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Most businesses have been hit hard by the corona virus pandemic, but a few storm and doorstep fuel delivery riders are one of them. Business to Customer (B2C) segment inquiries has shot up manifold for the High speed diesel delivery India companies.
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2021 COVID-19 Impact: Doorstep Fuel Delivery Companies are on a Customer Purchase Revel
The demand has mainly shot up for hospitals for filling up their ambulances and generators, housing societies and small-scale industries for diesel-run generator sets. Most businesses have been hit hard by the corona virus pandemic, but a few storm and doorstep fuel delivery riders are one of them. Business to Customer (B2C) segment inquiries has shot up manifold for the High speed diesel delivery India companies. Doorstep delivery as a business in India is at a nascent stage and a minuscule part of the energy business chain. The companies are now, however, betting big on consumer acquisition as they hope the COVID- 19 led lockdown will be what demonetization was for digital payment companies. Minister mooted the idea of a Mobile petrol pump near me for Petroleum & natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan in the year 2017, and the ministry had set a target of 500 fuel delivery vehicles in FY20. Even though the target was missed and only diesel is delivered to the doorstep currently, the business is picking up at a fast pace. Fuel delivery companies have witnessed a 50 percent reduction in demand for the B2B segment of the business but have seen massive interest in B2C for diesel delivery during the lockdown. The demand has mainly shot up for hospitals for filling up their ambulances and generators, housing societies and small- scale industries for diesel-run generator sets. Delhi-based FuelBuddy, app-based Diesel transportation in India Company with an average business of 500 KL a month in the B2B segment, has suddenly seen massive interest in diesel delivery B2C segment the lockdown. Having started the B2C business on the back of the COVID-19 situation worldwide in March this year, the company acquired about 60 new customers, and in the month of April, it has acquired 100 new customers alone.
FuelBuddy has also launched 20-liter cans, especially for small quantity users in residential areas, along with LPG delivery. The company sells an average of 1,000 liters per day for the B2C segment and expects to scale up to 2,000 liters per day for the B2C segment in the short term. The company plans to scale up to 2500KL per month in the next 12-15 months from the current 500KL per month at a company level. What demonetization did to the digital payment industry, like how Paytm acquired customers, this lockdown has been a big positive for the Buy diesel online segment business for fuel delivery. Word of mouth and Whatsapp presence have helped us market our service. Despite the market for home delivery of fuel is at a very small scale right now, India will see 30 percent growth from delivery business from 10,000 crore liters diesel market," said Adnan Kidwai, Co-Founder, FuelBuddy. It delivers diesel to companies like Wipro, Infosys and plans to give special discounts to people working in the essential service sector like medical, health, sanitation police, and media.