Go shopping with a safe distance
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Currently, supermarkets limit the number of people inside the space, but there is a problem outside the commercial space, with the cluster of people waiting for their turn to be able to enter and purchase the goods they need.

The idea is to create an application that performs the virtual queue management in which people can schedule their place in the queue before leaving home. The application generates a number in the virtual queue and will indicate to the user what time is most likely for him to enter the supermarket. In addition to the information in the application, the user receives an SMS indicating the place in the queue and the estimated time of entry. The information is updated with time intervals to be defined (5m, 10m, 15m, etc.). It will be necessary that each of the participating stores use the application and agree to create a specific virtual queue for the users of this application.

The application can be applied to othet type of stores than supermarkets. Stores that use the application will be helping to reduce the risk of contagion, as there are clusters of people outside the commercial space.

Great idea Felipe!

You wait a home and leave at requested time.

Felipe, great idea!

I started to explore a concept like this, but I won't be able to keep working on this. I will share here some quick drafts on what it can be.


Hi Eduardo!

Greate drafts! That is the idea! A customer main activity (Queue App) and functionality to choose the local and the store activity, responsible for queue management. We also could improve the automation of the queue,, simple application to control it.

Thank you so much for your collaboration, we keep work on that!

Hi Felipe! Your idea is very nice.

Maybe it's already on your head, but just adding some thoughts on this idea:

  • I see somethings that can be issues for example, "elder" people that don't use mobile phones so much and are going directly to the door to wait in line.
    So, basically the store should also have the option to add a ticket in the name of another person, so the security guy in the store can issue a ticket for all these people.
  • Another thing is I should be able to drop a ticket. For example, if the estimation I have is too big, I might choose to go to another place or to go on another day and drop the queue.
  • Also, I should probably get the stores in a radius of my current location, so maybe I should be able to define the search radius, like 5km, 10km, 20km ... 

Hi All,

  • Correct @Alexandre,  for the non tech people it must have an SMS Feature or even a paper ticket, created by the store front door security.
  • Other major issue that is uncovered now is the onboarding process for the store "owners".  How do we validate that someone is really the responsible for the Front Door of the ABCD Supermarket? (Do we need that?)
  • Also, how do we deal with shifts? For example if someone controls the front door from 9AM to 3PM and other person controls the door from 3PM to 9PM. How the application will manage this change? The store will need to have a Smartphone exclusively for this purpose?








Hi @Eduardo and @Alexandre, really good issues to be discussed. The people that don't care about smart phone should use the SMS, own desktop computer or a automatic phone call.

And each supermarket must have a smart device to manage it, ether release the ticket in front the door or verify the client code access.

Other function that is possible is to cancel the client swift, maybe he/she gives up to get out.

And how said above, the application must set a perimeter zone, so the client could choose for exemple the fastest queue available.

And just highlighting, this queue controler application also can be use to another type of store, therefore they have the opportunity to keep pushing the economic. 


+1 for the idea.

even in small shops also these days they draw circles where people can stand  maintaining the distance.more of a app in collaboration with municipality should work. this concept would be a good plugin to a bigger app or portal.