Enjoy Japan and its culture: meet the locals on WalCal app
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OYA’s Co. Ltd announced on October 19 2019 that it officially released the iPhone app “WalCal”, a digital platform to share experiences with people around the world.
What is WalCal?
Anyone living in Japan can use WalCal to become a host and offer interesting experiences such as “gettng to know Japan’s subcultures”,”enjoying local cuisine” or “taking visitors to places only familiar to local residents.” The WalCal hosts are free to set the time and price of offered experience.
WalCal characteristics
1. All steps can be done in the app.
Normally troublesome host-registering operations are also completed in 1 to 2 minutes in the WalCal. All steps are performed in the app, including host registration, listing of favorite experiences, chatting with guests, and request for fee payment.
2. No direct exchange of money
The most anxious thing on both the host side and the guest side is the delivery of money. In WalCal, we always receive money from guests prior to providing the experience, and pay to the host after the host has provided the experience.
3. No costs for registration and “experience” posting
WalCal hosts only pay a 10 percent commission fee out of offered “experience” price, and no other costs are incurred.
WalCal aims to become a global marketplace in which people around the world enjoy the best experience and international exchanges become active.
Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2019/11/14/walcal/