Everybody knows the problems of trying to make sure that somebody is in when deliveries need to be made that are too large for the normal mail box.

Householders have to take time off work to be at home. Or they have to make special journeys to postal depots or retail warehouses to collect the items that they missed.

For a delivery firm, the difference between somebody being in and not, is huge. The time and cost to return the goods, sort the paperwork and rearrange the delivery, not to mention actually making a return trip, is severely painful.

For a retailer, who has invested so much in the process and has succesfully achieved a sale, it can all go horribly wrong - because nobody's at home.

Ahome4it's NIB provides safe storage for a key until required by a delivery person. The NIB, a small electronic keybox, is fitted to the outside of the home. It is battery powered and needs no connection to phone lines. It is the ideal alternative to a parcel delivery or home delivery box.

When a delivery is due, you have a choice: Put up your ?Call Ahome4it? card and let Ahome4it manage the delivery. Or use the ?Call me? option and use SMS to do-it-yourself.

Option 1 - "Call Ahome4it"  managed home delivery service

Let Ahome4it manage the delivery. When you expect a delivery, leave a key to your garage/ shed/ porch/ conservatory in the NIB and put up your "Call Ahome4it" card for the delivery driver to see.

Our support staff will check the database to make sure the delivery is expected and then give an access code to the delivery driver for your NIB Keybox.

When you come home, you can retrieve the delivery from wherever it was left.

Option 2 - "Call me"  and DIY with SMS

You manage the delivery yourself. The driver calls you and you release the key with the help of your mobile phone.

To find out the current access code, send a text message to Ahome4it and you will automatically receive a return text message containing the current code for your Keybox. So you can provide access to your Keybox from wherever you are.

A short time later and the code will no longer be valid, so that deliverer can't return when he's not expected and you don't have to worry about changing the code.

It is in fact ...the perfect Neighbour In a Box

Buy the NIB from Ahome4it's eBay store