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The basics
An app that carries a gift anywhere in Vantry, Ohio, and up to 10 miles around. Pick something from a local maker or hand us your own package; a vetted courier or an Écrin Point takes it from there.
Across Vantry and within a 10-mile radius, Aurigny Heights included. If the address you enter falls outside that circle, the app tells you on the recipient screen, long before checkout.
Handover: a courier places the écrin in your recipient’s hands. They scan the QR code on the packaging, and your note appears along with your name.
Écrin Point: the écrin waits at a vetted shop or neighbor. Your recipient picks a day and collects it with a code that stays valid for 3 days.
Until the scan, yes. The courier and the Écrin Point only see your recipient’s first name. Your name and your note show up the moment someone scans the QR code on the packaging.
$5.75 for a Handover or $3.50 for an Écrin Point, plus $1.75 per mile. You see the final total on the payment screen before you confirm anything.
If nobody picks up the écrin, it comes back to you with a $6 return fee.
Sending
Of course. The courier picks it up at your door and slips it into an Écrin box with its own QR code. Just leave out anything perishable, unprotected glass, or items the law won’t let us carry.
The Deliveries tab shows every step: picked up, on the way, dropped off, opened. You get a notification the second it’s scanned.
Receiving
Point your phone’s camera at the QR code printed on the packaging. The note and the sender’s name open in your browser, no download needed.
The link in your text message opens a three-day calendar. Tap the day that suits you: the Écrin Point sets the box aside and waits for you and your code.
After three days the code expires and the écrin heads back to the sender, who pays for the return. If you already know you can’t make it, let them know.
Écrin Points
Any shop that’s open to the public, or an individual who agrees to an ID check and has a safe spot for a few packages. You sign up right in the app.
$1.75 for every écrin handed to its recipient. Earnings add up in the app and are paid out by direct deposit to your bank account.
Ask for their code and enter it in the Point tab. Green screen: the écrin can change hands. Red screen: keep it and get in touch with us.
Paying and canceling
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Apple Pay. Payments go through a PCI-DSS certified payment provider, so Écrin never sees your full card number.
Free of charge for 15 minutes after you order, and after that for as long as the courier hasn’t left. The money is back on your card within 4 business days.
An itemized receipt, with the delivery, the miles, and any return fee, lands in your inbox after each payment. It also stays in the Deliveries tab.