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Fresh Fetch

A grocery ordering web app

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Bloat

101/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

Fresh Fetch is a small portfolio project that is live and works, but the creator calls it very basic, and it has no payments, accounts, pricing or support. The last activity was November 2024 with a promised revamp that hasn't shown up, so it reads as a practice build rather than a business.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

The idea of ordering groceries online is real, but this is framed as a portfolio project with no pricing, payments, delivery model or local market fit. Nothing shows who would pay or how.

14/100

Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.

Receipts (3)
  1. Describes it as the creator's final portfolio project that will be revamped, not a business.

    “New deadline alert!!! We're back baby! Some things came up that unfortunately take up a considerable part of my days so it's very unlikely I'll make these deadlines. But we not no quitters over here so we gon try. The previous project I was working on is done(as in I did everything I set out to do, but now there are 10 other things I want to add... but we'll save that for another time). This p”

    Post · @thebludragon · 10 Nov 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. No pricing, payments or terms were found on the live site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

  3. Calls it a very basic web app and invites people to play around with selling and ordering.

    “[Fresh Fetch ] I deployed this last week and completely forgot about it. This is a very very basic web app, but it works pretty decent. Go to the app, play around with it. Maybe even sell and order some groceries 😁. Hopefully we'll get started on developing a full version soon. Any and all suggestions(general suggestions, design tips, feature ideas) are welcome 🙏. (P.S: There is no loadin”

    Post · @thebludragon · 8 Aug 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A basic grocery listing and ordering app is something many local developers could rebuild in a weekend. There are no integrations, data, Amharic support, supplier ties or distribution that would make it hard to copy.

5/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)
  1. The creator describes it as very basic, so there's no depth to defend.

    “[Fresh Fetch ] I deployed this last week and completely forgot about it. This is a very very basic web app, but it works pretty decent. Go to the app, play around with it. Maybe even sell and order some groceries 😁. Hopefully we'll get started on developing a full version soon. Any and all suggestions(general suggestions, design tips, feature ideas) are welcome 🙏. (P.S: There is no loadin”

    Post · @thebludragon · 8 Aug 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payments, accounts, docs or API, and it sits on a free host.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It was posted three times over about four months in 2024, and there has been nothing since November 2024, almost two years ago. The promised revamp doesn't appear to have shipped.

14/100

  • Sustained shipping9/60

    Worked on across 4 months.

  • Consistency5/40

    Updates in 3 of 5 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 696 days, so scaled to 20%.

Receipts (2)
  1. Earliest post about it.

    “[ Fresh Fetch - DEMO ]”

    Post · @thebludragon · 3 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “New deadline alert!!! We're back baby! Some things came up that unfortunately take up a considerable part of my days so it's very unlikely I'll make these deadlines. But we not no quitters over here so we gon try. The previous project I was working on is done(as in I did everything I set out to do, but now there are 10 other things I want to add... but we'll save that for another time). This p”

    Post · @thebludragon · 10 Nov 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A live, working but basic web app exists, and the creator says it's slow. There are no accounts, payments or docs, and it runs on a free host.

52/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com/ responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The deployed app works, and the creator says users can sell and order groceries. It's described as slow and basic, and the crawler found no accounts or payments, so it's working but thin.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2024-11-10.

  • Operations2/15

    It's a single web deployment on a free host. The crawler found no accounts, docs, API, status page, repo or other platforms.

Receipts (5)
  1. https://fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com/ responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

  2. The creator says it works pretty decently and invites people to try selling and ordering.

    “[Fresh Fetch ] I deployed this last week and completely forgot about it. This is a very very basic web app, but it works pretty decent. Go to the app, play around with it. Maybe even sell and order some groceries 😁. Hopefully we'll get started on developing a full version soon. Any and all suggestions(general suggestions, design tips, feature ideas) are welcome 🙏. (P.S: There is no loadin”

    Post · @thebludragon · 8 Aug 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. The site is live over HTTPS on a free host.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

  4. A demo video is linked, showing the product exists.

    “[ Fresh Fetch - DEMO ]”

    Post · @thebludragon · 3 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Facts show no docs, accounts, status page or store links.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, privacy policy or support contact, and no revenue is shown. It was framed as a portfolio piece, and the creator's time constraints make follow-through uncertain.

16/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No post mentions customers, orders or any revenue, and the site has no payment provider.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment4/20

    The creator says they plan a UI remake with new features and set a deadline, but the deadline was already described as unlikely and there's no sign it was met. There's no team, funding or dedicated channel for the project.

Receipts (4)
  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payment providers or pricing were detected.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · fresh-fetch-from-backup.onrender.com (opens in a new tab)

  3. Announces a revamp with a deadline, then says it's very unlikely to be met.

    “New deadline alert!!! We're back baby! Some things came up that unfortunately take up a considerable part of my days so it's very unlikely I'll make these deadlines. But we not no quitters over here so we gon try. The previous project I was working on is done(as in I did everything I set out to do, but now there are 10 other things I want to add... but we'll save that for another time). This p”

    Post · @thebludragon · 10 Nov 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Hopes to start a full version soon, with no concrete plan.

    “[Fresh Fetch ] I deployed this last week and completely forgot about it. This is a very very basic web app, but it works pretty decent. Go to the app, play around with it. Maybe even sell and order some groceries 😁. Hopefully we'll get started on developing a full version soon. Any and all suggestions(general suggestions, design tips, feature ideas) are welcome 🙏. (P.S: There is no loadin”

    Post · @thebludragon · 8 Aug 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)