Oh wow that's so cool! There's actually one order from Dubai, if you could get in touch with the guy that'd be awesome! Also, I'm always here to answer your questions as you go.

@ManOwaRR, you can ask for anything on the platform and the travelers coming to Beirut will buy it and bring it over (provided that particular item is sold in their countries). This way you avoid import charges, get your item quickly and cheaply and meet awesome people!
Hi Ramnesia, we're based in Paris, so hopefully they won't reach out to us. But who knows.. As long as it works, we'll be happy to develop it.
Mane wroteHi Ramnesia, we're based in Paris, so hopefully they won't reach out to us. But who knows.. As long as it works, we'll be happy to develop it.
I wish you guys good luck.
ManOwaRR wroteanyone wants something like what ?
i guess lightweight electronics and computer parts
I am afraid of the selfishness of Lebanese, even though you can pay him 10-20$ as bonus, Lebanese are lazy specially for tech stuff as there are not many to like PC parts,camera lenses,cables,SD cards...it will really be a chance.
I would for example ask for a Fujifilm 27mm from B&H or other big camera stores in the US or a Geforce 1070 at Christmas, but I don't think there will be travelers every weeks going to the US ready to buy tech stuff, the ''pay online and deliver to traveler's hotel'' option though is a great thing.
Oh BTW you should put an option for the product's size (height,length in cm) and weight, I wonder if anyone is ready to carry a big Geforce box or HTC Vive :P
vegetaleb wrotethe ''pay online and deliver to traveler's hotel'' option though is a great thing.
You mean you buy something online and pay with your own card and deliver it to the traveler's address?
What happens if he stole it and disappeared? I'm a very doubtful person hehe.
Hey Vegetaleb, I didn't understand what you meant "you're afraid of the selfishness", you think people will be lazy to buy and deliver things for others?

Concerning your questions, well, since there are so many young Lebanese working abroad and visiting their families often, we hope tink that there won't be a shortage of travelers. Also, you're not risking anything when posting a request: you only have to pay when you found a traveler that meets your needs. This might take time, of course, but you're not losing anything by trying. So who knows, maybe there will be someone traveling with an empty suitcase.

And yes, we unfortunately cannot let people buy the items themselves and send it to the travelers address for the reason that Adlouni highlighted..
Since i'm having an interest with this project i suggest to do some pro visio diagram to explain the whole procedure to noobs. Also i recommend you to have some kind of legal advice when this whole thing is setup and ready to officially launch since you need to operate within the legal terms and be ready for any file claim or similar in the future.
TheStunMan wroteSince i'm having an interest with this project i suggest to do some pro visio diagram to explain the whole procedure to noobs. Also i recommend you to have some kind of legal advice when this whole thing is setup and ready to officially launch since you need to operate within the legal terms and be ready for any file claim or similar in the future.
Hey, excellent idea about the visio diagram! I'll PM you about this. Yes, we're covering the legal part.
Mane wroteHey Vegetaleb, I didn't understand what you meant "you're afraid of the selfishness", you think people will be lazy to buy and deliver things for others?

Concerning your questions, well, since there are so many young Lebanese working abroad and visiting their families often, we hope tink that there won't be a shortage of travelers. Also, you're not risking anything when posting a request: you only have to pay when you found a traveler that meets your needs. This might take time, of course, but you're not losing anything by trying. So who knows, maybe there will be someone traveling with an empty suitcase.

And yes, we unfortunately cannot let people buy the items themselves and send it to the travelers address for the reason that Adlouni highlighted..
I know how Lebanese think, if he has no road toward a shop where you want something from he will say to himself ''I won't go to the other part of the city and ''et3azab'' for only 10-20$'' while the buyer won't pay too much for the bonus fees because all the idea of this website is to cut the expenses, like you said first, lot of clothes deals because 90% of travelers will go to clothes shop like Galleries Lafayette or Champs Elysées shops, but these travelers won't do the move to go to tech stores specially if the item is big or heavy. I will use your website sometime around Christmas as I will get a Geforce 1070 or a lens for my Fujifilm camera, also Christmas time is a period when lot of expats will come back from US and Europe :)
vegetaleb wrote
Mane wroteHey Vegetaleb, I didn't understand what you meant "you're afraid of the selfishness", you think people will be lazy to buy and deliver things for others?

Concerning your questions, well, since there are so many young Lebanese working abroad and visiting their families often, we hope tink that there won't be a shortage of travelers. Also, you're not risking anything when posting a request: you only have to pay when you found a traveler that meets your needs. This might take time, of course, but you're not losing anything by trying. So who knows, maybe there will be someone traveling with an empty suitcase.

And yes, we unfortunately cannot let people buy the items themselves and send it to the travelers address for the reason that Adlouni highlighted..
I know how Lebanese think, if he has no road toward a shop where you want something from he will say to himself ''I won't go to the other part of the city and ''et3azab'' for only 10-20$'' while the buyer won't pay too much for the bonus fees because all the idea of this website is to cut the expenses, like you said first, lot of clothes deals because 90% of travelers will go to clothes shop like Galleries Lafayette or Champs Elysées shops, but these travelers won't do the move to go to tech stores specially if the item is big or heavy. I will use your website sometime around Christmas as I will get a Geforce 1070 or a lens for my Fujifilm camera, also Christmas time is a period when lot of expats will come back from US and Europe :)
Yes, I can see your point. Well, most of those shops offer free local delivery, so maybe this will help those that are too busy to go shop themselves.. But for sure, there will be people who don't want to try anything new.
Why the website link has been removed?
Hey, because the topic might be considered as adverts otherwise. I will pm it to you.
Ramnesia wroteThat's gonna be a really amazing thing if done right. Do you think if this reaches more and more people, would the "government" do something about it? Beacause you know how much they love bright people.
There is no law forbidding this kind of action so probably not.
vegetaleb wroteSomeone going to Hong Kong? :)
Ask on the website :)
review related to the site:
Couldn't find the site on google while searching for "peer to peer shopping" this can be helpful

One thing i noticed in the design is that the Shop and Bring buttons has rounded corner while on top navigation Active Orders, Sign Up.. on hover(not selected item) the background has edge corner!
also the create page, the tabs(Item description Price..) its not clear which one is selected, -yes the text is bolder than the other- but its not very clear, probably adding a light background to the selected tab would make it more noticeable.

Validation in create order:
Geographics tab:
the To should be required

Item description tab:
-There's no validation in the purchase order, at least item name and information should be required

Price tab:
-user can write anything in all fields where only integer should be allowed

Good job and I wish you guys good luck.
Hey MAS, thanks a lot!

Yes, since we are all developers and a complete zero at marketing, there's a lot we need to learn about SEO, thanks for the link.

As for the other comments, you're super cool to test the website out for us :) We're working on improvements, just wanted to launch an early version to get a general sense if people will like the concept or not. But it will be better in a couple of weeks, promise!
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