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Take a Shelfie: Rewards for out-of-stock items

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Judging only by the screenshots of the app in the iOS app store, and not by downloading it and using it myself:

* It appears you get 100 points for a shelfie.

* According to the listed rewards, it takes 10,000 points for a $5 walmart gift card

* Thus, you'll need to take 100 shelfies for $5.

My assumption is that different products / stores will award different point amounts so it will probably just depend.

You can get ~5$ for doing the same thing with the app Mobee

What if I empty the shelf first, then take a shelfie?

Interesting. Are stores that unaware of what's out of stock that they'll incentivize customers through you? Is the assumption that the person is in the market for the item in the picture, and you'll try to sell them the item through the app?

I think its less about the store and more about a path between product manufacturer and tracking the moment a potential customer wants to buy something but can't. Think pagerduty for offline retail. I am thinking stores are actually the problem here and this tool could help signal that there is an "ops" problem to manufacturers.

For a giant retailer like walmart there are probably large gaps between inventory and merchandising.

I was shopping at Walmart this weekend in a larger city than I'm used to, and the whole place was a mess. ( it was also in the evening. Maybe merchandising elves pop out overnight)

Not a single shelf was in order. Damaged product littering the bottom shelves, discarded items all over the store from various departments, mis-shelved items. No attempt at proper sorting of items that had only subtle differences.

It is very easy to imagine that their inventory management reports 6 of some item, but not a single one is in the place it is supposed to be.

If automatic reorder doesn't kick in until 0, then there are likely many items that will never be replenished until a full inventory is performed. (I don't even know if it is possible for a store like walmart to perform "inventory")

It may be just me, but the fullscreen video that's shaky and moving in and out of focus is making me a little dizzy.

Not available in Canada. Boo :(

Seems kinda easy to game...

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