New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Mumbai-based start-up ‘Ease Your Life’ plans to expand its footprint across tier-I cities of the country.
Currently, the app which combines features of delivery services and others including banking assistance and shopping, has operations in Mumbai and Delhi-NCR.
“We are looking at expanding the footprint across other metros and tier-I cities. We are also looking at expanding across smaller cities and offering our customised services to the people of the smaller towns,” said Jaymin Trivedi, Co-Founder of Ease Your Life.
The company, founded in 2016 by Trivedi and Shashwat Bhatt, in the next phase, plans to expand its operations into Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai.
During Diwali, the company witnessed a growth in its business, he said.
Bhatt said: “Well like every year, Diwali has always been a busy time for us. While the corporates have been a little slow, there has been a surge in individual orders and people have been coming on board to send across their parcels for Diwali.”
On the impact of the pandemic on its operations, he said that the first few months of the pandemic impacted the business due to the lockdown, however post the first three months as operations resumed, the company started seeing growth in business.
“We have had a bunch of new customers who have been across individuals and corporates who have come on board. We have also had customers try out a host of our services from the comfort of their home,” Bhatt said.
Trivedi also said that amid the pandemic, the company has looked at making its operations leaner and more agile.
“We have started short distance delivery model to cater to larger need of the customers and ease their lives,” he added.
On the funding for Ease Your Life, Bhatt said that currently the start-up is self-funded and going forward the management is looking at bringing “like-minded” investor.
“We are looking at working with people who bring in value for us across the board,” he added.
–IANS
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