Delivery applications offering discounts of up to 50%, postpaid payment, and delivery in less than 15 minutes.

Consumers said that the multiplicity of order delivery applications, especially during the recent period, has led to achieving several advantages for consumers, most notably discounts of up to 50% on the prices of some orders, especially related to restaurants and groceries, reducing the delivery time for dozens of goods to less than 15 minutes, and postpaid payment for the price. Purchases after 30 days of purchase, provided that their price does not exceed 2,200 dirhams, free delivery for some orders, and discount offers on prices. Delivery, and free coupons for purchases from certain stores.

They explained to Emirates Today that there are other advantages, most notably paying a lump sum for delivery on a monthly basis, regardless of the number of orders, and allowing tracking of delivery operations, in addition to the multiplicity of services to include other items such as cleaning, ironing, and others.

In turn, two officials in two delivery applications said that the multiplicity of delivery applications led to an increase in competition between them, and the introduction of additional benefits to increase loyalty, which was in the interest of consumers, in addition to the entry of major sales outlets into the field of delivery, and the updates they made, such as the presence of round-the-clock delivery. The time and speed of orders have contributed to increasing competition and diversifying advantages for the benefit of consumers.

They pointed out that the competition also led to the expansion of the list of participating services, to include a large number of restaurants, supermarkets, groceries, pharmacies, and the expansion of services.

Multiple applications

In detail, the consumer, Rana Rafiq, said, “The multiplicity of delivery applications, during the recent period, has led to these applications offering large discounts of up to 50%, especially on some restaurant orders and some grocery items, and obtaining free coupons to purchase from certain stores, which helped “Consumers are encouraged to buy, at reasonable prices,” pointing out that applications have finally launched an important feature for the consumer, which is to purchase and pay for the purchases after a period of up to a month from the purchase, provided that the maximum purchases are at a value. 2200 dirhams.

Consumer Samer Lutfi said, “Delivery applications have added several advantages to consumers during the recent period, especially after new applications entered the market, such as offering discounts on the prices of some orders that exceed 30 dirhams of the original price, depending on the product, and reducing the delivery time to less than 15 dirhams.” Minutes, for dozens of goods at times, in addition to offering free delivery offers and discounts on delivery orders.

The consumer, Jamal Abdel Rahim, added that “the current period has witnessed additional advantages for consumers, especially after the multiplicity of delivery applications,” explaining that “several applications have offered new advantages, in addition to purchasing at large discounts from sales outlets, supermarkets, groceries, and pharmacies, such as consumers paying a monthly amount in the range of 30 dirhams.” “In exchange for delivering any number of orders during the month,” he pointed out that this saved him large sums of money for delivery, especially since he relies almost entirely on meeting his needs through applications. Due to his working conditions and living in a remote area.

He noted the expansion of applications in providing new services such as cleaning and ironing, and offering rewards to be used in cinemas and theme parks.

High competition

On the other hand, a high-ranking official in one of the delivery applications, M.S., who preferred to remain anonymous, said, “The increase in competition among delivery applications has led to consumers obtaining hundreds of goods at reduced prices, and we are always working to increase the benefits to increase consumers’ loyalty to a particular application.” “This is in the interest of consumers, and has a positive impact on these applications in increasing reliance on them to deliver orders.”

He added, “The entry of major sales outlets and shops into the order delivery sector and the updates they made, such as the presence of round-the-clock delivery and speed of delivery, contributed to supporting competition and advantages for the benefit of consumers.”

For his part, another official in one of the delivery applications, Aneek Rajan, said, “The increasing intensity of competition between applications on the one hand, and applications, outlets and shops on the other hand, has led to the introduction of many offers for the benefit of consumers, and obtaining significant discounts exceeding 50% in prices.” Lots of goods.”

He explained, “The competition also led to expanding the list of participating services to include hundreds of restaurants, supermarkets, groceries, sales outlets, pharmacies, rewards, and benefits to be used in movie theaters, theme parks, travel, and others.”

He expected that delivery applications would expand in offering the postpaid feature, after a period of purchase, in the context of intense competition between applications.

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