AloPeyk is an on-demand delivery company based in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It was founded in September 2016 by Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk who both moved from Europe to
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
to start the company. Nayebi wanted to offer a solution for Iranian ecommerce companies looking to outsource deliveries and logistics. By 2017, the company was reported to deliver 10,000 packages per day. That same year, Apple had removed the AloPeyk app from its App Store in compliance with
U.S. sanctions against Iran
The United States has since 1979 applied various economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions against Iran. United States economic sanctions are administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the United States De ...
. By 2021, the company reportedly had shipped 75 million packages since its founding, and had 15,000 active daily drivers on its platform.
The company gained its initial market share by offering lower prices than its competitors. On the back-end, the company uses algorithms and computer software to reduce the idle time of its delivery drivers, and allow them to make more deliveries at a lower cost to the end customer. In 2018, the Financial Times reported that AloPeyk had hired 50,000 motorcycle couriers and 10,000 van drivers since its founding.
To fund its expansion, the company received investments in 2019 from
Turquoise Partners
Turquoise Partners (Persian: گروه مالی فیروزه) is a privately-owned international financial services group based in Iran which was established in 2005. Turquoise provides a wide range of financial services to foreign and domestic ...
and other firms.
Mobile app
The AloPeyk app allows users to choose their preferred delivery date and time, plan returns, automate billing documents, and choose from several payments methods. The company also offers an API to automate bulk requests.
See also
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Snapp!
Snapp! () is an Iranian vehicle for hire company, headquartered in Tehran that launched in February 2014. Users can request a ride via the iOS, Android, or web application, by indicating their location and destination. The price of the trip is ...
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Technology start-ups in Iran
Iran's telecommunications industry is almost entirely state-owned, dominated by the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI). Fixed-line penetration in 2004 was relatively well-developed by regional standards, standing at 22 lines per 100 people, ...
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Package delivery
References
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Sharing economy
Science and technology in Iran