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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes pricing. Aimed at last-mile delivery owner-operators, surfacing the exposure nobody has priced.
In short: Pricing Engine Built for Owner-Operators is an optimisation engine aimed at last-mile delivery owner-operators, covering pricing. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (91) and held back by feasibility (24). Typical pricing is $2.6k–$53k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $35k–$122k.
Last-mile delivery teams lose a price list last revised when costs were 30% lower. In most last-mile delivery businesses this job has never had software written for it. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
An optimisation engine that handles pricing end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Revenue is usage-based, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $894M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $2.6k – $53k |
| Pricing model | Usage-based |
| Time to first revenue | 35 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $35k – $122k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Last-mile delivery is growing at roughly 21% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
Every customer wants their own edge cases encoded, so onboarding cost is the real constraint.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
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