Who?
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 |
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 |
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." |
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
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.
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
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 Type | Segment | Example |
---|---|---|
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 -
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 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 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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