28-mile drive to the customer’s home. Several other screenshots also showed long drives, two batches bundled together for the same price or orders with more than 100 items (which can take up to two hours to fulfill). All payments were within a $7 to $22 range. Some Instacart orders are for more than 100 items, which workers say can take up to two hours to fill. In its demands, Gig Workers Collective is asking Instacart to reinstate three of its previous payment methods. It wants workers to be paid per order and the company to stop bundling batches together. It wants the per item payment reestablished since orders with a lot of items take more time. And it wants Instacart to restore the default in-app tip to 10 percent, rather than 5 percent, where it’s set now. (Customers can choose their own tip amount; the default is a suggested prompt.) We “removed the ‘none’ option in the customer tip settings, requiring customers to manually change their tip to $0 if desired and making it less likely that a customer will remove the shopper tip altogether,” Montalvo said. She added that, “We have a customer tip default setting which allows customers to save their default tip based on their last order.” Montalvo didn’t comment on Gig Workers Collective’s other demands around pay. In the past, Instacart has said it because it “serves as a baseline for a shopper’s potential tip and can be increased to any amount.” When the company changed its pay structure and , it said that was to “provide clearer and more consistent earnings” for workers. wouldn’t raise the app’s default tip stopped the $0.40 per item payments “Over time, it just started to deteriorate,” Solis said. “We feel those [demands] are reasonable…. They’re stuff that we had before, and we just want them back.” What Else Do Instacart Workers Want? Along with changing how Instacart pays workers, Gig Workers Collective is asking the company to adjust the . Currently, customers rate workers on a five-star basis, and Instacart can . Workers with lower ratings can get offered less lucrative batches. rating system by which customers evaluate delivery workers reward high scores by giving those workers first dibs on orders “Shoppers’ access to batches is determined by a number of factors, including customer demand and shopper location,” Montalvo said. “If there are more shoppers than there are available batches, we’ll use additional criteria like timeliness, accuracy, and customer rating to determine access to batches.” Workers say customers often ding them for things like sold-out grocery store items and slower delivery because of long lines or traffic. According to a Los Angeles Times article, some customers , and Instacart tends to blame the delivery workers in those situations. report missing or damaged items to get free or discounted groceries “Even when we provide photos of deliveries, Instacart can either lower our rating (which prevents us from seeing good offers for weeks) or deactivate us from the platform entirely,” Gig Workers Collective wrote in its open letter. “Instacart’s inability to properly investigate customer complaints should not result in blame unfairly placed on shoppers.” Montalvo said in cases when the company determines a customer has been fraudulent, the worker’s low rating in that instance may be “forgiven.” Workers in , , and on often complain of being unfairly deactivated. Some say it’s possibly because their ratings dipped. Others say maybe it’s because they requested too many times. Facebook groups Reddit threads Twitter extra pay on heavy orders A couple of workers say they thought they were deactivated after their , which they believed Instacart thought was a fraudulent selfie check (something the company occasionally requires). phone accidentally took a photo in their pocket Gig Workers Collective’s final demand is for Instacart to provide workers with occupational death benefits—to help their families if something goes wrong. They say working for the company can be dangerous. Not only have workers , but they’ve also been , , and . Lynn Murray, one of the , was working for Instacart at the time. tested positive for COVID-19 robbed assaulted had guns pulled on them people killed at a supermarket during a mass shooting in Boulder, Colo. Montalvo said the company offers “ ,” which “includes coverage for certain medical expenses, disability payments, and accidental death benefits.” She said workers can file claims directly with Instacart’s insurance provider.  Montalvo didn’t respond to questions about how many workers have received the benefit. Instacart workers who spoke with The Markup said they’d never heard of the program. Shopper Injury Protection Because Instacart , they don’t have employee benefits, like life insurance, health care, workers’ compensation, and sick days. classifies its workers as independent contractors “This work is becoming increasingly dangerous,” Solis said. “We feel like we need basic protections.” What Could Boycotts, Protests, and Strikes Accomplish? Such collective actions have happened before, to mixed results. When thousands of Instacart workers in March 2020 over , the , “We’ve seen absolutely no impact to Instacart’s operations.” announced an emergency walk-off inadequate personal protective equipment and sick leave company told reporters Yet, days before the strike, it changed its policy—pledging to send workers PPE kits and confirming 14 days of sick leave pay for those diagnosed with COVID-19. Similarly, a year before, when Instacart workers filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for , founder and former CEO Apoorva Mehta and ended the practice. subsidizing their wages with customer tips issued a rare apology The case was resolved as part of a class action settlement. Workers have seen other changes because of their protests. At one point, Instacart had , and the company raised those types of prices after workers spoke out.' paid some workers as little as $1.50 per order “The companies never want to admit that if they change a policy, it’s because workers are demanding it,” said Rutgers’ Givan. But “Instacart workers’ organizing skills get sharper and sharper as they build a movement.” While Instacart has made concessions in the past, however, workers say they still haven’t seen the structural changes they’ve long demanded. “With our protests, they don’t have the immediate effect that we want them to—but they do have an effect,” Solis said. “That’s why we continue to do it.” Written by: Dara Kerr This article was and was republished under the license. originally published on The Markup Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives

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