The Casual Courier

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The Casual Courier

• An alternative way to send packages worldwide

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Mission

• The Casual Courier (TCC) allows users to send
  packages
• at the speed of overnight
• for the price of post
• with the reliability of hand delivery

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Overview

• Limited options for sending packages
• ? Overnight Couriers (FedEx, UPS, DHL)
• Prohibitively expensive
• ? Post Office (USPS)
• Very unreliable service
• ? Personal Courier (Hand delivery)
• Limited to extremely valuable items

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Market

• About 12 billion packages are sent worldwide each
  year. (Source Universal Postal Union)
• UPS, FedEx, and DHL deliver 63 of the worlds
  packages, generating annual revenue over 126
  billion. (Source Forbes)

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Product

• The casualcourier.com website matches people with
  packages to send, with travelers who are willing
  to be couriers.

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Process

• Users first identify a TCC service

• Package delivery
• send a package via casual courier
• AirSitter assistance
• find in-flight caregiver
• Container sharing
• share space in large shipment container
• Mail-order forwarding
• send mail-order via casual courier

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Process(continued)

• REGISTER
• Database identifies
• matching criteria.

• INVITE
• Sender invites courier to
• deliver package.

• CONTACT
• Sender contacts courier to arrange delivery
  details.

• PURCHASE
• Sender purchases couriers contact information.

• DELIVERY
• The package is successfully delivered to the
  recipient.

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Example

• Sam relocated to Paris from Boston.
• Unfortunately, he forgot to bring a box of books.
  
• Sam asked his father, Simon, to send the box.

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Example(continued)

• Simon spent a few hours shopping around for the
  best delivery price

• Simon even considered sending the box via USPS

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Example(continued)

• Luckily, Simon saw an ad for casualcourier.com

Simon said, Now I can send my package at the
speed of overnight, for the cost of post, and
with the reliability of hand-delivery!

• So, Simon registered the box on TCCs website
  and found a casual courier traveling to Paris.

Simon purchased the couriers contact
information and arranged delivery.
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TARGET MARKET

• TCC attracts economy-class airline passengers
  with an existing itinerary.

• COURIERS use TCC to
• Reduce travel expenses
• Add utility to otherwise uneventful trip

• SENDERS use TCC to
• Drastically reduce the cost of delivery
• Send fragile or sensitive items

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CONCERNS

• TCC has a created policies to ensure a safe user
  experience

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CONCERNS(continued)
During the early development of online-dating
services and eBay, skeptics criticized the
unmanageable security risk facing these
innovative companies

• On-line dating services are one of the most
  popular paid services on the internet...the
  industry revenue will reach 516 million in
  2005.(source New York Times, June 30, 2005)

• eBay expects total revenues for fiscal year 2005
  to be more than 4 billion. (source CNN Money,
  April 20, 2005)

• TCC is simply formalizing a phenomena
• that is already occurring worldwide.

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BUSINESS MODEL

• Revenue Sources
• Matchmaker fee
• Escrow commission
• Advertisement fees
• Insurance commission

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COMPANY INFORMATION

• The Casual Courier was founded in 2002 by Jack
  Jacobs.
• TCC is incorporated in the Delaware, USA and in
  Israel.
• Trademark applications were filed in 2004 and
  pending publication.
• Patent application for numerous unique claims of
  internet-based system and method was filed in
  2004, and pending.
• The casualcourier.com website reached beta in
  September, 2005 and was recently launched in the
  first target market.

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CONTACT
The Casual Courier, Inc. info_at_casualcourier.com
1(866)978-0533