Zeakee.com aims to create an extremely efficient and cost-effective alternative to the traditional delivery marketplace

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 20 -- Cyrus Maaghul, founder and CEO of Zeakee, announces the first social network and location-based marketplace for delivery services. Zeakee is an Internet and mobile phone based community for customers and deliverers of people, packages, and parcels. Utilizing the power of online social networks and a proprietary location-based search system, Zeakee enables community members to quickly and securely find and order the best fitting delivery service based on the deliverer's actual location. Zeakee's advanced e-commerce and mobile reverse-auction system enables members to purchase or request bids for the service "live" and track the actual location of the deliverer in real-time on their web browser or cell phone. Customers are able to directly contact, negotiate with, and monitor the individual transporting people, parcels, or packages.

Community members are able to share their delivery experiences and expertise with other members and easily form logistic alliances crossing coverage boundaries. As the community grows in size, new delivery options will emerge such as rapid same-day delivery for online retailers and instant taxi locating systems. Deliverers stand to significantly benefit as membership means increased sales.

"We are empowering our community members by giving them complete control over their delivery needs and at the same time creating a highly cost- effective and efficient marketplace," says founder, Cyrus Maaghul. The Zeakee system utilizes online and offline identity verification systems for drivers and enables a high-level of security through a variety of techniques including route proximity alerts.

Mr. Maaghul was formerly CEO of SWREG, Inc, an Internet payment processing provider based in England. Mr. Maaghul founded Maagnum Internet Group in 1994, one of the first e-commerce outsourcing companies. The company was acquired by Digital River, Inc.

Zeakee is set to launch in 2008. For more information, visit http://www.zeakee.com/.