AloPeyk
{{Infobox company
| name = AloPeyk
| logo =
| type = Private company
| industry = Technology, delivery, transportation
| founded = {{start date and age|2016|09|}}
| founder = Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk
| hq_location_city = Tehran
| hq_location_country = Iran
| num_employees =
| website = {{URL|https://alopeyk.com}}
}}
AloPeyk is an on-demand delivery company based in Iran. It was founded in 2016.
History
AloPeyk was founded in September 2016 by Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk who moved from Europe to Tehran to start the company.{{Cite web|date=2018-02-14|title=Successful Ideators: A conversation with AloPeyk|url=https://ipe.ir/این-قسمت-با-الوپیک/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=ایده پردازان}} By 2017, the company was reported to deliver 10,000 packages per day.{{Cite web|last=|date=2017-04-28|title=Motorbike Delivery: A Business Redefined|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/sci-tech/63230/motorbike-delivery-a-business-redefined|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Financial Tribune|language=En|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103062842/https://financialtribune.com/articles/sci-tech/63230/motorbike-delivery-a-business-redefined |archive-date=2019-01-03 }} The app was removed from the App Store by Apple that year in compliance with U.S. sanctions against Iran.{{Cite web|title=Apple cuts Iran-made apps from store over sanctions|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/apple-cuts-iran-made-apps-from-store-over-sanctions/Z7U5ZQGJHCE5WQA7KR4NJDBOTA/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=The New Zealand Herald |date=25 August 2017 |language=en-NZ}}
In 2018, the Financial Times reported that AloPeyk had hired 50,000 motorcycle couriers and 10,000 van drivers since its founding.{{Cite web |title=Start-up republic: can Iran's booming tech sector thrive? |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ca7ab580-3d71-11e8-b9f9-de94fa33a81e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417091658/https://www.ft.com/content/ca7ab580-3d71-11e8-b9f9-de94fa33a81e |archive-date=2018-04-17 |access-date=2021-04-03 |website=Financial Times}} To fund its expansion, the company received investments in 2019 from Turquoise Partners and others.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-05 |title=AloPeyk on Expansion Spree |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/sci-tech/97789/alopeyk-on-expansion-spree-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506031725/https://financialtribune.com/articles/sci-tech/97789/alopeyk-on-expansion-spree-interview |archive-date=2019-05-06 |access-date=2021-04-03 |website=Financial Tribune |language=En}} In 2021, the company claimed to have shipped 75 million packages since its founding, and to have 15,000 active daily drivers on its platform.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-01|title=AloPeyk now has 15,000 couriers operating each day|url=https://www.zoomit.ir/tech-iran/370132-15000-drivers-work-daily-alopeyk/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-02|website=زومیت|language=fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502203511/https://www.zoomit.ir/tech-iran/370132-15000-drivers-work-daily-alopeyk/ |archive-date=2021-05-02 }}
Operations
The company was reported to have gained initial market share by offering lower prices than its competitors enabled by utilizing algorithms and computer software to reduce the idle time of its delivery drivers to lower costs.{{Cite web|title=A conversation with the chief of AloPeyk|url=https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/641880/%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%E2%80%9C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%9D|url-status=live|website=ASR Iran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129084554/http://www.asriran.com:80/fa/news/641880/%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%E2%80%9C%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%9D |archive-date=2018-11-29 }}{{Cite web|title=AloPeyk is the first online on-delivery service in Tehran|url=https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13960215000952/-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|website=FarsNews}}