Episode 43: Being More Profitable on Apartment Deliveries, with Eddie and Akash from Beans

Apartments. Finding the customers while on delivery at apartment complexes can be a miserable experience.  The way complexes are laid out, the way they are numbered, the way they are marked, it can be next to impossible to find the customer. And too often, the customer has no idea how to tell you to get there.

I'm in Colorado. There are complexes I KNOW were built before weed was legal, but I swear they were smoking it (or something else) when they numbered the buildings and apartments. There's no rhyme or reason or consistency. How do you find your way around these places? Some do put a map at the entrance. I LOVE whoever was that thoughtful. Too many don't.

Well, someone came up with a solution. And it's a FREE solution to drivers. It's called the Beans app. And today, we have Eddie Valdez and Akash Agarwal joining us to talk about the app, how it got started, and where they are planning to go with it.

You can visit the companion page to this episode for a screenshot of the app and a transcript of the episode.

Long story by me about struggles with finding apartments. 1:04
Introduction of the app and of Eddie and Akash 8:59
What the Beans app is 11:20
Where to find the app 12:59
What's coming up - new features 14:33
Intuitive interface 18:24
Rollout of official version one 19:53
Free app and future paid options 20:42
Markets where apartments are mapped 22:10
Opportunities for drivers to help with mapping 24:27
Complexes cooperating with mapping 26:14
Contacting Beans 29:12
Final thoughts from Akash 31:26

You can learn more about the Beans app at the following links:
Beans.Launchaco.com
Get it at the Apple App Store
Get it at the Google Play Store

Eddie gave his email adress at about 29:12, however I don't like to publish peoples' addresses in the notes because of spammers. However, he mentioned that if you go to their contact page, those emails will go to him. They are awesome at responding, getting feedback etc.

Beans on Twitter
Beans on Facebook
Beans on Instagram
Beans on LinkedIn

Parting thoughts: The Beans app is a great way to increase your profitability. It can speed up your apartment deliveries, and it can offer some side income opportunities mappiing apartments. Check them out, it's a great tool for couriers!

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