iGoods
A site for keeping kindness in circulation — and the platform really does go out the door
It is not a matching platform
Requesters post what they need; donors look and choose for themselves. There is no matching algorithm and none is needed — the difficulty lies in what happens next.
One "I want to give", two completely different operations
Giving something you own means the platform collects it and delivers it on — logistics and scheduling. Funding a new purchase means the platform quotes, takes payment, buys and delivers — money and procurement. Most matching sites are finished once the two sides meet. This one is not; the platform really does go out the door.
It pushes donations outward rather than gathering them in
Each charity's profile page also lists the ways to give that do not pass through the platform at all, along with their volunteer recruitment. The platform's position is to make giving happen, not to make giving go through itself. I think that is the finest thing about this project.
Thank-you notes on the home page
After receiving the goods, the recipient writes back to the donor, and those notes sit on the site's home page. Giving breaks down at the point where the giver loses sight of where it went; putting the acknowledgement in the most visible place turns every completed donation into a reason for the next one. In the client's own words, it is a site for keeping kindness in circulation.
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