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Padosii
Ask neighbours for any contact. They suggest in 3 taps.
10 followers
Ask neighbours for any contact. They suggest in 3 taps.
10 followers
Padosii is a neighbourhood contact ask-and-suggest app built for India. When you need a plumber, maid, CA, doctor, tutor, or any other contact, ask your neighbourhood in 3 taps. A real neighbour suggests one from their phone in 3 taps. Your number stays private. Their number stays private. Only the suggested contact reaches you. No commission. No middlemen. Not a service marketplace. Just neighbours helping neighbours find the right contact. 600+ categories. Free on Android & iOS.
Hi Product Hunters.. 🎃
I am Mukul, the solo maker behind Padosii. A bit nervous sharing this, but here we go.
I handle the architecture, the code, the UI, the graphic design, and right now I am doing door-to-door flyer distribution in neighbourhoods to onboard my first users, explain to them about the app - features & benefits, and get them to install it. I also tell them to turn on the notification to help their neighbours instantly but without any promotional & commercial notifications. Everything is bootstrapped.
The problem:
In Indian neighbourhoods, when you need a reliable plumber, CA, or home tutor, you are stuck with two bad options:
Post in a noisy WhatsApp group where your number is exposed to hundreds of strangers.
Search a generic directory where businesses pay to rank higher.
Neither gives you what you actually need: a trusted recommendation from someone who lives right next to you.
What Padosii does:
Ask your neighbourhood for any contact in 3 taps. A neighbour suggests one directly from their phonebook in 3 taps. Your number stays private. Their number stays private. Only the suggested contact reaches you.
No commission. No paid listings. No ads. No middlemen. 600+ categories.
A real story:
Neelam needed a home tutor for her kids in Eta-1, Greater Noida. She asked on Padosii. Jyoti, a neighbour who used to be a tutor and wanted to restart, saw the request and suggested herself. Neelam got a trusted tutor. Jyoti got her first student back. Zero marketing. Zero cost.
Padosii is live in Greater Noida with real organic neighbourhood activity.
I built this to bring the village feel back to our modern high-rise societies. Would love your feedback, roasts, and suggestions. 🙏
Download free: padosii.com/app
Cheers,
Mukul
Tried this in my apartment complex and got a reliable plumber rec within minutes, the privacy angle is genuinely useful since I never had to share my number. Solid pick for anyone tired of relying on WhatsApp groups.
Thank you, @caydenmcka28248 !
That is exactly the experience Padosii is built for. The privacy angle came from a real problem: in Indian neighbourhoods, asking for a contact in a WhatsApp group means exposing your number to hundreds of strangers. Also, most good members of whatsapp groups generally mute or archive them because of too much noise of non-sense messages. Glad it worked for you. Would love to hear what other categories you end up using it for.. :)
This is such a thoughtful idea for dense Indian neighborhoods. Tried it for a reliable plumber near my area and got a suggestion from a neighbour within minutes, no awkward number-sharing. Love that it keeps things private and free.
@hava06668789890
Dense neighbourhoods are exactly who Padosii is built for. The more neighbours on the app, the faster suggestions come. Glad the experience worked smoothly.
love how the privacy setup actually works both ways, even the suggested contact only reaches you without seeing your number. that's a thoughtful touch most local help apps completely ignore.
Thank you @hazal36352 ..
You picked up on exactly what makes it different. Most apps focus on connecting you to a contact but your number still travels somewhere in the process. In Padosii, the asker's number stays private, the suggester's number stays private, only the suggested contact's number reaches you. Three people involved, two numbers hidden. Glad that came through...