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Long queues are the scourge of stores and shopping malls. Customers who would rather get their shopping over and done within minutes have to wait out in lines to pay for their purchases and verify the goods they’ve selected with attendants. It’s not uncommon for frustrated shoppers to abandon their carts after a while. There’s evidence that this costs stores across the world tens of billions of dollars annually. When Jump n Pass cofounders Tunde Ademuyiwa (CEO) and Qudus Quadry (CTO) launched the startup in 2023, they were aiming to help shoppers avoid long queues altogether. Their solution would enable users to complete the identification and purchase of products on a web or mobile app, before checking in briefly with store attendants for verification. Jump n Pass simplifies the shopping experience by cutting it down to a few steps, most of which can be completed on mobile phones. Users only need to visit the app, select the store they’re in, and scan the barcode of the products they want to buy, thus adding them to their virtual cart. Then they pay with their digital wallet balance and verify their purchase by showing their receipt to the self-checkout cashier.
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According to its founders, Jump n Pass cuts the shopping time by 90%. Besides shortening shopping time, Jump n Pass also markets itself as a win for retailers. With customers enjoying quicker check-outs, they will be eager to buy from stores that use its solution more frequently. This translates to higher revenues and more profit. Jump n Pass charges customers a convenience fee of between ₦50 and ₦100 whenever they complete a transaction with its service. Actual charges depend on the volume of goods bought by the user. The solution currently accepts payments for products bought via transfer and its native digital wallet. Its team says they plan to introduce other payment options in due course. At the moment, shoppers can use the Jump n Pass scan-and-pay platform at selected stores across Nigeria—Justrite Supermarket, Jendol Superstores, Wisebuyers Supermarket, and Supersaver Supermarket. Partnerships with these stores have come quite rapidly, just a matter of months after the startup’s official launch date. Jump n Pass is backed by Techstars, and has received funding from angel investors and venture capital firms.
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Tunde Ademuyiwa, the startup’s CEO, says his team runs with a vision to expand globally. He recently disclosed that they had secured 225 stores in the United States within 3 weeks of being in that country. According to him, they were “on course to build the most scalable autonomous shopping technology the world has ever seen.”
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