The PostRope vision
PostRope started with a simple idea. After a holiday to the USA, Vamsi found himself wanting to buy something from the US. The store didn't ship to Australia and the items he wanted weren't available from online stores.
The basic problem is he wanted to buy something, but had no physical access to the item. He found himself wishing there was a way to pay someone to purchase the item on his behalf and ship it to him.
So we built PostRope.
PostRope is an online marketplace that enables crowdshipping.Its aim is to connect people who want things with people who have access to them. The workflow has been created to be as simple as possible. Transactions occur via PayPal because of its security. Posters are never out of pocket for items.
If you want something, you create a rope on PostRope detailing what you want and where it’s from.
Members of the community with access to the item offer to post it to you.
When you see an offer you like, you pay it via paypal.
When the poster receives the payment they purchase the item and ship it to you.
You receive your item. The poster receives a fee for their effort.
We've been thrilled and a bit surprised at some of the ropes and posts we've seen go through PostRope over the past 6 months. We expected to see shoes and gadgets, but we’ve also seen bikinis, car parts and jewellery go through the site. The variety is exciting.
This excitement drives us to keep improving the site. We welcome feedback and suggestions about things you like or don’t like about PostRope. As well as building it, we use PostRope to rope things we want and post things we have access to. It’s in our own interest to make it a great experience. Let us know what you think.
Andrew