Split bulk goods with neighbors.
Bulk goods are cheaper per unit, but few people need a 12-pack of paper towels or a truckload of topsoil at once. Mossen lets you split a bulk purchase with people in your neighborhood — you each get the amount you actually want, at the bulk price.
How it works
- 1
Someone posts a share
A neighbor lists a bulk purchase — say a cubic yard of topsoil for the raised beds, $48 total, four spots.
- 2
Neighbors join up to the spot limit
For a four-spot share at $48 total, that's $12 a person.
- 3
The host buys it, brings it home
They post a pickup address and time in the group chat.
- 4
Everyone comes by, pays the host directly
Venmo, Cash App, Zelle — whatever they prefer. Mossen never touches money.
The mechanic is the same whether it's a cubic yard of bark mulch, a flat of perennials, a 50 lb bag of dog food, or a 12-pack of paper towels. If a thing makes sense in bulk and doesn't make sense alone, it's a Mossen share.
Where it works
Right now, the greater Portland area. We're focused on building density across the city before opening to other metros.
Where it's headed
Splitting bulk goods is the beachhead. The same coordination layer makes sense for plenty more:
- · Splitting a ride to PDX with two neighbors on an early flight day
- · Sharing a truck rental to haul topsoil for the neighborhood garden beds
- · Pooling on a tool rental that's overkill for one person — a power washer, a stump grinder, a tile saw
- · Sharing an afternoon at the art museum, a Sunday at a gallery, a meal somebody cooked too much of
The destination is the place neighbors go when they want to split something. Bulk goods are step one.
What it isn't
- · Not a marketplace. Hosts don't profit; cost is split at par.
- · Not a delivery service. Neighbors meet at pickup.
- · Not a payments app. Money flows directly between people.
- · Not a way to dodge retailer policies — Mossen is about the relationship between neighbors, not the relationship to any specific store.