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The platform is exclusively for the Indonesian market, allowing transactions within Indonesia only.

Though I'm born and raised in the Netherlands, my Indonesian heritage and language skills give me some insight into the market. After doing limited SEO and market research, I saw a great opportunity. So, I hacked together a platform and recently launched it. It's showing promise, but I'm still a bit skeptical.

Literally tons of used clothing gets sent here.

Indonesia is not very green but technology like this can help address that

Exactly this

Not any more. The ban on clothing importation was recently enforced and my friend lost their business, and their shipments were seized. This will likely affect the business discussed in this post.

I'm guessing ease of shipping locally. I'm very curious too - there must be some practical or legal obstacle?

Yep, local shipping companies here are great! They offer pickups and deliveries for around a dollar, sometimes even less within the same city. When sellers make a sale on our platform, their item gets picked up from their address and delivered, usually on the same day, depending on the chosen delivery option.