Customer, courier, and ops apps with live tracking, route efficiency, and payouts—on-demand delivery without the support ticket avalanche.

From order placed to doorbell—visibility and control at every step

We build real-time order state, dispatch, and ETA models that tolerate GPS jitter and app backgrounding. Courier apps optimize for one-handed use; ops consoles surface exceptions first. Patterns span food delivery, parcel/courier, grocery, pharmacy, and generic on-demand service delivery—with tipping, batching, and surge pricing where your model needs them.

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Delivery App Development

01 // THE MANDATE

Customer, courier, and ops apps with live tracking, route efficiency, and payouts—on-demand delivery without the support ticket avalanche.

We build real-time order state, dispatch, and ETA models that tolerate GPS jitter and app backgrounding. Courier apps optimize for one-handed use; ops consoles surface exceptions first.

Patterns span food delivery, parcel/courier, grocery, pharmacy, and generic on-demand service delivery—with tipping, batching, and surge pricing where your model needs them.

02 // ENGINEERING

Development process

Structured phases—from discovery to launch—with clear ownership and handoff points.

Operational modeling (weeks 1–3)

We define zones, SLA targets, courier incentives, and support escalation. Pilot geography is small and dense for liquidity.

Core transaction loop (weeks 3–12)

Order lifecycle, payments, and basic dispatch. Simulations with historical demand shapes.

Realtime & maps (weeks 8–14)

WebSocket/mobile sync, map providers, and ETA refinement from live courier signals.

Scale prep (weeks 12–18)

Load tests, incident runbooks, courier onboarding at volume, and ops playbooks for weather spikes.

Operate

Peak readiness reviews; payout reconciliation; continuous map/cost optimization.

03 // CAPABILITIES

Core Capability Matrix

The building blocks of your solution

Customer app

browse, cart, ETA, live map, chat/support, ratings.

Courier app

offer/accept, navigation handoff, proof of delivery, earnings.

Merchant portal

menu/inventory sync, prep times, pause store, disputes.

Dispatch

auto-assign, manual override, batching, geofenced zones.

Pricing

delivery fees, service charges, surge, promos, tax.

Payments

customer charge, platform fee, courier payouts, instant vs weekly.

Logistics

geocoding quality, address pins, contactless notes.

Notifications

push/SMS for state changes; fallback when push denied.

Fraud

velocity checks, stolen device patterns, collusion heuristics.

Analytics

SLA, courier utilization, NPS by cohort, heatmaps.

04 // DELIVERY LIFECYCLE

The strategic roadmap

Milestones and checkpoints—each phase has a clear outcome before the next begins.

Milestone 01Delivery

Weeks 1–3: Scope, city pilot, compliance (food handling, labor) checklist.

Milestone 02Delivery

Weeks 4–9: Customer + courier MVP; shadow dispatch; pilot merchants.

Milestone 03Delivery

Weeks 8–14: Auto-dispatch v1; surge; support tooling.

Milestone 04Delivery

Weeks 13–18: Hardening; app store readiness; marketing launch support.

Milestone 05Delivery

Ongoing: New zones, merchant segments, and fleet partnerships.

05 // PRODUCT SCOPING

Choosing your path

Two engagement models—start lean and iterate, or commit to a full platform build from day one.

MVP

Speed & essentialism

Phase 1
MVP: single city, manual dispatch backup, core order/pay/track, courier earnings weekly, limited surge. Excludes advanced batching, enterprise merchant EDI, and multi-modal logistics. Proves unit economics before geographic sprawl.
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Full product

Enterprise maturity

All-in
Full stack: multi-city ops, sophisticated dispatch optimization, instant pay, enterprise merchant integrations, fraud ML, and white-label for franchise partners.

06 // PARTNERSHIP

Why work together

A single accountable partner across strategy, build, and go-live—not a revolving door of vendors.

John Hambardzumian
Direct collaboration

End-to-end ownership: discovery, architecture, implementation, and launch—with clear communication and production-grade engineering.

  • Discovery & alignment
  • Systems that scale
  • Implementation depth
  • Clear comms

07 // CLARITY

Frequently asked

We implement your rules—courier classification, merchant fee structures, and category-specific flows—without locking you into a template that caps differentiation.

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