How to make money carrying packages while traveling

1. Post your trip. Add your route, your dates and how much luggage space you have. Posting a trip on Qrrier is free.
2. Browse requests on your route. Senders post parcels that need to travel your way, and shoppers post items they want bought abroad. Send offers at your price.
3. Agree the details in chat. Confirm the contents, their value, the pickup and the hand-off in the in-app chat, so there is a clear record.
4. Wait for escrow before you commit. The sender's payment is locked in escrow before you carry or buy anything, so you are never working on a promise.
5. Inspect, carry and deliver. Check the item when you collect it, pack it yourself and hand it to the named recipient at your destination.
6. Get paid on delivery. When the recipient enters their 4-digit delivery code, payment is released in USDC to your connected wallet.

See the details on For carriers and How it works, including how fees work.

Carry packages

Senders post items that need to travel your route, such as gifts, clothes or documents for family. You choose which ones fit your bag and your comfort level, and skip anything you are not happy to carry. You can browse shipments to see what people are sending.

Fulfil shopping requests

People back home often want things that are only sold where you are going. With a shopping request, you buy the item at your destination and are reimbursed plus a commission when you deliver it. The same customs rules apply to items you buy: you are the one bringing them across the border.

You can combine both on a single flight, as long as everything fits within your own baggage allowance.

Carrying an item for someone else is not automatically illegal, but customs officers deal with the person holding the bag. Qrrier's Terms of Service say that carriers are responsible for complying with customs, airline and import and export rules, and for any declarations they make.

• The UK government's customs guidance advises travelers: "Never carry anything into the UK for someone else" (GOV.UK: UK customs information).
• US Customs and Border Protection asks arriving travelers to declare items you are bringing for someone else (CBP: Welcome to the United States).

We cover this in depth in Is it legal to carry a package for someone on a plane? Read it before your first trip.

Batteries and power banks

The US Federal Aviation Administration says spare (uninstalled) lithium batteries, including power banks, must be carried in carry-on baggage only. It also says batteries must be for the passenger's own use, and that batteries carried for sale or distribution are prohibited (FAA PackSafe: Lithium batteries). In practice: don't agree to carry spare batteries or power banks for someone else. For electronics with batteries installed, check your airline's rules before you accept.

Liquids, aerosols and everything else

Use the TSA's What Can I Bring? list for US flights, and your airline's own rules for everything else. TSA notes that the final decision on whether an item is allowed through the checkpoint rests with the TSA officer, so if an item is borderline, it's easier to say no.

Your baggage allowance

Only offer space you genuinely have. Anything you carry counts toward your own allowance, and any excess baggage charges are yours to pay, so agree sizes and weights in chat before you commit.

• If in doubt, declare it. CBP warns that if you don't declare something that should have been declared, you risk forfeiting the item (CBP: Know Before You Go).
• Food and agricultural items need extra care. CBP says agricultural items should be declared and presented for inspection, and failing to declare them can lead to a civil penalty (CBP: Prohibited and restricted items).
• Goods for resale are commercial goods. Personal allowances don't cover them, so don't carry stock for someone's business as if it were a gift.
• Know the destination's rules. Every country has its own list of prohibited and restricted items. Our route pages, such as USA to India, Mexico to USA and Turkey to Germany, point you to the customs authority to check.

Usually fine, subject to airline and customs rules: clothes, shoes, books, documents, packaged gifts you have inspected, cosmetics in permitted sizes, and packaged food where the destination allows it.

Refuse: weapons, drugs, cash, counterfeit goods, hazardous or flammable items, spare batteries or power banks, prescription medicines without the right documents, anything you are not allowed to inspect, and anything the sender won't describe clearly.

Money you earn carrying items is income, and the tax rules of the country where you live apply. In the US, the IRS says gig economy income is taxable and must be reported on a tax return, even if it comes from part-time or side work and even if you don't receive a tax form for it (IRS: Gig Economy Tax Center).

Qrrier pays travelers in USDC. The IRS lists stablecoins as digital assets, and says that if you receive a digital asset in exchange for goods or services in a business context, the income is taxed as ordinary income (IRS: Digital assets). Keep a record of each payout, and if you live outside the US, check your own tax authority's guidance or ask a tax professional.

• Complete your profile and verify a government-issued ID to earn a trust badge.
• Post trips early, with accurate dates and an honest amount of space.
• Reply quickly and be clear in chat about what you will and won't carry.
• Ask for receipts for new items so you can declare an honest value.
• Deliver as agreed and collect good ratings; senders check reviews before accepting an offer.

• A sealed box you're asked to carry "as a favour" without looking inside.
• Requests to move the chat or the payment outside the app.
• Pressure to skip inspection or to collect the item at the last minute without checking it.
• Vague descriptions of contents, or reluctance to share receipts.
• An offer that seems far too generous for a small, ordinary item.

If anything feels off, refuse. There will always be other requests. More on how we keep both sides safe is on Trust & safety.