Validate My Idea – Hard-Wheres – Siddaraju R

Founder Siddaraju pitching Hard-Wheres a Bangalore based startup that helps local retailers to sell their products to local customers online through enabling hyper-local delivery. The startup is in the market since the last 4 months and is seeking funding to expand the team.

“We provide hyper-local delivery services that help customers get their order delivered on demand…within 90mins to 5hrs. With our wide range of main categories, they can get whatever they want without waiting for 1-2 days,” says Siddaraju. “Our customers include apartment residents and parents working 9-5.”

website: www.hardwheres.com

Products delivered include gaming accessories, computer /laptop accessories, garden supplies, pooja material, automobile accessories, hardware, electrical parts, paint, fashion, beauty, party props and surveillance products.

Siddaraju, holds a diploma in Civil Engineering  and when working for his firm, he would notice that the products he needed on a daily basis were actually available cheaper in the market but there was no platform out there, that would help him connect to the market. He strongly stands behind the growth of hyper local delivery and believes this could replace Amazon or Flipkart through offering more convenience and services that are local.

The startup has been working on this idea for 10 months. It is 4months since they started working as an offline store and 1 month as an online store. They have more than 45 customers and a retention rate of 85% and orders of more than 120+ within the last 2months both online and offline combined.