How Wasil works

Diaspora shoppers ask for Saudi goods. Pilgrims already flying home carry them, and are reimbursed plus a fee once the handover is confirmed with a code.

If you are asking for something

  1. Post the request

    Say what you want, where it should reach you, and by when. A link or a photo is required — your traveller cannot message you to ask which one until they have bought it.

  2. Set your ceiling

    The budget cap is the most you are willing to pay for the item. Travellers bid a delivery fee on top of it, and you can see every bid before choosing.

  3. Accept and pay

    Accepting a bid charges you once: item cost, delivery fee and the platform fee together. Stripe holds all of it.

  4. Confirm the handover

    You receive a six-digit code. Give it to your traveller only when the item is in your hands. That code is what releases the money.

If you are the one flying

  1. Post your trip

    Tell us the city you fly home to and the date you land. That is all the marketplace matches on.

  2. Bid on what you can carry

    You see every open request going to your city. Bid a delivery fee on the ones that fit your bag.

  3. Buy and prove it

    Once your bid is accepted and the shopper has paid, chat opens straight away. Buy the item and upload the receipt to show what you spent.

  4. Hand it over

    Meet, enter the shopper's six-digit code, and your reimbursement plus your fee is released.

Where the money sits

Nothing moves person to person, ever. Stripe holds the full amount from the moment a bid is accepted until a handover code is entered. If the handover does not happen, the shopper is refunded in full.

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