The
ever popular ridesharing firm Lyft had put their toe in the pool, testing the
water in regards to offering a delivery service but found the temperature a bit
too cool. Being quoted as having stated
that they felt it would be irresponsible not to consider it, in the end, it
doesn’t look like it will be coming anytime soon. Test deliveries aside, there will be no Lyft
deliveries in the near future. The
service’s biggest competitor, Uber however, is striking deals with retailers
from small operations to the big box retail chains. The results of this move have yet to be
analyzed.
As
they will not be changing their service lineup, the ridesharing firm has
decided on strengthening their core services and expanding their carpooling
product, Lyft Line. Although there has
been much speculation in regards to potential international expansion, the
company firmly denies these statements, preferring to say that they are not willing
to over expand themselves at this current time.
Instead,
it is focusing on expanding and improving its original service and its
carpooling product, Lyft Line. Earlier this year, Lyft confirmed to the San
Jose Mercury News that it also was not planning an international expansion. The
company has raised one-fifth the venture capital funding that Uber has — Lyft
has $1 billion compared to Uber’s more than $5 billion — and plans to focus on
a few key objectives to avoid overextending itself.
It
is being stated that by not throwing their hat into the delivery services ring,
Lyft is missing out on a market which is already clamoring for attention. While speaking with retailers, many of them
expressed interest in the service and in particular, utilizing Lyft over the
mega competitor Uber. Some say Lyft is
simply leaving money on the table.
The
matter of rideshare delivery services is still out for deliberation. Until then, we will wait and see. And of course, rideshare!
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