{"id":11874,"date":"2021-02-03T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/02\/03\/surge-in-delivery-services-on-gig-economy-app-led-itask-to-create-their-own-delivery-service\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:30:00","slug":"surge-in-delivery-services-on-gig-economy-app-led-itask-to-create-their-own-delivery-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/02\/03\/surge-in-delivery-services-on-gig-economy-app-led-itask-to-create-their-own-delivery-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge in delivery services on Gig economy app led iTask to create their own delivery service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n                            <!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">\n                               Users can arrange to have cakes, flowers and parcels delivered to their doorstep from $4.50                             <\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 3 February&#13;<br \/>\n2021 &#8211; The delivery boom in the pandemic has led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itask.com.sg\/\">iTask<\/a> to create their own&#13;<br \/>\ndelivery service called iTask Delivery.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Available in Singapore and Malaysia, the service&#13;<br \/>\nmarketplace platform has seen a 62% jump in service providers on board last&#13;<br \/>\nyear, surpassing the figures from the same period in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Delivery service providers, in particular, surged 9% compared to the pre-COVID-19 period.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In April 2020 to June 2020 during the&#13;<br \/>\nCircuit Breaker, Singaporeans were advised to stay at home which led to many of&#13;<br \/>\nthem opting for delivery services. As a result, delivery requests on iTask&#13;<br \/>\nincreased by 600% in 2020, compared with 2019. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>These requests continue to increase, with&#13;<br \/>\niTask receiving about 500 requests in the last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Marcus Cheah, founder of iTask, created&#13;<br \/>\niTask Delivery to make delivery accessible and affordable. &#8220;Our platform surge&#13;<br \/>\nin delivery demand due to the Coronavirus outbreak. As consumers stay at home,&#13;<br \/>\neveryone goes for online groceries and the business owners come to our platform&#13;<br \/>\nlooking for the delivery services with affordable pricing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Starting from $4.50, iTask offers standard&#13;<br \/>\nislandwide delivery for packages weighing up to 30kg. Packages normally get&#13;<br \/>\ndelivered in 1 to 3 business days. Users who have urgent needs can opt for the&#13;<br \/>\nsame day delivery service with 30kg maximum volume starting from $7.50.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Marcus Cheah works with a trusted and&#13;<br \/>\nvetted local delivery business to deliver the orders. &#8220;We work with trusted and&#13;<br \/>\nvetted local delivery businesses as quality of our delivery service is always a&#13;<br \/>\npriority in iTask. Business owners can focus on their business and leave the&#13;<br \/>\nlogistics for us with pieces of mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Deliver&#13;<br \/>\nwith ease<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Using iTask Delivery is quick and easy.&#13;<br \/>\nUsers simply have to input their pick up and<b> <\/b>drop off<b> <\/b>as well as a&#13;<br \/>\nfew additional details such as type of item and its weight. A delivery agent&#13;<br \/>\nwill subsequently be assigned to them. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>There is also an option to schedule the&#13;<br \/>\npick up on their desired date in which they can pick from three different&#13;<br \/>\nperiods of the day &#8211; morning, afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>From pick up to drop off, users are able to&#13;<br \/>\ncheck on their booking status to see their delivery progress. iTask will also&#13;<br \/>\nsend users constant notifications to notify them every step of the way for ease&#13;<br \/>\nof mind. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Special&#13;<br \/>\ncare for cake, cookies and flowers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Noting a growing interest in Singaporeans&#13;<br \/>\npurchasing cakes, cookies and flowers for their loved ones, Cheah decided to&#13;<br \/>\noffer deliveries for these items.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>As they have to be delicately managed due&#13;<br \/>\nto their nature, iTask will assign an expert delivery agent who is experienced&#13;<br \/>\nin delivering such items. Doing so will help to ensure that the items are&#13;<br \/>\nhandled with utmost care at all times.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Currently, iTask Delivery is only available&#13;<br \/>\nin Singapore but there are plans to expand it to Malaysia as well. &#8221; We are working with the local&#13;<br \/>\ndriver community in Malaysia and planning to launch in the 2nd quarter of this&#13;<br \/>\nyear &#8221; said Cheah.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Cheah hopes that the new service will&#13;<br \/>\ncreate ease of convenience for the local community. &#8220;iTask Delivery changes the&#13;<br \/>\nway the local community looks for delivery services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Arrange to have cakes, flowers and parcels&#13;<br \/>\ndelivered to your doorstep. Try iTask Delivery today.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Download the&#13;<br \/>\niTask app for free on the App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei Play Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Download URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aqxFxb\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aqxFxb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/View\/63644#Contact\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users can arrange to have cakes, flowers and parcels delivered to their doorstep from $4.50 SINGAPORE &#8211; Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 3 February&#13; 2021 &#8211; The delivery boom in the pandemic has led iTask to create their own&#13; delivery service called iTask Delivery. &#13; &#13; \u00a0 &#13; &#13; Available in Singapore and Malaysia, the service&#13; marketplace platform &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}