Gift Economy Websites
From Gift Economy Wiki
If you're a webdesigner/programmer, see starting a gift economy website.
Users note that non-English language sites are labeled as such.
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Goods
To give things away, consider the simplicity of the giveaway project. For more organised systems:
| Focus | Websites |
|---|---|
| Items (German) | http://alles-und-umsonst.de |
| Books | http://www.bookcrossing.com |
| Items (classified ads) | http://www.regioshare.org |
| Redistribution of spare items, food, plants | http://freesharing.org |
| Eliminating waste worldwide | http://freecycle.org |
| Consumer Goods (Canada/US) | http://www.onlinerecyclers.com |
| Giving not discarding items (French) | http://donnons.org |
| Cutting consumption through reuse (French) | http://www.recupe.net |
| Linking free supply with free demand | http://www.free-economy.org |
| Keywords for publishing your free stuff on your blog or website | http://www.tagsets.org/ustagset/free |
| Free Economy Facebook Application | http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=295996908556&ref=ts |
For help with dumpster diving/skipping, try http://trashwiki.org.
Services
| Focus | Websites |
|---|---|
| Mixed cash/gift economy since 1999 | http://favors.org |
| Hugs!!! | http://www.freehugscampaign.org |
| Peer-to-peer Education (multi-language) | http://wiki.tsolife.org |
| Linking free supply with free demand (works for services as well) | http://www.free-economy.org |
Transport
If you're ready to keep your back to the wind, see HitchWiki, recommended to both beginners and expert hitchhikers. Alernatively, try the below websites, which are about matching drivers to passengers.
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Lift Sharing (Mainly Europe) | http://www.hitchhikers.org |
| Lift Sharing (Europe) | http://www.hitchhikers.org |
| Lift Sharing (mainly UK) | http://www.mylifts.com |
| Lift Sharing (UK) | https://www.liftshare.com |
| Lift Sharing (UK) | http://www.freewheelers.co.uk |
Hospitality
HospitalityClub was the most famous of these, but has come under criticism about its autocratic style, refusal to delete members' profiles, and some documents that turned up on wikileaks. If you just want to join one, http://www.CouchSurfing.org is probably the one.
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| International Community (Multi-language) | http://www.CouchSurfing.org |
| Hospitality | http://www.GlobalFreeloaders.com |
| Hospitality | http://www.BeWelcome.org |
| Tourism (Multi-language) | http://hospitalityclub.org |
Information
These days, pretty much the whole internet is a gift economy. Commercial pay-per-view websites got crowded out by free alternatives.
| Focus | Website |
|---|---|
| Open source Music | http://opsound.org |
| Things you're not supposed to know | http://wikileaks.org |
| General reference | http://wikipedia.org |
