@thornhillmatt I'm already a fan of W3W -- curious to hear how the developer of Eddress thinks the two services differ, and why one might be more beneficial than the other. One thing I already notice is that determining an Eddress requires the app, where with W3W, you can look up an address entirely via the web.
@zefareu w3w points to coordinates while eddress points to a full address including coord, pc, bldg, floor, voice note, directions and hopefully soon w3w. The eddress code follows you, meaning when you relocate to a new home, your eddress code stays the same, and we make sure all relevant parties are notified. Think of it more like Address as a service! You can also lookup an eddress on map.eddress.co
Kind of a novel idea but not exactly sure the problem they are solving. Is it that I want some privacy around my address... but these services and providers will still discover my real address for delivery. Is it simplicity in updating shipping addresses? This I kind of understand after moving and having a couple amazon packages shipped to our old address before fixing our address.
Yet do we need a service that simply places a step between supplying an address to a service? How would a service know what to do with ABC-123 as my address. This seems like a huge biz-dev hurdle to overcome. Any thoughts on how they are doing with adaption?
@paulprins Paul, the biggest problem we're trying to solve is addresses in developing countries suffering from poor infrastructure. Privacy is just to protect against your contacts finding out were you live. eddress is not just an app to store and share your address, it's a platform connecting businesses with their customers to augment the online delivery process, currently non existent in third world countries. In terms of adoption, we're still working on our api and business platform.
This is a super exciting idea and one I remember brainstorming before my last company. Glad someone went out and did it! We move around so often now that the biggest benefit for me is the fact that I won't have to update all my shipping and billing info on every service I use because I moved apartments or moved jobs. Definitely rooting for you guys and great point about the poor infrastructure in developing nations.
Thanks Jason for your support! I myself moved 11 times in the past 5 years, and even my credit cards addresses are all mixed up! This being said, we are heavy users of Etsy in the region and we would love to discuss potential integration and partnership.
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