Greg
@greg
I feel like a service that made anon-friendly gifting easy could do well. I've come across a few specific online shops that offer pre-paid orders where the recipient enters their address later and it's great. They all seem to be US-only though and offer a limited set of items
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Greg
@greg
On 2nd thought it’s really just privacy-friendly, regardless of anon status. Always feels weird to ask someone for their home address
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pugson
@pugson
that’s why a lot of people have PO Boxes. maybe starting a physical anon PO box business paid with crypto is the way
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Greg
@greg
PO boxes are good. The flow I’m imagining is more like this: I want to gift you a candle. I don’t care where you live and we’re not close enough for me to ask for your address. I want to pay for the candle but it’s not shipped yet. This service sends you a link to redeem the gift and I get charged for shippin
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Fabián Uribe
@fabianuribe
I recently went through this. Had to share my address with someone (not close) that wanted to send a gift. It did feel awkward and I hesitated. But in the end I can assure you that I would have not clicked a link and provided my LatLong to any non-household shipping company service. It would fire my phishing🚨
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Greg
@greg
Good point - trust would have to be earned over time from the service, otherwise it’s the same as giving your address to the gift sender. Curious if a good middle ground comes to mind? Or maybe it is just a PO box 🤔 Seems relevant to @dstny
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Fabián Uribe
@fabianuribe
Perhaps a network of cafes/bars/shops available for pickup would be a middle ground? There might be regulatory challenges tho and I could see it being abused for shady stuff… 🤷♂️
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