About Pijjit
Get anything, anywhere – Socially!
Shop anything from anywhere. Ship anything to anyone. Make money and friends as a social courier. Just Pijjit™.
Pijjit is a mobile app for people to shop and carry things for each other. It brings the common practice of asking someone to shop or carry something for you into the age of social media. The Pijjit App provides a social platform bringing together the international traveler (or the local commuter), the savvy shopper, and the person that needs to send something to a loved one. Whether you want something bought, brought, or sent, you can now Just Pijjit™.
* Shopping just became social..!
Pijjit puts a world of specialty, or just plain inaccessible, vendors and goods at your fingertips. There’s no reason to be deprived of that special chocolate because it is sold only in the Swiss Alps, or having to wait for the gadget being released somewhere else first. Now you can get access to anything, anywhere through a social courier.
* Shipping just became affordable..!
You are no longer limited to depending on expensive and inflexible couriers or asking favors of friends and family when you want to send something to someone. Now you can Just Pijit through a friendly social courier.
* Space just became profitable..!
Whether you are traveling across the globe, taking a domestic trip, or commuting around town, Pijjit provides an easy way to make money and friends by helping people shop for what they want, or just by sharing available space, and becoming a social courier.
The Pijjit App provides the means to list your shopping or shipping needs, travel plans, and available space. It connects you through an in-app messaging system and enables you to transact over a secure booking engine. Verified social profiles, transparent reviews, and earned reputations come together to build a community that makes social shopping and shipping a reality for anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Rich feature list includes:
• Login account as well as Facebook connect
• Profile set up, including picture upload
• Verified accounts connected with cell phone, email address, and social networks
• Single-tap creation and editing of Shop, Ship, and Carry listings
• Full control over pricing or reward amounts
• Image upload of items to be shopped for, or shipped
• Automatic matching of listings
• In-app messaging system
• Control over accepting or declining bookings
• Secure booking engine
• Status updates
• Transparent reviews
• Earned reputations
• Response rates and response time metrics
• Past transaction and listing history
• Past listing history to enable easy reposting
• Alerts, push notifications, and email updates
• Configurable account settings
• Simple management of listings, bookings, and transactions
• Filters to manage what you see
• Directions to pickup and drop-off locations
• Pricing currency choice
• Weight unit toggle (Lbs/Kgs)
• Comprehensive help center with detailed FAQs and customer support
• GPS enabled searches and listing creation
• More information available at www.pijj.it
Pijjit is based in San Francisco and is born out of the lived experiences of world travelers who felt a need for a real way to help people get anything, anywhere - socially!
by D####:
An app like this is entirely dependent on its userbase. Unfortunately the app doesn't have nearly enough users to supply social couriers the way people need them. The kickstarter campaign was also rather badly thought out, but in the future something like that could be great for attracting users.