No anonymous accounts
Full KYC before anyone can send or carry. It costs us sign-ups and we're fine with that — an unverified network is one bad incident away from being unusable for everyone on it.
The delivery network already exists. It just isn't organised yet.
Every day, millions of people move between Indian cities with space to spare. CarryBuddies is the trust layer that turns that spare capacity into a delivery network worth using.
Why we exist
Sending something across India is still harder than it should be
A document that needs to be in Jaipur tomorrow becomes a two-day courier booking. A forgotten charger, a set of keys, a pack of medicine, a client sample — all technically easy to move, all priced and scheduled as though they were freight.
Meanwhile the 9 AM train to the same city carries hundreds of people with half-empty bags. The capacity was never the problem. Trust was. Nobody hands a parcel to a stranger without knowing who they are, without proof it was collected, and without knowing the money is safe.
So that's what we built first — verification, OTP handover, escrow and evidence — and then a marketplace on top of it.
What we optimise for
Accountability over convenience
If a safeguard slows a booking down but makes a dispute resolvable, we keep the safeguard.
Evidence over trust
Nobody should have to take anyone's word for anything. Every handover leaves a record.
Both sides protected
A platform that only protects senders runs out of travellers. We design for both.
Honest about what we are
We're an intermediary, not a courier. We say so plainly rather than blurring it in the fine print.
Our principles
Four rules we won't trade away for growth
No handover without proof
OTP plus photograph at both ends, every time. We won't ship a "quick handover" shortcut, because the shortcut is exactly what a dispute later hinges on.
No cash between users
Every rupee moves through escrow. Off-platform payment strips away that safeguard for both parties and removes the record that makes disputes solvable.
No tolerance for misdeclaration
Declare what's in the parcel, honestly, every time. Get it wrong deliberately and the account is gone permanently — and where the law requires it, the record goes onward.
Where we are
Building carefully, city by city
A peer-to-peer network is only as good as its density on a given route. We'd rather open one corridor properly than ten badly.
Done
Closed pilot
Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru — invited senders and travellers only.
Now
Waitlist open
Collecting demand by route so we open corridors where both sides already exist.
Next
Public launch
Metro corridors first, with full KYC and escrow live from day one. Parcel protection follows close behind — it isn't switched on yet.
Later
Business senders
Bulk booking, invoicing and higher-value protection tiers for small businesses.
Roadmap, not a promise
Timelines and feature availability may change. Some capabilities described across this site are still
in development and may not be available in every city at launch.
Want your route opened next?
Tell us where you send and where you travel. Route demand is genuinely how we decide what to launch.