BagFellow
Clothes
$6 – $12 per kg
A 23kg suitcase of clothes runs about $138. Under a kilo is billed as a kilo.
Peer-to-peer shipping
Send it with someone already going.
Millions of people fly every day with room to spare in their luggage. BagFellow puts your parcel in that space — for a fraction of courier prices.
Free to join. You only pay when a traveller accepts.
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Omar F.
🇦🇪 Dubai
→
🇪🇬 Cairo
12 kg spare
Phone$45
Laptop$150
Earbuds$25
Clothes$35
Perfume$15
Documents$20
What it costs
Real prices, not "up to 70% less".
Every item has a published range. A traveller may charge anywhere inside it and never below the floor, so you know what a thing costs before you ask anyone.
Phone
$40 – $80 each
iPhones start at $60. Ask for it sealed or opened — it changes what happens at customs.
Laptop
$60 – $120 each
The top of the range is for MacBooks. Weight is not the point; the risk is.
Camera
$50 – $120 each
Valuable bodies price higher automatically, because carrying them is a bigger ask.
Shoes, bags, perfume
$6 – $30 each
Branded pieces sit at the top. What you declare it is worth moves the floor.
Papers
$6 – $12 per kg
Documents, transcripts, contracts. Billed at a kilo minimum.
Prices are in US dollars and are what the traveller receives before our commission. A traveller may ask for more than the range and you are free to say no; nobody may be paid below the floor.
How it works
Nobody has to trust a stranger.
The money never moves on a promise. It moves when the two of you meet and a code is scanned.
Find a traveller on your route
Search by where it is coming from and where it needs to go. Every traveller shows their spare weight and what they charge per item, so there is no haggling and no arithmetic.
Pay into escrow, not to a person
Your payment is held by BagFellow. The traveller can see it is there — which is what makes them willing to carry — but they cannot touch it yet.
Meet, scan, released
You hand over in person and scan each other's QR code. That scan is the proof the delivery happened, and only then is the traveller paid.
Safety
Built for the parts that go wrong.
Most deliveries are uneventful. The platform is designed around the ones that are not.
Money held until handover
Every payment sits in escrow against a double-entry ledger. It is released on proof of handover, never on somebody's say-so.
Flights checked by a human
Travellers submit their booking reference and our team confirms the flight against the airline before the badge appears. Identity documents are reviewed the same way.
Both sides scan in person
The sender's code and the traveller's code are separate, and neither party can see the one they are meant to scan. Presence has to be real.
Disputes get a decision
If something goes wrong, a reviewer sees both sides and the evidence and settles it — in your favour, theirs, or split. You always get the reasoning in writing.
Pricing
15%, and it falls as you go.
Charged on the carrying reward only — never on what the goods themselves cost. A $300 laptop with a $40 carrying fee is charged on the $40.
| Tier | Deliveries | or earned | Traveller pays | Shopper pays | Payout in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 0 | — | 10% | 5% | 10 days |
| Bronze | 10 | $500 | 8.5% | 4.25% | 7 days |
| Silver | 30 | $2,000 | 7% | 3.5% | 5 days |
| Gold | 50 | $5,000 | 5% | 2.5% | 3 days |
Whichever comes first. Carrying ten laptops counts as much as carrying fifty envelopes, because it is worth as much. Bronze also needs at least 3 completed deliveries, Silver 8 and Gold 15, so a tier is earned rather than bought with one large job.
For travellers
Your empty kilos are worth money.
You are taking the flight anyway. Publish what you will carry and what you charge, and pick the requests that suit you.
You are never asked to carry anything you have not agreed to, and you see exactly what is inside before you accept.
You set the prices
Per item, in your own words — not a rate per kilo that nobody can picture.
Paid on delivery
The money is already in escrow before you fly. Scanning the code releases it.
Fees fall with experience
From 10% down to 5%, and your payout clears in three days instead of ten.
Nothing prohibited
Only a fixed list of everyday goods can be requested. No surprises at customs.
Going somewhere? Sending something?
Join the travellers and shoppers already moving things the way people actually move them.
Create your account
Questions
The things people actually ask
Two sides, two sets of worries. Both are answered here rather than in a help centre nobody opens before signing up.
If you are sending
How does it work?
You post what you need and where it has to get to. Travellers already flying that route make offers. You pick one, pay, and we hold the money until you confirm the handover in person.
What if my item is lost or damaged?
You carry that risk, and we do not insure it. If the delivery does not happen you get back everything you paid us — the reward and our fee — but the value of the item itself is only recoverable where a reviewer finds the traveller's own negligence or deliberate act caused the loss.
This is the honest version of what a stranger carrying your bag can promise. If you are sending something you could not stand to lose, insure it independently.
What if the airline loses the bag?
The traveller should claim from the airline, because only they hold the ticket and the right to do so. An airline mishandling a bag is not by itself the traveller's fault, so unless something else went wrong the loss falls to you. You are refunded what you paid us.
What if the traveller cancels or their flight changes?
You are refunded in full and the request goes back on the market. Nothing leaves escrow until you confirm you have the item.
What if the traveller is charged customs duty?
The traveller is the declarant at the border and duty is theirs. They may refuse an item, and BagFellow warns them before they take on more of one thing than a person normally carries.
Why does the value I declare matter?
It does two things. It sets the minimum reward, so declaring more costs more to send; and it caps what can be recovered from a traveller found at fault. Understating it lowers both.
If you are carrying
How much can I earn?
It depends on what you carry, not just how heavy it is. A kilo of clothes pays from $6; a laptop pays from $60. You keep 90% at the start, rising to 95% as you complete more deliveries.
What am I responsible for?
Delivering the item as you received it, on time. The shopper carries the risk of ordinary loss — you are on the hook only where a reviewer finds you caused it: leaving it unattended, handing it to someone else, opening something you were asked to keep sealed, or keeping it.
Customs duty on what you carry is always yours.
Can I be stopped at customs?
Yes. You are the declarant and you answer for what is in your bag, which is why you may inspect anything before accepting it and refuse anything at all. We count what you are already carrying on a trip and will warn you before you agree to a second of the same item, because one laptop is luggage and three is an import.
When do I get paid?
The money is held from the moment the shopper pays and is yours once the handover codes are scanned. It clears for withdrawal after a short hold — 10 days at the start, 3 once you reach the top tier — which is the window a shopper has to raise a problem.
How does the money reach me?
To your own bank account or mobile wallet, in your account's local currency wherever we can send it that way. Transfer fees come out of the amount and we show you the figure before you confirm.
Do I have to show my passport?
Yes, once. It is checked by a person, stored encrypted, and never shown to another user. We do not use face recognition. Nobody at BagFellow will ever ask you for identity documents by email.