DunzosuperHERoes

Dunzo salutes our women warriors for shattering stereotypes, while paving the way for a fair, and inclusive world. Here are the tales of two women who, against all odds…

Your Security is our Top Priority!

*This blog has been updated on July 29th, 1:50 PM IST Every time you use Dunzo, you trust your order to be delivered safely and promptly. We expect that too and that is why our teams are constantly working to ensure that your orders are always in safe hands, from…

How Indians did it last Valentine’s Day

It’s that one day, that’s all about your Bae. The season of love is officially here! Thoughtful trinkets, saucy surprises, lovey letters and gifts galore. Romance is indeed being delivered around town in quirky new ways. Love makes you do crazy things, they say. Here’s proof that love makes you…

Smart cities through the lanes of Dunzo

Dunzo gets things done. This simple yet complex premise is at the heart of Dunzo’s operations. Whether it’s commerce, commute, or courier, Dunzo has always been able to help users use their time more efficiently and make cities more accessible for everyone. Over the years, Dunzo’s popularity was evidence that…

#WellDun2020

2020 has indeed been a defining year for all delivery businesses in India. The global health crisis and the ensuing lockdowns have led home deliveries to make the transition from being a lifestyle choice to a lifeline. Dunzo has seen an increasing number of customers embrace its safety and convenience during this challenging period. With the majority of the population being shut indoors for a larger part of the year, we’ve observed that the ordering habits of Indians have seen a distinct shift as compared to the preceding years. Altered routines and a change in priorities have caused a perceptible distinction in consumer behavior. From Condoms, IPills, and Pregnancy tests being the highest orders in the Medicine category, to most cities ordering cat food over dog food, to the recent surge in demand for healthy alternatives, some of these data points certainly stood out from the usual. We decided to compile a few intriguing insights from the year gone by, to throw light on how India got it, Dun, in 2020. Enumerated below, is the list of interesting patterns in user orders that we observed last year. It has most certainly been a year of surprises, and Dunzo users certainly did not disappoint with their buying habits. Irrespective of what the next year holds, Dunzo shall continue to serve in all its geographies with the single goal of bringing the magic of convenience to every home, and hopefully workplaces too, very soon.

How Pune decided to get smart

#ProTips |Running and Attending Meetings Effectively!

Did you know? A study from Walt Street Journal, Atlassian, and Doodle has found that about 71% of professionals misspend time every week due to unnecessary, poorly conducted, or canceled meetings. More often than not, certain meetings could be emails and closed without spending time deliberating — all it needs is constant communication between team members and teams. Here are some simple and effective ways on how to run these meetings. The time saved on these meetings is time gained to…

We’ll keep you on the move

Pricing Base Fare: ₹10/km Per Km Charge: ₹3/km up to 5km ₹6/km after 5km New users get first 3 rides free, for trips under 3kms Note: Dunzo Bike is available only on Android devices Terms & Conditions: 1. Take a minimum of 5 bike rides to enter the contest 2. Top users who take maximum bike rides within a span of 3 weeks will win Cult.fit memberships worth 3 months. 3. Applicable on bike rides only. 4. Applicable only for Hyderabad bike rides.

Women who get it Dun — #BalanceForBetter

At Dunzo, we have always aimed to equalize opportunities to facilitate a fair and liberated space to strengthen women and their talents. Our constant endeavor is to make the workplace a nurturing ground for healthy interactions, stimulative ideas, and collaborative efforts. We take special pride in our formidable band of…

United We Brand

Competition makes us faster, collaboration makes us better. At Dunzo, we take this adage to heart. Our endeavour as a business, has always been to speak authentically, and serve willingly. We have attempted in every decision, to make empathy a prominent guiding force. Be it our Friendship Day campaign which…

How Indians Went Places With Names

It’s all about location, location, location. Dunzo has been connecting distant corners of cities running thousands of daily tasks for its users. Each of these tasks requires the user to store the location of the transaction under any name of their choice. And as it turned out, our users didn’t…

Our new feature is no piece of cake!

Dunzo originally started as a concierge service fulfilling any kind of errand service…

#DunzoChronicles — Dream A Dozen

#ProTips | Navigating “No Meeting Fridays” | Part 1

As we continue to work remotely, we need to become more conscious about our time and not get overwhelmed by our professional and personal obligations. We’re all learning to cope with the second wave in our individual capacities as we juggle a lot more than we’re used to. While we…

Welcome to Dunzo Daily!

Everything you need to know about #TheStoryGetsBetter -Dunzo’s 3D Animation Short Film —

As Teddy Roosevelt rightly claimed, “The best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing”. #TheStoryGetsBetter — the 3D animation film that we’ve produced in-house, has been exactly that. It’s a labour of love that combines in equal parts — art and heart, skill and soul, hard work and hope. And so, we set out building a story about Auro — a young writer, and his furry little friend — George. For those of you who haven’t yet, do pause here and take a few minutes to watch the film, for the discussions that follow are rife with spoilers. Paying attention to intention Our goal while embarking on the journey of this film was to leave our viewers with an…

#ProTips | Navigating “No Meeting Fridays” | Part 2

We know it’s not easy adjusting to this new way of working but we’ve got some tips to help you get time back and foster a more balanced and productive work life. Use communication tools: Remember the goal is to reduce meetings, not collaboration. We want to spend this time…

India welcomes #TheDunzoGeneration

As our spirited nation strides into its 70th year of being a thriving democracy,the wheels of progress are indeed spinning fast! India today, boasts of a wonderfully vibrant crop of super productive high performers. The thinkers, the doers and the uncompromising go-getters. They keep the stakes high, and the mistakes…

#ProTips | A Manager’s Guide to Nurturing Team Spirit while Working Remotely

Staying in touch with your team while working from home, can be challenging. But building connections with them beyond work can be even more challenging in the absence of physical proximity. As we continue to embrace this new way of working, making time to connect beyond work is as important…

#DunzoChronicles — mAsk Around

DUN101 Blog Series | Battling New User Cancellations

Measure everything — Capturing accurate data helps you benchmark the past, present and future performance…

Be Safe, Folks

As we all bear the impact of COVID-19 in our communities, we at Dunzo would like to take this time to let you know we’re actively monitoring the situation and taking the necessary measures to keep our users, partners, merchants, and team members safe. We know that these are challenging…

Humans of Dunzo

“I remember applying for an internship at Dunzo, some time post finishing my engineering. I landed an internship for the role of Data Tagging which was an extremely manual task but the fun culture of Dunzo, especially the early #457 days totally made up for the monotony. Back then it needed one person to manually “feed” a bunch of data for different categories which is what get’s auto-tagged today. After that, I worked in Community Operations but in my mind, I knew I always wanted to end up as a designer. I juggled a design course along with the super demanding schedule of operations at Dunzo. When I got the chance of moving to QA on the engineering side, I thought “why not?!” and especially after running so many orders and monitoring users, I think I came with a lot more on-ground, real-time insight into what users faced. I had almost completed my design course by then and was looking to do something in design. Working at Dunzo is a lot like working with clay — you can mold your journey and create these different roles along the way. It’s barely been 5 months in my new role and not only am I designing it, but owning the entire Product Page for Dunzo web. That to me is a dream come true.”

One Dun Mumbai!

This week, we celebrate the completion of one incredible year of Dunzo serving in Amchi Mumbai! It’s indeed been a roller coaster of a year and we’re proud to have survived and thrived, winning hearts, one completed order at a time. It’s been a fantastic journey, and we are glad, with the support of our partners and merchants, to have catered to our users’ every need to the best of our ability. In happy times 549 flowers deliveries In times of need 3,575 sanitary pad deliveries For that boring chore 4,964 dish soap deliveries For love and more 3,984 condom deliveries Whether day or night 1,04,948 night deliveries To help feel alright 25,666 medicine deliveries For a furry friend 1,342 pet food deliveries Or a buddy at the other end 57,104 package deliveries To get a lot Dun, in very little time 3,13,85,965 hours saved Count on us to bring anything, at any time 11,72,155 deliveries made Mumbai as they say, is about going the extra mile 27,84,016 km travelled It’s about opening hearts, and gifting a smile 31,470 tips received Our endeavour has been to forge a three sided market place by empowering local merchants to come online, and providing employment to tens of thousands of people, while saving time for millions of Indians.It is trust and support from all our stakeholders, that keep our wheels turning. Here’s a giant thank you for encouraging us to better ourselves everyday. We truly appreciate all our merchants, users and partners for being with us in our journey to simplify lives. Here’s to having a dream run in the city of dreams!

Humans of Dunzo

“I feel that the last 4 years at Dunzo have really nurtured a sense of growth and maturity in me. The folks at Dunzo who initially joined the team (including me) were kids right out of college and so you can imagine the early days had that “college vibe”, where work was super hectic but it was accompanied by cricket in the lawn and hallways, music sessions, table tennis and getting yelled at by neighbors for sometimes (read: always) being noisy. That pretty much summed up the first year at Dunzo. By the second year, we had grown massively and I got to work with more smart, talented people from across the industry. I learned core operations and what having a data-driven approach means in the logistics business. I still remember the night when we first hit our 500 orders milestone for night operations and the journey to reach that number was not an easy one. Staying relentless on our promise with every single order has been the cornerstone of the work I’ve done here. My current role is perhaps the most challenging of all and I love the thrill of conquering those challenges every day. I’m so proud of how far we’ve come, but I’m even more proud of the fact that who we are and what we stand for remains unchanged”.