eBay

jefmiko_0 · ‎07-14-2017

Hello! My name is Jeff, I am part of a very small team of tech and retail veterans that are working on a technology that would allow online marketplaces - like ebay - to ship their products to local retailers for their customers to pick up.

We aren't going after every purchase or shipment - but a fraction of the market where the logistics can be complicated for reason such as:

-customer leaving for vacation
-signature required for delivery
-a gift that wants to be kept a surprise
-expensive/important delivery
-apartment complex/place of living doesn't accept and hold packages

The idea is that at checkout customers could, if they chose, decide to ship using our network. The delivery is then managed in our app - customer gets delivery notifications such as shipped, delivered, etc.. Goes into the store, picks up the package and they're all set.

This is free to everyone to use (online, local store & customer). As an additional incentive we'll be offering cash back to customers for using the network. We believe that sellers shipping to a store would have a safer, more secure ship-to destination and take some of the pain from missed connections from a shipping perspective.

Question is - for the sellers on ebay, would this be something that you'd use? We would build an ebay app/widget and you would plug n play.

Thanks for any and all feedback.

Jeff

thatsallfolks · ‎07-14-2017

The vast majority of sellers use USPS; there is no business vs residential savings.

what value is added by your app?

sockmonkeydave · ‎07-14-2017

@jefmiko_0

Well, can you beat the competition...

USPS

The UPS store

Mail boxes etc.

Staples

Kinkos

Fed ex

or the mom and pop store, that holds my packages for me.

It's a good idea.... it's just 60 years too late.

a_c_green · ‎07-14-2017

@thatsallfolks wrote:
The vast majority of sellers use USPS; there is no business vs residential savings.

what value is added by your app?

...and you can count me among those wondering where the money for those cash rewards would be coming from, if it's free for all parties participating. That would seem to leave only selling your customer data as a source of revenue, unless you're planning to show a lot of advertising in your app as well.