On-Demand Economy Influencing Traditional Business


Posted August 14, 2020 by bessiejoans

The on-Demand economy has revolutionized the traditional business in a tremendous way.

 
The on-demand economy is rapidly influencing traditional business models. The on-demand business provides a couple of services as instant provisioning of goods and services. 

Fastest way of availing taxi, it started the need for Uberization to observe demand, provision the supply, and deliver.
Obviously, Uberization has become a more familiar on-demand business model around the world.

With the emergence of various on-demand apps like Instacart(for grocery), Postmates(Locally available service), task rabbit(for handyman)and Airbnb(accommodation) has revolutionized the various traditional business. 42% of Americans are using the one the above-said app to avail of the service they demand.

The entrepreneurs are ready to venture traditional business into an on-demand economy to uphill the traditional business to fill out the digitalization gap and these going to be advance the business for further.
Here, let us see the industries/business influenced by the on-demand economy.
Industries disrupted by the on-demand economy
The Harvard Business Review states that American spends $57.6 billion in the on-demand economy. The emergence of the on-demand economy across the world has aided the enhancement of the industries and encouraged enterprises to automate their services.

The on-demand service is of various types like services provided at the customer's location (taxi service), services on to the user's device in the form of digital content(Netflix& Hulu). 

Transportation and travel

The on-demand economy plays a vital role in these major sectors, as per the reports says that 75% VC funding goes to the 5 on-demand services and four of them are from transportation and travel. 
Uber and Airbnb both have a major share on this on-demand economy. There are local competitors for these on-demand devices where they are the inspiration for on-demand transportation and vacations.

Food delivery

The people are fond of ordering food as they feel very tired, unexpected guess arrives at your home and want to taste different dishes in various restaurants. The food ordering and delivery business have a huge share of the economy.    

Statista reports revenue from the Online Food Delivery segment is predicted to reach US$136,431m in 2020. Expected to give an annual growth rate (CAGR 2020-2024) of 7.5%, resulting in a predicted market volume of US$182,327m by 2024. The market's highest share is Platform-to-Consumer Delivery with a predicted market volume of US$70,741m in 2020. Some of the alternative markets where these services are increasing at a higher pace are Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil.


Healthcare

One industry that was in great need of on-demand Services was 
Healthcare. Before patients have to wait in a long queue to meet the doctors in hospitals. In a certain condition like an emergency, urgency it is quite difficult to rush to the hospitals and big queue on scan centers and pharmacy will remain open at fixed timings. 
Now we are able to book the appointment for the doctors and scan centers. We are easily getting our medicines delivered at our doorsteps.
Moreover, we are able to discover the various specialist doctors as per our needs and able to book the virtual appointment regardless of locations on the on-demand healthcare apps.

Professional services

The expert services are undergone an extensive transformation due to the on-demand economy. The on-demand app with an extensive collection of various field experts is useful for the end-users.
This sector covers all the fields experts from 
Mechanic
Carpentry
Electrician
Pest Control
Household work
Baby Sitting
Plumbing
It even provides software programmers for software development for your business. It covers all sorts of expert service at a single platform, and it is a thriving on-demand sector.

eCommerce

Ecommerce is a sector that is arisen due to on-demand services. 
Before the on-demand economy eCommerce does not exist, but in the current scenario where people started buying and selling through the online platform with help of the on-demand services.
eCommerce where you can buy and sell desires like clothing, home appliances, accessories, and types of equipment. You all well known about popular eCommerce sites like Amazon, Walmart, and home depot.

Logistics

The Logistics and courier service has tremendous effects due to the emergence of the on-demand economy.
It has provided efficient and smooth services for handling customers' demands and provide sufficient information regarding the tracking. Therefore corporates can avail the cargo service at any time to deliver their goods. It provides tracking details and acknowledgment from the receiver end. There is an on-demand service for logistics like Deliv, Postmates, GetWagon, and TruckBuddy.

Conclusion

The on-demand services will influence various industries apart from the common ones. There will be a tough competition among businesses to provide quality services on quality time.
On-demand apps are the future for most of the traditional businesses. So, if you looking to develop an on-demand app you must consult an on-demand app development service provider.
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Last Updated August 14, 2020