Millions of companies feel the fall out caused by the handling of the Corona virus pandemic.

Although most countries have their own policy in containing and battling the spread of the virus, most of them result in the closure of shops and factories unless they have been labelled as essential. Ensuring the companies’ survival during this pandemic, their owners are looking at alternative ways to keep servicing their customers while minimizing the risk of getting and spreading the corona virus.

Online sales channels are compensating for some of the lost offline business. However, not every company has those in place, especially small business owners like restaurants often do not have an alternative solution to sell their products.

We see dine-in restaurants switching to doing deliveries. People can order the food by phone and get it delivered at their doorstep. Unfortunately, the delivery person comes in a close contact with the customer while collecting the payment, consequently, risking the spread of virus.

In safeguarding their employees, some of the big supermarkets have installed sheets of Plexiglas between the cash register and the customer.

Contact between customers and staff needs to be at a minimum, so even for the people that are delivering and receiving packages, an appropriate distance between them is much required.

We can expect the current way of living to last for a couple of months, the anxiety will probably stay for years. This will lead to a fundamental change in the interaction between businesses and customers for a very long period.

One way to cope with this situation is to find alternatives for the transaction itself. When the goods and the money literally change hands.