Onboarding project | Swish
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Onboarding project | Swish

Ideal Customer Profile

Who?


ICPs for Swish are below -


Criteria

User 1

User 2

User 3

Name

Priya Sharma

Rahul Verma

Shanaya Celly

Age

26- 29 years

33-36 years

12-16 years

Income bracket

5-15 Lakhs

15 Lakhs +

Dependent on parents

Demographics

Female

Male

Female

Company

Startup

Corporate​

NA. School

Designation

Business Development Manager

Category Manager

NA. Student

Need

Quick meals for lunch or dinner

Healthy meals or snacks for a family of two/three

Quick snacks

Pain Point

​Time constraints during office hours

Managing meals during hectic family schedules

Boring home-made food

Solution

10-minute delivery of delicious meals

Instant delivery of family-sized portions or kid-friendly snacks

10-minute delivery of delicious meals

Behavior

Tech-savvy, orders via mobile apps, price-conscious, requires quick deliveries

Values convenience over discounts

Tech-savvy, orders via mobile apps

Technology adoption

High

High

High

Meal preference

Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

Breakfast, Snack or late night snacking

Evening snacks

Social Behaviour

Mostly will not share meals

Will share their meals

Mostly will not share meals

Ordering triggers

hunger, craving, lack of time

convenience, lack of time

Craving

Loyalty indicators

Low, discount driven

High, if convenience is met

Low

Cultural influence

overseas cuisines

regional/Indian snacking items or kids special

overseas cuisines

Perceived Value of Brand

Reliable, consistent, and fast

Reliable and dependable, and food items to be fresh and preservative free

consistent, and fast

Marketing Pitch

"Never let your busy day compromise your nutrition – Swish delivers wholesome meals in just 10 minutes!"

"Family cravings, solved instantly – trust Swish to deliver happiness in 10 minutes!"

Delicious food delivered in just 10 minutes, with Swish make every snack time awesome!

Ordering time of the week

Weekdays

Weekends

Weekdays & Weekends

Goals

​Save time, delicious meals, stay energised

Manage family meal times efficiently, ensure everyone’s preferences are met

Delicious meals

Frequency of use case

3-5 times per week

2-3 times per week

2 times per week

Average Spend on the product

​₹300 per meal

​₹500 per order (family-sized portions)

​₹250 per meal

Value Accessibility to product

High (regular app usage, discounts appreciated)

​Medium (values convenience over discounts)

Medium (regular app usage, discounts appreciated)

Value Experience of the product

Prioritizes fast delivery and diverse menu options

​Prefers quality of food with healthy/fresh family-friendly options

Prefers tasty food and fast delivery

Brand affinity​

Peer recommendation

​Reviews

Peer recommendations

ICP Prioritization

Criteria

Adoption Rate

​Appetite to Pay

Frequency of Order

​Distribution Potential

TAM ( users/currency)

ICP 1

High

Low

High

High

12cr user

ICP 2

Moderate

High

Medium

High

32cr users

ICP 3

High

Low

Low

Low

5cr users

From the ICP Prioritisation Framework, we can see that ICP 2 and ICP 2 can be focused upon since the market for these users is larger enough and distribution potential is high for this target audience. And the the users have a good use case of the product with a high order frequency weekly! Now when we dig deeper into fleshing out the strategies for acquisition we will target them towards ICP 1 and ICP 2


What?

The user goals for ICP 1 and 2 can be defined as follows



ICPs

Exploration

Consideration

Purchase

ICP 1

Looking to eat tasty food with fast delivery

On friend's recommendation and a referral downloads the app to check out the food options

Using a referral discount places the first order

ICP 2

Looking to consumer healthy snacking items with fast delivery

Clicks on the advertisement and download the app and explore the healthy snacking options/ kids items

Places an order for self/family









JTBD and validation

Why?

Here's the table below to put down your user goals, respective ICPs, JTBDs and validate your goals.


Goal Priority

Goal Type

ICP

JTBD

Validation approach

Validation

Primary

Personal

ICP 1

Want delicious value meals for breakfast/lunch and dinner within 10 minutes

User interviews

"I am so happy that I got my meal within 10mins."

Primary

Personal

ICP 2

Want healthy quality snacks for self/kids in between meals within 10 minutes

User interviews

"I dont have to spend time thinking about in-between meeting hunger pangs."




Onboarding Teardown


Screen teardown

Right from product discovery to the onboarding the journey should be super smooth and should contain AHA Moments for the user to proceed and convert at every milestone.

Regarding Swish, the onboarding is completed once the user places an order. In order to encourage users a convenient short journey is required.

Find attached the screen-wise suggestions and recommendations for the existing Swish App.

Onboarding Assignment_Swish_Screen teardown.pdf

Activation metrics

Below are a few parameters to track the activation metrics for Swish App.

The core value of Swish is to deliver food within 10 minutes in the Bangalore region. To scale it up and acquire more customer, it is important to study the parameters activation metrics.

  • D1, D7, and D30 retention

    As the company is 8 month old, there is not much data published publicly. Retention rates can vary significantly based on factors such as
    - user experience,
    - market competition, and
    - regional preferences.
    The graph of retention generally looks like a mirror-image of J curve. The users drop from D1, D7 to D30 and further as well. Post which a habit is built and there is a higher chance to retain the users.

    For context, industry benchmarks for mobile apps generally consider the following retention rates as indicators of performance:
  • Day 1 (D1) Retention: Approx. 50%
  • Day 7 (D7) Retention: Approx. 30%
  • Day 30 (D30) Retention: Approx. 20%

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  • DAU/MAU
    The ratio of DAU to MAU is a strong metric to assess the user engagement, with higher percentages indicating more frequent user interactions with the platform.

    In the quick commerce sector, the DAU/MAU above 20% is generally considered strong, indicating high user engagement and retention.

    PS: Zepto (a competitor) has demonstrated significant growth, with its DAU increasing by 86% over a recent period.
  • Conversion rate vs retention rate

    Retention Rates: In the food delivery industry, a monthly retention rate of around 20-30% is considered average. Zepto's 78% monthly retention rate significantly exceeds this benchmark, indicating strong customer loyalty.

    Conversion Rates: Number of customers who placed an order/ total audience - defines the conversion rate. While specific figures vary, higher conversion rates are typically achieved through the below
    - user-friendly interfaces,
    - efficient delivery systems, and
    - effective marketing strategies.
  • Average TAT

In quick commerce, the TAT is quite high for urban customers. This metric will indicate WOM, App discoverability and usability. At a fundamental level, in quick commerce as it is a rapid delivery, customers order and place the order in the next 1-2 hours. However there will be customers who will place the order the next day or in the next couple of days.
The average TAT ie. time taken for a signup to activation ~ 1 hour

  • User Cohorts

The User Cohort analysis strategises to improve the retention. Cohort analysis helps in tracking customer behavior by grouping users with shared characteristics.

Swish Cohorts can be segmented as per below,

Cohort TypeSegmentExample

Time-Based Cohorts

Users acquired in a specific month or week.

January 2024 users, Week 1 of launch.

Engagement-Based Cohorts

Users based on app activity.

High-frequency users, occasional users.

Order Value-Based Cohorts

Users by average order value (AOV).

AOV < ₹200, AOV between ₹200-₹500, AOV > ₹500.

Source-Based Cohorts

Users by acquisition channel.

Social media ads, referrals, or app store users.

Behavior-Based Cohorts

Users who ordered based on preference (veg vs non-veg)

People who use veg/nonveg filter

Based on the segmentation, for Swish users, a key metrics can be analysed -

  1. Retention Rate: Percentage of users retained over time (D1, D7, D30).
  2. Churn Rate: Percentage of users who stop using the app over time.
  3. Average Order Frequency: How often a cohort places an order.
  4. Average Revenue per User (ARPU): Revenue generated by each user within a cohort.
  5. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV): Long-term value of each cohort.

Based on the key metirc, strategies are developed. For eg.
- To improve Early engagement rate for early Drop-off - provide a personalised discount or offer to the D7 cohorts
- If Order value based cohorts are high on referring, give then some value based incentives to spread WOM and acquire more customers.

  • Acquisition source

Acquisition source is a metric to understand which channel is most effective and efficient.
- organic,
- paid ads,
- referrals,
- social media

As Swish is an early scaling startup, experimentation is the key to figure out which channel works the best for acquiring customers.

  • Product reviews, Rating after first order and rating after order placed consecutively

Product reviews is a good metric to judge the performance in the market. Good rating is an indication of happy customers and hence higher retention.

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