Hey guys,

Need your help. Again :)

Buzz is getting out and people have started using the platform. Now we've got many orders, but it proves much easier to get orders than find travelers to deliver them.

So I was wondering maybe some of your friends/family is coming to Lebanon soon, and you could tell them about the platform? Most of the orders are for iPhones (surprise-surprise) and the reward varies from $20 to $100, so it will cover some of the travel costs.

Let me know what you think and thanks so much!
Mane wroteHey guys,

Need your help. Again :)

Buzz is getting out and people have started using the platform. Now we've got many orders, but it proves much easier to get orders than find travelers to deliver them.

So I was wondering maybe some of your friends/family is coming to Lebanon soon, and you could tell them about the platform? Most of the orders are for iPhones (surprise-surprise) and the reward varies from $20 to $100, so it will cover some of the travel costs.

Let me know what you think and thanks so much!
This is the ''dead'' season for travels, it's normal you will not find many travelers now, starting November till January it will be much more active as you have the end of the year Holidays and 75% of expats are coming here, you must do some ads in expats facebook pages like Lebanese in NYC or Lebanese of California, Libanais a Paris, Libanais a Geneve...
a month later
@Mane
I know people can do something called ''detaxe'' when they are leaving France or any European country using a foreign passport or a proof of living outside Europe, it's very important as you can get 13% on electronics.
What about people leaving the US?
If yes how can you implement this option in your website?
Hello!

In the USA you can get tax refunds from 2 states only, Louisiana and Texas. The tax refunds would be additional cash made by travelers, since the state where they made a purchase would have the traveler's payment details.

But this means that buyers can offer very little reward if they're buying something eligible for a tax refund, knowing that the tax refund itself would be a payment for the travelers.
Mane wroteHello!

In the USA you can get tax refunds from 2 states only, Louisiana and Texas. The tax refunds would be additional cash made by travelers, since the state where they made a purchase would have the traveler's payment details.

But this means that buyers can offer very little reward if they're buying something eligible for a tax refund, knowing that the tax refund itself would be a payment for the travelers.
Good to know, but if the traveler is using detaxe when leaving an European country he can get 13% refund which is way too much as bonus, imagine a 500 euros item, he will get 65 euros bonus, it's the cost of DHL even more ;)
So better to implement an option in your website for the tax refund thingy, when a traveler say he will bring from Europe AND he lives outside Europe then you must give him a sort of warning that he can benefit from a tax refund, he should then agree with the buyer how they will act, will he get all the refund as the bonus or will he get a part of it?
I agree with you, we need to give this a second thought, though the implementation might be a bit tricky.

But even if a traveler gets a good bonus, it's not directly "your" money that he gets. I mean, with DHL you would need to pay 500+65 for delivery, which makes 565 in total, whereas in this case you'll only pay 500. And if there's a good bonus, more travelers would be ready to deliver the order for you, so you can choose the one coming sooner. So it's a win-win.
About the black Friday thingy, how can we specifically ask for the traveler to get your stuff at black Friday for special price only? It will be tricky unless we buy the thingy online and deliver it to him, but he must accept this prior to black Friday.
Also nobody knows if the stuff he wants will be on sale :s
Yep, nobody knows :) I'd say, let's put an order on the website, and when a traveler gets in touch, specify in the chat that you want that specific product but only if it's on sales.

You can deposit the maximum amount that you're willing to pay to the platform, so if the item is <= that price, the traveler will buy it for you. If the item costs less than your deposit, we'll refund you the difference.
If the item costs more than your deposit, we'll refund the whole deposit.

If all this doesn't work out (no traveler gets in touch), you don't lose anything, since you only need to deposit money when you find a traveler you like :) Volia.

What would you like to buy?
A GTX 1070
It's already 130$ less expensive than pcandparts, so imagine if one model get a 50-100$ discount!!
Though the big problem is that the box of a GTX card is big, so I doubt many travelers will accept
vegetaleb wroteA GTX 1070
It's already 130$ less expensive than pcandparts, so imagine if one model get a 50-100$ discount!!
Though the big problem is that the box of a GTX card is big, so I doubt many travelers will accept
They can always get it without the box wrapped in clothes
vegetaleb wroteA GTX 1070
It's already 130$ less expensive than pcandparts, so imagine if one model get a 50-100$ discount!!
Though the big problem is that the box of a GTX card is big, so I doubt many travelers will accept

So you're a gamer? :) Well, let's try and see !
How can I try this out?
I want to buy a very small item worth like 8$.
AVOlio wroteHow can I try this out?
I want to buy a very small item worth like 8$.
I jus sent you the link in a private message.
Mane wrote
AVOlio wroteHow can I try this out?
I want to buy a very small item worth like 8$.
I jus sent you the link in a private message.
Didn't receive anything.
AVOlio wrote
Mane wrote
AVOlio wroteHow can I try this out?
I want to buy a very small item worth like 8$.
I jus sent you the link in a private message.
Didn't receive anything.
Should be good now :)
What could be good is too implement an actual state of travelers, meaning if you want to order something from a particular city in the world you can see how many travelers are actually in and are willing to help in the website, because many people have no clue if they post an order this week or next month but if they see that they are actually 3 travelers in NYC right now it can help them decide Before posting an order
5 days later
hi vegetaleb, yes that's on our list for the next deployment! Actually it looks like there are going to be plenty of orders for winter holidays, anyway, so I think we'll launch this feature afterwards to keep everyone motivated :)
Speaking of this, there's a traveler coming from Korea next week, so if you guys want some fancy asian gadgets get in touch asap
Bro Mane,
Don't take it wrong but your website will never work, firstly you didn't mention that you take fees, and secondly your fees are WAY too high for just making a link between people, in the end as expensive as in Lebanon because you take as much fees as VAT + fees for the travelers.
You should reconsider your fees to 2% max or it will never work
Hey,

Can't do it at 2%, since it's not only putting people in touch, but taking payments and making payouts to the travelers and this makes 5% of the transaction amount..

Look, it already works with expensive items. Everything depends on what's the price difference between Lebanon and elsewhere. Say, you want an iPhone 7, it costs $649 in the USA. You pay platform fees: ±$50 plus $30 to the traveler, which gives you a final price of $730 versus $830 on gadgitechstore which is the cheapest price I'm able to find. Couldn't you use additional $100 for something better?

And I'm not sure that I haven't mentioned this before, but the platform fees are equal to 7%+$6 per transaction.

Plus, it works for items that are not available at all in Lebanon..

Well, it's not going to be the next Amazon, I understand that, it's just a hobby project of ours, but it still might help out some people, we hope. Thanks a lot for taking look at it, anyway! :)