ShipBuddie - Expat Network

ShipBuddie is the community platform for people living abroad — everything you need to carry, live, work, and connect overseas, in one app. Whether you're looking for assistance for your parents who are travelling abroad or need a urgent medicine home, looking for a room in a new city, hunting for a job overseas, or just trying to figure out how visas and banking work — ShipBuddie connects you directly with people who've walked the same road. Free to post, browse and connect. No hidden fees. ✈️ TRAVEL & CARRY Find a verified traveller flying your exact route. Arrange a travel companion for elderly parents or send parcels home, ship documents — far cheaper than couriers and far more personal. Post your own trip and earn on spare baggage. You and your buddy agree what's fair. 🏠 EXPAT SUBLETS Short-term housing offered by expats, for expats. Furnished rooms and flats for days, weeks, or months — entirely peer-to-peer with no agencies and no commissions. Pay your host directly. City registration guidance included. 💼 JOBS & REFERRALS Find roles where you actually want to live. Listings shared by locals and expats — startups, hospitals, schools, agencies. Filter by city, sector, and visa support, and apply directly with no middlemen. Refer friends to roles at your company and earn a referral bonus when they're hired. 🎉 COMMUNITY EVENTS Discover meet-ups, festivals, and professional events near you. RSVP, see who else is going, and host your own event in minutes. 💬 COMMUNITY Q&A Ask the questions search engines can't answer — visas, banking, taxes, schools, day-to-day life abroad. Get replies from people who lived it last month. Tag-based threads, upvotes for answers that actually worked, and the option to reply anonymously. WHY SHIPBUDDIE? • Verified members — connect with confidence through identity verification. • Direct, private chat — message matches in-app once you've connected. No phone numbers shared until you choose. • Built for trust — report tools, profile bios, and a reputation system keep the community safe. • Truly global — any route, any city, every week. • Free to use — post, browse, and connect at no cost. HOW IT WORKS 1. Post — list what you need: a carrier, a sublet, a job, or a question. 2. Match — browse listings or get matched with the right person. 3. Connect — chat directly in the app and make it happen. ShipBuddie was built for travellers, by travellers — for everyone living between two homes. Join a global community that gets it. Download ShipBuddie and make life abroad a little easier.