These terms are an agreement between you and Asian Information Technology Ltd. (“Shohokari”, “we”, “us”), a company registered in Bangladesh at 17 New Eskaton Road, 3rd Floor, Dhaka 1000, trade licence TRAD/DSCC/233370/2019. By using shohokari.com you accept them.
The short version. Shohokari is a place where people who need something done meet people who can do it. We are not your employer, not your agent, and not a party to the work. The two of you agree the job and the price; we take 2.5% when you pay through the site, and nothing at all when you settle in cash.
1. What Shohokari is, and is not
Shohokari is a marketplace. Customers post tasks; helpers offer to do them. When an offer is accepted, the resulting agreement is between the customer and the helper. We are not a party to it.
We do not employ helpers, supply labour, or act as anyone’s agent. We do not supervise, direct or control how a task is carried out. We do not guarantee that any task will be completed, or completed to any standard.
2. Who may use Shohokari
You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a contract in Bangladesh. One account per person. You are responsible for everything done through your account, so keep access to your email and phone secure.
We may refuse, suspend or close an account where these terms are broken, where we are required to by law, or where we reasonably believe an account is being used to harm someone.
3. Helpers
If you offer services on Shohokari, you confirm that you:
- have the right to work and to provide those services in Bangladesh;
- hold any licence, registration or permit that the work requires;
- are responsible for your own taxes, and for your own tools, transport and insurance;
- will do the work yourself, or tell the customer if someone else will.
You are an independent worker, not our employee. Nothing here creates employment, partnership or agency.
4. Money
You and the helper agree the price. There are two ways to settle:
- Cash, directly to the helper. Always allowed. Shohokari takes nothing and has no record of the payment beyond what you tell us.
- Through Shohokari, using our payment gateway. We collect the agreed amount and keep a service commission of 2.5%. The helper is owed the remaining 97.5%, which we pay out to them separately.
We do not hold money in escrow. We do not release funds on completion, and we are not a stakeholder between you. There is no subscription, no listing fee, and no charge for posting a task or making an offer.
Card and wallet details are entered on the payment gateway’s own systems and never reach ours.
5. Cancelling, refunds and delivery
Refunds, and the times within which a task should be started, are set out in our Return & Refund Policy, which forms part of these terms. In summary: approved refunds are returned to the original payment method within 7 to 10 working days, and a task should be started within 5 days inside Dhaka or 10 days elsewhere unless you have agreed a different date.
6. Verification and badges
We verify a helper’s mobile number by sending a code to it. Some helpers additionally display badges — National ID checked, police verification, business registration, trade certification. A badge records a claim a helper has made and we have seen evidence for. It is not a guarantee by us about that person’s honesty, competence or safety.
We do not check qualifications, insurance or criminal records unless a badge expressly says so. Satisfy yourself before you let anyone into your home or hand over money.
7. Your safety and your judgement
Meeting someone from the internet carries risk. Use your judgement: read the profile and reviews, meet in a sensible place, tell someone where you are going, and stop if something feels wrong. Shohokari cannot supervise what happens between two people offline and does not accept responsibility for it.
8. What you must not do
- Post anything false, unlawful, abusive, obscene, or intended to deceive.
- Ask for or offer anything illegal.
- Impersonate someone, or use another person’s identity documents.
- Harass, threaten or discriminate against anyone.
- Scrape the site, or use it to send unsolicited marketing.
- Try to break, overload or gain unauthorised access to our systems.
9. Content you post
What you write and upload stays yours. You give us permission to display it on Shohokari so the service can work. Do not post anything you do not have the right to post. We may remove content that breaks these terms, and we may hide a task that is reported enough times while we look at it.
10. Reports and disputes
If a task goes wrong, either side can open a dispute from the task page. We record and review disputes, and we may suspend accounts or withhold a payout while one is open. We do not mediate, arbitrate or decide who is right — that is between you, and ultimately a matter for the courts.
11. Our liability
Shohokari is provided as it is. We do not promise the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we may change or withdraw features.
We are not liable for the acts or omissions of any customer or helper, for the quality, safety or legality of any task, or for any loss arising out of an agreement between two users. Where we are liable to you, our total liability is limited to the commission we actually received on the task in question.
Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
12. Closing your account
You can close your account at any time from your account settings. We will remove your public profile; we keep a limited record of completed tasks and payments as described in the Privacy Policy. Closing an account does not cancel an agreement you have already made with someone.
13. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The version published on this page applies from the date shown at the top, and we will give notice of a material change by email or in the app. Continuing to use Shohokari after a change means you accept it.
14. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Bangladesh. The courts of Bangladesh have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of them. Amounts are in Bangladeshi taka (৳).
15. Contact
Asian Information Technology Ltd., 17 New Eskaton Road, 3rd Floor, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh — support@shohokari.com.