{"id":7997,"date":"2026-08-02T23:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=7997"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:36:40","slug":"househelp-apps-cross-1l-orders-as-prices-fall-to-rs-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=7997","title":{"rendered":"Househelp apps cross 1L orders as prices fall to Rs 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132815685,imgsize-470798,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/representative-image.jpg\" alt=\"Househelp apps cross 1L orders as prices fall to Rs 29\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BENGALURU: On-demand house-help platforms Snabbit and Urban Company\u2019s InstaHelp each crossed 1 lakh completed jobs on Sunday, as intense competition in the fast-growing category pushed the price of an hour\u2019s household work to as little as Rs 29 in some locations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Snabbit said it had completed more than 1.15 lakh jobs by 6:50 pm on Sunday, with the tally expected to rise further by the end of the day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Urban Company said InstaHelp crossed one lakh delivered orders at 5:54 pm. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The company described it as a peak-day milestone, adding that sustained volumes would depend on repeat usage, service quality and worker availability.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The milestones came amid aggressive promotional pricing. <!-- -->App screenshots reviewed by TOI showed Urban Company offering 30 minutes of InstaHelp Standard for Rs 19, while 45-minute and one-hour bookings were priced at Rs 29 at the location checked\u2014discounts of up to 88% from regular rates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Snabbit, too, was offering one-hour booking slots for Rs 29 in some locations, according to screenshots shared across social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>By around 7 pm on Sunday, however, Urban Company\u2019s app showed instant service as unavailable at the location checked, with the earliest available slot being the following morning. InstaHelp promises to send a worker within 10-15 minutes for chores such as sweeping, mopping, dishwashing, laundry and basic meal preparation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Urban Company launched InstaHelp as a pilot in Mumbai in March last year and has since expanded the service to select neighbourhoods across major metros.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cCrossing 100,000 delivered orders in a single day, barely five months after we crossed 50,000, reflects both the growing consumer demand for InstaHelp and the strength of the operating model we\u2019ve built,\u201d said Urban Company co-founder and CEO Abhiraj Singh Bhal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Snabbit has scaled from about 400 daily jobs to more than one lakh in under two years. It completed four million house-help jobs in the April-June quarter, including 1.51 million in June alone.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The company said its cash burn per completed job fell by more than Rs 100 sequentially to below Rs 250.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/househelp-apps-cross-1l-orders-as-prices-fall-to-rs-29\/articleshow\/132815663.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENGALURU: On-demand house-help platforms Snabbit and Urban Company\u2019s InstaHelp each crossed 1 lakh completed jobs on Sunday, as intense competition in the fast-growing category pushed the price of an hour\u2019s household work to as little as Rs 29 in some locations.Snabbit said it had completed more than 1.15 lakh jobs by 6:50 pm on Sunday, 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