China’s One-Hour Delivery Service Sources From Local C-Stores

Beequick delivery app expanding quickly, building network of more than 10,000 c-store sources.

April 03, 2015

BEIJING – Beequick, a China-based food and drink delivery app startup, recently announced it secured a new round of funding to continue expanding. Founded in May last year, Beequick got its start in Beijing by promising one-hour delivery of snacks, beverages, liquor, coffee and fruit. The company launched in Beijing and has since expanded to several other large cities.

Beequick’s business model takes advantage of a large network of local convenience stores to find the nearest vendor with the requested items.

According to the company, it has more than 10,000 convenience stores on board, delivering more than 30,000 orders daily.

While name-brand convenience stores like 7-Eleven and Q-Mart are common in China, most convenience stores are privately owned shops with generic names like "cigarette and liquor store" or "fruit and vegetable stand." These independent stores make up Beequick’s network, for the most part.

Beequick is just one of many new on-demand delivery services available in China, but its use of the existing c-store network is unique among its competitors.

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