U.V.E.R. – Consumer Co-op Delivery Service
Campaign Introduction:
As big-name delivery apps made their way into the Upper Valley, they began taking profits away from business owners, underpaying delivery drivers, and providing subpar service. U.V.E.R. is different; we are committed to creating a delivery service that relies on customer satisfaction and keeping dollars local, helping communities thrive.
- Our Story
- Contributors
- Updates
- Discussion
Campaign Story
Campaign Contributions
Name | Location | Date |
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Diane Sontum | Laramie, WY | October 29, 2021 |
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Sophia Haley | Hopkins, MN | October 25, 2021 |
, | October 25, 2021 | |
Anonymous | , | October 26, 2021 |
Angela Emerson | wilder, VT | October 08, 2021 |
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Anonymous | Canaan, NH | September 24, 2021 |
, | September 24, 2021 | |
Anonymous | Hanover, NH | September 24, 2021 |
Susan Hanifin | Hanover, NH | September 22, 2021 |
Anonymous | Westborough, MA | September 21, 2021 |
Ken Morley | West Lebanon , NH | September 19, 2021 |
Laura Gillespie | West Lebanon, NH | September 15, 2021 |
Anonymous | Plainfield, NH | September 15, 2021 |
Marcy Chong | hartland, VT | September 14, 2021 |
Phillip mulligan | Chelsea, VT | September 10, 2021 |
Deb Nelson | Hanover, NH | September 11, 2021 |
Nancy LaRowe | Norwich, VT | September 07, 2021 |
Jen Risley | Keene, NH | September 05, 2021 |
Jen Risley | Keene, NH | September 05, 2021 |
, | September 04, 2021 |
Campaign Updates
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20-09-2021
Help Us Get an E-Bike
Our first two months delivering to the UV community have gone by in a blur! Thank you for your support. As we look ahead, we hope to make our deliveries more sustainable by adding two e-bikes to our fleet.
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26-09-2021
Matching Challenge Alert!
We wanted to share this fantastic news with you:An anonymous donor will match your support for our Keep Delivery Dollars Local crowdfunding campaign $$ for $$ up to $500. Support U.V.E.R’s campaign today by sharing this challenge with you contacts.Thank you for your continued support! -
Delivery Radius Expanded
Delivery Radius Expanded to 7 Miles
We bumped our delivery radius up from 5 to 7 miles as the crow flies from the restaurant you choose on U.V.E.R.!
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The (sad) end to U.V.E.R.
I’m sad to announce the official end of the experiment we fondly called UVER, and more formally known as the Upper Valley Eateries and Retail (Delivery) Coop. Although many of us in the community are still passionate about the important cause UVER worked to achieve (keeping local money local, for starters!), as things stand, we are not be able to continue.
UVER’s demise was caused by a few factors. First, as we’ve seen with many national tech companies (Grubhub, UberEats, DoorDash) who have aimed to do the same in hundreds of cities and towns around the country, this is anything but easy. The financial model is tough, and without significant outside investment capital, it just didn’t work. In order to reach breakeven, UVER needed about 1000 members and about 30 restaurants to cover the cost of insurance and staff.
In our planning we overestimated how much Dartmouth College would use the service, how many restaurants would join, and how many deliveries we would do per day. As a result, the service required more and more investment to stay alive and the path to cover our costs became too far to reach for our small group. After contributing tens of thousands of dollars and several hundred hours of volunteer time, the founders and board members simply could not justify keeping it alive as a legitimate standalone business.
I’m happy to share more about what I have learned over the past year. And of course, feel free to reach out with questions should you have them. We are all grateful for the support so many of you provided this past year. THANK YOU for being a generous contributor to this important community effort!
~ The U.V.E.R. Founders <hello@uver.co>
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