Parcl

First Worldwide Shipping Community

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First Worldwide Shipping Community

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Store doesn’t ship to your country? Join Parcl to get a secure shipping address in the store's country and order international package forwarding!

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This is smart, but the branding looks like a scam.

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11yr ago

@ldesserrey Hmmmn, why would you say that? Just curious is all...looked fairly well fleshed-out to me.

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@ldesserrey Thanks for the comment. The main idea of branding and design in general was to make it as simple as possible. Even minimalistic. Why? Because we realize how sometimes apps, services or websites are difficult to use due to excessive details and features.

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11yr ago

@thejournalizer @ldesserrey I also agree. However most users I know have deep reservations about online peer-to-peer transactions, especially after the Venmo Slate story. Everyone's scared of getting scammed online, regardless of the actual risk or potential damange. More upfront social proof and guarantees about security on the homepage could be a quick fix to blunt this.

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@deltaspark Andy, thank you for your comment. That's true, we're currently working on making our homepage more trustworthy. Thanks!

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11yr ago

Replica

@ldesserrey Totally agree. I think it's the stock/template look and colours. The grey banner on the top doesn't help either. I did a quick mock up of what it could be: http://imgur.com/Mp8USnl

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11yr ago

TLDR - Is this P2P? Can anyone register to be a forwarder?

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@ryanmarr Ryan hey. Yes, anyone can become a forwarder - a person like me or you or a forwarding company representative.

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11yr ago

Native

Does it work for alcohol?

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@moizali )) Thanks for this question)) I'm afraid it all depends on import regulations for different countries. I believe there shouldn't be any problems if the contents of the package comply with regulations. And if the country allows sending alcohol, then it shouldn't be troublesome. Nevertheless we encourage our users to check the regulations before they order alcohol or tobacco, or something like that.

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11yr ago

Toolhouse

what about the custom's tax?

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@orliesaurus Hey, thanks for the question. Currently there is no field for custom's tax in forwarder's offer, but we're discussing the need to add this option. At the moment all the taxes can be added to shipping costs, and the forwarder can state it in the initial message to the shopper. As for the import tax the shopper is responsible for it.

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11yr ago

Drinkeasy

Do you ship alcohol?

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11yr ago

Parcl

Maker

@harryraymond Harry, hi. Thanks for the question. Basically Parcl is not a delivery service or a shipping company, and it's shoppers and forwarders who are responsible for complying with local customs regulations. So before making a deal shopper and forwarder need to check import and export regulations. If the law of country of origin and destination allow exporting and importing alcohol then there shouldn't be any problem. Well, except the quantuty of alocohol)

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11yr ago