Three stories in plain words. Each one is a deal the proof of concept runs end to end on emulators. The people are placeholders, the amounts are made up, and nothing here is open to the public. The proper terms are on the How it works page.
Story 01 · The parcel
The parcel goes out. The money stays put.
Someone is selling a games console on Marketplace. You want it, but they are in another city and you have read the warnings. So instead of sending them the money, you pay it into a vault (a bank’s, in build), and the seller can see it is there.
You agree the price on WhatsApp. You pay into the vault, not to the seller.
Delivery is paid both ways at the start, half by you and half by the seller.
The parcel arrives. You open it and check it in the time you both agreed when the deal was set up; three hours is the usual, counted from the courier’s delivery scan. Happy? You tap OK.
GoSafe also hears from the courier that it was delivered. Two people at GoSafe sign off. The seller gets paid.
You get a dated record of the deal that anyone can check later.
From the courier’s pickup scan to the delivery scan, loss or damage is on the courier. Courier insurance can be taken out.
If you keep the item, the unused return trip is credited back, half to you and half to the seller.
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Video: a parcel travels from the seller to the buyer while the money waits in the vault, and the buyer taps OK
Story 01 · The parcel · the happy endingThe money waits behind glass until you have checked the item
Story 01 · The parcel · when it goes back
Not what you bought? It goes straight back.
Same deal, other ending. The parcel arrives and it is not what was in the listing. Because the return trip was paid at the start, sending it back is a tap, not an argument.
You open the parcel within the agreed time and it is not what you bought.
You tell GoSafe. The courier collects it. The return trip was already paid.
The seller gets it back. Your money comes back to you from the vault.
You paid one trip, the seller paid one trip. Nobody argues about the courier.
Send it back for no reason when it was exactly as described, and the return costs are yours.
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Video: the parcel arrives, it is not what was bought, and it goes straight back with the return already paid
Story 01 · The parcel · when it goes back
Story 02 · The tag
The tag says this one is yours.
Some things are worth proving: a designer bag, a pair of rare sneakers. Here the seller sticks a small tag on the item and taps it with a phone, which ties that tag to the deal. The rest runs like the first story, with one extra tap at the end.
The seller sticks a tag on the item and taps it. The tag is now tied to the deal.
You pay into the vault. Delivery is paid both ways. The item ships.
When it arrives, you tap the same tag with your phone.
Your tap plus the courier’s delivery note close the deal, and the seller gets paid.
You get a dated record that says this item is yours and where it came from, which anyone can check later.
The certificate is a timestamped, verifiable record. It is not a claim of legal effect beyond that.
Clip in productionStory 02 · The tagThe record that says this one is yours, dated to the moment
Story 03 · The car
Nothing moves until the car checks out.
A car is the biggest thing most people ever buy from a stranger. So before any money moves, GoSafe is designed to check the car: do the numbers on it match the papers, is it still owed to a bank, is it wanted by the police. This part is designed and modelled, not connected to a real data source yet.
You and the seller open a car deal. Before you are asked for money, the check runs.
All clear: you pay into the vault. Your money is confirmed there before you two meet, so no tyre-kickers, no lowballers and no cash in hand. Handover in daylight at a public place; then the money moves the usual way.
Still owed to a bank: the bank is paid first, and the seller gets the rest once the papers are handed over.
Wanted by the police, or the numbers don’t match: the deal stops dead. Nobody at GoSafe can override it.
Status: designed and modelled; the verification source is mocked in the proof of concept. We do not check with TransUnion today.
Clip in productionStory 03 · The carWanted by the police, or the numbers do not match: the deal stops dead
Who’s behind GoSafe
Two people, one idea borrowed from art.
The idea came from Ian Groenewald. After working with Attesté, where an artwork gets a timestamped certificate that proves what it is and when, he saw that the same record could sit behind an ordinary marketplace deal. Charl le Roux builds it with him. Ian and Charl are 50/50 partners in GoSafe.
Where this stands
Built. Tested on emulators. Not yet open.
Nothing here is live for the public. It has been built and tested end to end on emulators, and a small test with named insiders only is next. No regulatory approval is claimed. The proper terms, from the vault to the release rules, are under How it works.
