THE RECEIPT PROJECT

SYDNEY  ·  SEMESTER 2, 2026


What happens before you pay?

We're a student team collecting real stories about how people buy and pay for things online.


WHAT WE ASK ABOUT

Think about the last time you bought something online from a seller you'd never used before — a pair of shoes, a concert ticket, something off Marketplace, a booking. That's where we start.



There are no right answers. An ordinary purchase is just as useful to us as a memorable one.


IF YOU TAKE PART

  • SAY HI1

    Two of us, a table, and a box of snacks.

  • TELL US ABOUT ONE PURCHASE2

    Anything you bought or paid for online.

  • ABOUT FIVE MINUTES3

    You can stop whenever you like.

  • TAKE A SNACK4

    No prize draw, no sign-up, no catch.


RECORDING AND PRIVACY

We may ask whether you're comfortable with us recording the audio, so we get your words right rather than working from memory. We always ask first, and it's fine to say no.

We don't ask for your name during the conversation. If you leave contact details for a longer chat, we only use them to arrange a time. Everything is deleted at the end of semester.


TOTAL5 MINUTES

PAID WITHONE STORY

CHANGEONE SNACK


TALK TO US FOR LONGER

We're doing a few twenty-minute conversations later this month. Leave your details and we'll find a time.


WHO WE ARE

We're postgraduate students at the University of Sydney Business School, doing this for a unit about how new ventures find a problem worth solving.

We're not selling anything and we don't have a product. We're talking to people first.


The Receipt Project is a student class project.
It is not an official University of Sydney campaign
and does not represent the University.

hello@thereceiptproject.org