{"id":85363,"title":"Getcho - a local-delivery platform for high-value retail","tagline":"Getcho: the local retail delivery platform for high-value products","body":"We're [Evandro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evandronadal), [Jack](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpconsidine/), and [Mike,](https://github.com/consofine) and we're building Getcho, a local retail delivery platform for high-value products. Getcho runs on top of third-party fleets, delivering $250,000 of merchandise per month.\n\n## The problem\n\nMerchants have embraced local / on-demand delivery—it boosts sales with urgent shoppers and is cheap, thanks to mega-fleets like DoorDash, Roadie, and Uber. But locally delivered packages are lost, misdelivered, or returned up to 10% of the time; some retail locations spend thousands of dollars each day replacing lost packages.\n\n## The solution\n\nGetcho prevents 95% of failed local deliveries. This saves merchants the costs associated with shipping replacements and, just as important, improves customers' perception of the merchant's brand.\n\nBy flagging GPS irregularities, using AI-assisted calls and texts to guide drivers at pick-up \u0026 drop-off, and scheduling around customer availability, Getcho ensures seamless and reliable deliveries.\n\n## Demo\n\n\u003chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFxJq_xekfI\u003e\n\n## About us\n\nJack and Evandro (\"Dro\") met in college. They started a software development firm called K-Optional that they ran for seven years. Mike, Jack's brother, joined K-Optional in 2021.\n\nThere they built logistics products that were acquired or continue to generate millions in revenue, including:\n\n* A [pig tracking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging) platform that uses hardware and GPS data to check diagnostics on massive oil pipelines.\n* A scheduling platform in the catastrophe insurance space that maps claimants to appraisal locations.\n\nThey spun Getcho out of a curbside pick-up application and went all in once they had delivered a million dollars of merchandise.\n\n## Ask\n\nIf you or someone you know is in retail operations, we'd love to connect \u0026 chat.","slug":"MCp-getcho-a-local-delivery-platform-for-high-value-retail","created_at":"2024-11-08T00:02:17.366Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:04:42.057Z","total_vote_count":44,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MCp-getcho-a-local-delivery-platform-for-high-value-retail","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":30031,"name":"Getcho","slug":"getcho","url":"https://getcho.app/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/b0bca661527cf93aad335c4ac4c75dfec9d20d7d.png","batch":"Fall 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["SaaS","Delivery","Logistics","E-commerce","Retail Tech"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30031"}}