Makro and Builders launching mini-apps on Monday

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Makro and Builders launching mini-apps on Monday

Massmart is officially launching its Makro and Builders mini-apps on the VodaPay super app on Monday, 11 October 2021.

These apps offer VodaPay users a way to shop online from the two stores' catalogues using their mobile devices.

This is the first time Massmart has made it possible to buy from its stores using a mobile app.

 

[saor]

What are the odds they've spent more time and money on this app than they have on getting their delivery logistics working properly. Shiny frontend, messy backend.

 

[Thor]

This will fail.

 

[ToxicBunny]

What are the odds they've spent more time and money on this app than they have on getting their delivery logistics working properly. Shiny frontend, messy backend.

They haven't quite twigged onto that basic fact yet..

Q : How do we increase our share of the online market?
Massmarts answer : Provide more options for our clients to experience how absolutely crap we are at any form of delivery or after sales service... That will make us dominate the market.

Retards.

 

[RedViking]

Meh..

 

[Deandbn]

Tell them to get lost with their upto.. Discounts..
Upto cr@p that's what it is..
Just like their deliveries..
Give an actual discount percentage or don't bother..

 

[krycor]

Well they had the website store prior so as long as that was done “nicely” pushing out an app isn’t as huge a leap.

 

[bar1]

any interesting deals?

 

[Park@82]

Just me or is builders very overpriced on most items?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Just me or is builders very overpriced on most items?

Not just you at all, their pricing is not really great.

Their "win" in terms of gaining customers is brand recognition as well as being open 7 days a week really as well as generally the variety of stock. I've found most other hardware places have better prices on things, but their selection of stock and brands is poorer or they aren't open 7 days a week and that becomes a PITA really for weekend DIY warriors.