Convenience Store Runs Now Mobile-Easy With goPuff

Not so long ago, I came down with a case of stomach flu. Even looking at food left me badly nauseated, and water didn’t even sit well. After a few hours, I was starting to feel better, enough so to have a bit of soup.

It was a relief to get that on my badly-revolted stomach, but it made me wonder; what if I hadn’t had soup on hand? Going to the grocery store in that condition would have been an ordeal, but that’s one that goPuff might be able to cure with a mobile app.

Even for those not suffering the perils of an outraged gut, it’s easy to not want to go grocery shopping, yet still need a few small items to fill in some gaps until a fuller shopping foray can be managed.

This is where goPuff has the real chance to shine. The goPuff system takes those simple, everyday items and allows users to order these from a mobile app. Said items are then delivered to the user’s front door.

Users are charged a comparatively light fee of just $1.95 for delivery, and those who spend at least $49 with the company have said fee waived. The goPuff catalog includes many of the smallest and simplest of staples—snacks and beverages, of course, but also various household goods, pet supplies, even things like alcohol and electronics—and makes these a quick and easy order. Essentially, goPuff is a standard convenience store compressed into a mobile app.

No one wants to buy items that only have occasional uses like Pepto-Bismol or NyQuil and are more likely to go to waste due to their occasional use, or wedge shopping trips into a workday.

Delivery convenience for simple necessities—or even simple comforts like a bag of gummi bears late at night—is a golden opportunity for gain, one that’s tailor-made for mobile payments to step in with. Place your order, pay for it from that device, and boom; whatever you need is at the door in minutes.

Convenience is huge in mobile payments, and goPuff demonstrates just what convenience can look like. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a craving for gummi bears and don’t want to drive to the store. A few clicks on an app can fix that now.