01Nothing to install
No app. Not for them, not for you.
They hold their phone against your band. Your page opens in their browser. They pay with the card already on their phone. There is nothing to download and no account to make.
00NFC band · Made in South Africa
Tap.
Pay.
Zeed.
Unit / ZD-01Passive NFC
22 mm
Band
No
Battery
Yes
Washable
A band on your wrist with a chip inside. Somebody holds their phone against it and the money lands in your account.
No app to download. No card machine to rent. No cash to carry home in your shoe. And nobody takes a cut of what you were given. You keep every cent of it.
Two minutes to sign up · Nothing to pay today
Unit / ZD-01Passive NFC
22 mm
Band
No
Battery
Yes
Washable
Thank you, in the languages of South Africa.
[ 01 / The problem ]
Nobody carries cash
any more.
The country went cashless and forgot to bring along the people who get paid in coins. Waiters. Petrol attendants. Car guards. Caddies. The tip was never on the card machine, and now there is nothing in the wallet either.
People still want to say thank you. They just have nothing to say it with. A band on your wrist gives them something to tap.
02What ZEED stands on
Four pillars.
Everything else is detail. If we ever break one of these, we have built the wrong thing.
02Whole, every time
You keep one hundred percent.
The person paying covers the card fee and our slice on top. If they choose to give you two hundred rand, two hundred rand is what lands in your account. We do not take a bite out of your tip.
03In your name
It's your band. It's your money.
The account is in your name, not the venue's. No pooled tin that somebody else counts at the end of the night. You move jobs, the band moves with you.
04Nothing to maintain
No battery. No signal. No card machine.
Platinum-cure silicone with a chip sealed inside. There is nothing to charge and nothing to rent. It works in the rain, in the wash, and when your own phone is flat.
03Who it’s for
If you get thanked
in cash, this is
for you.
Tap the one that’s you. It fills in your first answer, so signing up is that much shorter.
Tip mode
Waiter
Your table taps on the way out. The tip is yours before the bill is settled.
Tip mode
Petrol attendant
Full tank, quick tap. No more “sorry, I’ve got no cash on me”.
Tip mode
Car guard
They tap as they leave. No cash on you at the end of a shift.
Tip mode
Barista
On your wrist or on the counter. Both work.
Tip mode
Golf caddie
Eighteen holes, one tap at the last green.
Tip mode
Barber & stylist
Chair-side thank-yous without hunting for change.
Tip mode
Delivery driver
Handover, tap, gone. Under ten seconds.
Sell mode
Small business
Set your price. They tap. You’re paid. No card machine to rent.
[ 04 / One band, two jobs ]
A thank-you or
a sale.
The same band does both. Switch it on your ZEED page whenever you like. Tips on a Friday night, sales at the Saturday market.
Tip mode
They choose the amount
Your page shows the bill, a few sensible amounts, and a keypad for anything else. Made for a thank-you.
- 01They tap your band
- 02They pick an amount
- 03It lands in your account
Sell mode
You set the price
A plate of food, a wash, a cut, a bunch of flowers. Set the amount, hold out your wrist, get paid.
- 01You set the price
- 02They tap and confirm
- 03It lands in your account
05How it works
Ten seconds,
start to finish.
Your side · done once
- 1
Tell us who you are
Your name, what you do, where you work. Two minutes on your phone. No paperwork.
- 2
We link a band to you
The chip inside gets pointed at your page and nobody else's. Wrist, apron, lanyard — wear it however you like.
- 3
Get tapped, get paid
Every tap goes straight to your account. Check your ZEED page any time to see what came in.
Their side · every time
- 1
Tap
Phone against the band. The page opens on its own.
- 2
Choose
A preset amount, or type your own.
- 3
Pay
With the card already on the phone. Done.
Try the tap yourself
Opens the real page a customer sees
06The hardware
One piece of
silicone. One chip.
It has no screen, no buttons and nothing to charge — the only metal on it is the stud that holds the strap shut. The chip is sealed inside the band while it is cast, so there is nothing to prise out and nothing to let water in.
- Band width
- 22 mm
- Strap thickness
- 2.8 mm
- Centre thickness
- 3.8 mm
- Adjustable wrist
- 150 – 225 mm
- Total length
- 255 mm
- Chip
- 25 mm NFC disc
- Material
- Platinum-cure silicone
- Hardness
- Shore A 40 – 45
- Closure
- Stainless stud, silicone keeper
- Water
- Waterproof, wash it
- Colours
- Navy, orange, yellow
07The honest bit
We don’t takea bite out ofyour tip.
Card payments cost money to process. Somebody has to pay that fee.
Take it out of the tip and the worker absorbs it. We put it on top instead, so the person paying covers the card fee and our slice, and they see exactly what they are covering before they press pay.
So the number they chose is the number that lands in your account.
They give
100%
You get
100%
Pricing
Announced at launch
We would rather say nothing than say a number we have to walk back. Put your name down and you will hear it first, and you will be near the front of the queue for a band.
one tap.that’s it.
No app to install. No card machine to rent. No cash to carry home in your shoe. Somebody holds their phone against your wrist and the money is yours.
Thank you — in the languages people actually say it in
DankieEnkosiNgiyabongaKe a lebohaKe a lebogaNdza khensaNdo livhuwaNgiyathokozaRo livhuwaThank youSharpBaie dankie
08Straight answers
Questions.
Do I need a smartphone for this to work?
Not for the band itself. It has no battery and needs no signal — the customer’s phone does all the work. You will want a phone to check what came in and to set yourself up in the first place.
Do I need a bank account?
Yes. Your money goes into a real account in your name, which is the whole point — nobody stands between you and it. If you do not have one yet, tell us when you sign up and we will point you at the quickest way to open one.
Can my manager take a cut?
No. The money is paid into your account, not the venue’s. ZEED does not do pooled tips and there is no step where somebody else handles your money first.
What if the customer’s phone cannot tap?
Most phones sold in the last few years can, though some budget handsets still cannot. If theirs cannot, your ZEED page is an ordinary web link, so they can open it the normal way and pay from there.
What happens if I lose the band?
Tell us and we switch that band off. From that moment nobody can collect anything on it, and we get a new one linked to you.
Will it survive a shift?
It is one solid piece of platinum-cure silicone with the chip sealed inside, shut with a stainless stud — no seams, no battery, nothing to charge. Wear it in the dishwater.
What does it cost?
We are publishing pricing when we launch. Join the list now and you will hear it first — and you will be near the front of the queue for a band.
[ 09 / Your turn ]
Gettapped.
Two minutes, on the phone in your hand. Nothing to pay today.