Join, browse, order.
Pay your neighbour.
The whole thing in one page — what happens when you join, what selling looks like, how a society goes live, and who decides whether somebody really lives where they say they do.
If you want to buy
Sign in with your phone number, pick your society and your flat, and browse straight away — today's lunches, weekend bakes, classes and services, all in one feed.
Order in a tap. The seller confirms it, tells you when it's ready, and you pay them directly by UPI or cash. Nothing goes through us.
If you want to sell
Set up in minutes from your phone — your name, a photo, what you make. Post today's batch, cap the quantity, set when orders close. Neighbours see it in the feed.
Your orders are counted for you — nobody tallies "+1" replies at midnight. You keep every rupee: no commission, and buyers pay you, not us.
The group vs the app, item by item
| WhatsApp group | Hoodzy | |
|---|---|---|
| Finding sellers | WhatsApp groupScroll 400 messages. Give up. Order pizza. | HoodzyEvery seller in your society, in one place |
| Just moved in? | WhatsApp groupThe best cook in your tower has been selling for 3 years — and you'll never know | HoodzyJoin & instantly see every seller, rating & menu |
| Being discovered | WhatsApp groupSeen by whoever was scrolling at 9:02, then buried | HoodzySearchable, followable, on the feed till your cut-off |
| Ordering | WhatsApp group"+1" in chat. Pray she scrolled up. | HoodzyOne tap — confirmed by the seller |
| Payments | WhatsApp group"Sent!" — no record, just good faith | HoodzyEvery order marked paid, UPI direct |
| Privacy | WhatsApp groupYour number — a gift to all 500 members | HoodzyNumber shared only after order confirms |
If you want Hoodzy in your society
Get the app and request your society from inside it. Societies go live based on how many neighbours are waiting — 10+ interested neighbours puts yours at the front of the queue — so the fastest way is to get a few more people to ask. RWA involvement is welcome but not required.
How your neighbours know you live here
This is the part most apps are vague about, so here is the whole rule. You start as a new member and can use everything immediately. You become a Verified neighbour when three ordinary things have happened:
- Someone in your flat says you live there. A neighbour already at your address confirms it. If you live alone, we skip this one.
- You've dealt with a couple of neighbours, from different homes. Buying or selling — both count.
- You've been around about a week.
There is no form, no fee, and nobody at Hoodzy who can hand it to you — and no documents either. No Aadhaar, no sale deed, no ID uploads, no screenshots from other apps. Your phone number is the only thing we ask for; a neighbour who already lives at your address is the proof.
Ten phones registered in one flat still won't manage it, because the orders have to come from different homes. If neighbours report someone for something serious, that's the one thing that pauses an account while our team looks into it.
What Hoodzy is — and isn't
Hoodzy connects two neighbours — that's the whole job. Every order is between the buyer and the seller: your neighbour cooks it, stitches it or teaches it, and you pay them directly.
- Money never passes through us. So there is no wallet, no escrow — and no refunds from Hoodzy. Returns and money matters are settled between the two of you, the way they always were.
- We don't inspect kitchens or check stitching. Quality is the seller's promise to you, not ours.
- Accountability comes from each other. Both sides are free to review the person they dealt with, and serious problems can be reported — repeated complaints pause an account.
The formal version of all this lives in the terms of service.
Your privacy
Your phone number is never on the feed. A seller sees it only after they accept your order, and you see theirs at the same moment — never before both sides have committed. We don't sell your data, and we don't take a cut of any order. Full detail is in the privacy policy.