alt Hacker NewsMy bigger question is how you would validate this isn't drugs because this seems like the perfect low effort way to send high value drugs.
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Check-in explicitly asks you "have you packed your bags yourself", and then you have to either say "no I have this random package from a stranger which might contain anything" or lie to customs.
TBH, I can't really think of a market for this that isn't contraband. The "last mile" looks really annoying as well.
Edit: I think it's a legit marketing question for OP. Name three different kinds of item someone might want to use this service for.
I'll even give you one: there's already a small cottage industry of reshipping companies from e.g. Japan, who will let you buy stuff from companies that won't themselves do international shipping. Ship to re-shipper, who then handles the international part.
You might be able to get a market started if your model starts with only items bought from legitimate retailers. Effectively a really long distance doordash.
fair question. BlaBlaCar, Uber, Airbnb all got the same pushback: why would you get in a strangers car, sleep in a strangers house. Trust infrastructure solves it over time: ID verification, package limits, photo documentation, escrow paymnts.
And people already do this informally all the time. Sending stuff "with someone who's traveling" is super common, it just happens with zero oversight right now. This adds structure and accountability to something that already exists
> the perfect low effort way to send high value drugs
They've already created a FedEx and an Amazon for high value drugs. They're called FedEx[0] and Amazon[1].
[0]: https://qz.com/1627572/drug-traffickers-favorite-way-to-move...
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/world/deadly-drugs-paper....