As far as our partnerships with major brands, this comes from our suppliers. One of our suppliers, Zeek is a world leader in the gift card marketplace and has very strong existing relationships with the largest brands in the world. Amazon included! We plan to expand quickly worldwide and add numerous other distributors like Zeek in local markets as well so you'll be able to spend your money anywhere.

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We've made it our focus to be user-friendly. The first thing you'll do as a user is log into the app with your ZIX, select which gift cards you want to buy and then pay instantly with ZIX or another cryptocurrency. You can even do this inside the store! Say you’re at the Nike store shopping and want to pay with Ether. While you’re in line waiting for all the ordinary folks to pay with fiat currency, hop on the app and in 3 taps the cashier can scan your phone and you’re out the door.

Of course, in fact, we recently added Giftery.ru as a Russian gift card supplier.

Yes! Zeex allows users to buy products and services from the biggest brands (Amazon, Adidas, Starbucks, etc) with cryptocurrency without the need to convert to fiat or pay fees. The Zeex protocol establishes a decentralized economy enabling the seamless exchange of cryptocurrencies and virtual gift cards. Due to our relationship with our sister company Zeek and various other gift card providers, products from hundreds of brands will be available for purchase on day one.

Today the gift card industry is 700 billion dollars and will grow to 1.1 trillion in the next few years. Our goal is to open up that industry to crypto users. We incentivize supplier participation in the Zeex protocol and this will help drive organic growth. At first, we will have plenty of brands available in the EU and in the USA.  As time goes on, we plan to add suppliers around the world, so even if you're in Malaysia or India the local suppliers there will have the local gift cards you need. This is the process and progress of constant growth and the expansion into other markets.

Welcome to the forum and also welcome to Zeex. Zeex allows users to buy products and services from the biggest brands (Amazon, Adidas, Starbucks, etc) with cryptocurrency without the need to convert to fiat or pay fees. For the token sale we will only be accepting ETH. As for the platform, to begin with, only ZIX and ETH will be accepted. In short, no, credit cards will not be accepted as they defeat the purpose of what Zeex is trying to accomplish Also, as time goes on we plan to add support for many more tokens. We're partnering with up with Bancor which will allow all tokens in Bancor's liquidity network (50+ ERC20 tokens to date) direct conversion to ZIX. You can learn a little bit more about Bancor here- https://youtu.be/ySeir-M2nj0

Yes we do! You can sign up to be a beta tester here: https://zeex.me/beta
The working platform is scheduled to release only a few weeks after the token distribution is finished.

Currently, the gift card market is a 700 billion dollar a year market and will surpass 1 trillion in the next few years. We believe that in a few years we will have the largest share in the "crypto to gift card" space and will have partnerships with gift card providers all over the world, with thousands of different brands.

Our vision down the road is to skip fiat altogether for crypto holders and move away from the old way of doing business. We aim to create a direct line between crypto to product and services. Right now the best way to set trajectory is to create an efficient disrupt to crypto payments.

As for competitors: We have near-direct competition in the form of websites like Centz and Giftoken who both had unsuccessful ICO's. As it seems they lack the connections to retailers and financial backing that we have. Indirectly, we compete with TenX and other debit card companies that work with crypto. We stand out because of our backing and because of our existing networks. Also, it is important to add that we are completely decentralized. We also avoid fiat and fees entirely rather than charge extra for the conversion like most service providers.

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Fellow BCT members.

I pose a simple question to you. Early adopters, investors, traders, and enthusiasts...have you bought anything with your cryptocurrency? Whether it be profits, or your simple stake in a certain crypto's (BTC, ETH, LTC) have you purchased anything and felt that immediate rush of adrenaline that suddenly the currency half of "crypto-currency" has fulfilled its prophecy? I recently received this rush when I purchased my Ledger Nano S using Bitcoin. I couldn't believe that a physical product arrived at my door after purchasing. Exhilarating was an understatement.

I've been searching for more of these adrenaline rushes and have been mostly disappointed. While the underlying blockchain technology is being studied, forked, replicated, expanded upon and etc. I have yet to find a protocol and platform that seamlessly lets you use your cryptocurrency to purchase items.

I've been following one project called Zeex which is doing just that. Establishing a decentralized economy by enabling the exchange of cryptocurrencies with virtual gift cards. This protocol will allow big suppliers of gift cards (such as already partnered suppliers: Zeek and Giftery) to tap into the protocol and give users frictionless buying power for over 350+ brands. You can check out their website here https://zeex.me and let me know what you think 

I have to disagree. You are giving one brand (Amazon) precedence over the whole market. Also, on a side note, Amazon doesn't ship to 5 countries.
The Zeex protocol establishes a decentralized economy enabling the exchange of crypto and virtual gift cards. Zeex is a facilitator and as the economy grows, more suppliers will join in and tap into the Zeex protocol. This will allow for the purchase of products from thousands of brands globally.

The ZIX/USD price his will be entirely determined by the ETH/USD rate, as the ratio of ZIX/ETH is fixed at 1 ETH = 5000 ZIX.

The connection between a project's ICO and their roadmap is essential. Not only to potential investors, but also to the crypto community.
Too often we see potentially amazing projects with almost unmeasurable milestones. While many investors ponder as to when a coin/token will reach an exchange, they are less concerned with what will happen 1 month, 2 months, 1 year down the road. Investing in an ICO to find out that their platform/product/idea will only come to fruition in 2020 is not only concerning but a failure to provide transparency between the team and holders. No matter how strong the community or social engagement is in my opinion. The points on a roadmap are not only landmarks, but they are functional tools that can be used to gauge the condition of the startup (after a successful ICO as well).

I see people getting more and more excited about Zeex. This is in part, due to the fact that Zeex's "crypto to product" platform will release a couple of weeks after the ICO. Not only that, a functional web-app will be available close to the end of the ICO. With an already established sister company laying down their foundation (Zeek) it's a breath of fresh air to see a project simplify its goals and engage with the community will full transparency. How often do you see a project that allow users to buy products and services from big brands (Amazon, Adidas, Starbucks, etc) with cryptos AND have their platform accessible in a timely manner? The roadmap can be found here https://zeex.me

What other projects are you guys excited about? Are their goals attainable or will we have to hodl for years to come?

Congrats! You did your research, chose good projects, invested at good positions, and hodled. You now have a comfortable profit with your crypto and cannot be more excited to sell some crypto for fiat. Fiat that you will need for your daily purchases in life. The coffee in the morning, the groceries, and maybe some gifts for the loved ones.
What if there was a way to integrate crypto to product transactions without the need for fiat? That would not only save you time and hefty fees, it would also positively influence your day to day life with quick liquidity.
Great! How do we do that?
You've probably heard of TenX, Shift, or Centra who have promised to create debit/credit cards linked to crypto wallets. Due to VISA/Mastercard regulations, we haven't received any such cards and probably won't anytime soon.
Ok, so what now?
Take Zeex for example. Zeex allows users to buy products and services from the big brands (Amazon, Adidas, Starbucks, etc) with cryptocurrency without the need to convert to fiat or pay fees. How do they do this? Gift cards! Zeex has created a protocol that will allow you to seamlessly convert crypto into retail gift cards and visa versa.
Have you guys heard about this project?
Check out their website https://zeex.me and let me know what you think?
I think it's an ingenious way to integrate crypto to product. A retailer will always accept their own corporate currency!