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Global gift networks
These networks are designed to be able to join them from anywhere in the world. It is possible that there is not much activity where you live, that means that it is up to you to expand it in your area. With very little work, anyone can do it. With just half an hour of effort a week, spreading awareness, inviting neighbors and strangers to join in, in 2 years you will have achieved enough activity for it to function almost by itself. You will have made a difference in the history of your town and the world.
Sharebay
https://sharebay.org/
100% gift economy!
A virtual space that can also be used as a resource-bank, a service network, a transportation network and a lodging network.
Sharebay.org is the world's fastest growing free-sharing platform, where members share their items, knowledge and talents freely with other members. It's like eBay or Fiverr – but without the money part! Sharebay is a global, map-based searchable database of free goods and services offered by its members. It's not a trade or credit system, and it's completely free to use. Everything is offered without condition. If you have something to offer, offer it. If you find something you need, it's yours!
Gratix
web: https://gratix.com/
Gift Economy
Virtual space
It is a very complete and shiny app with localization that includes the ability to create groups of friends. It has a system of points to encourage people to contribute giving gifts or inviting people to the app. It also has partnered with a delivery company to facilitate long distance gifting.
Nolotiro
https://nolotiro.org
100% gift economy!
Virtual space
Created by Alabs, nolotiro.org is a website where you give away and look for free second-hand gifts: furniture, chairs, sofas, bicycles, laptops, tables, kitchens, lamps, beds, clothes, toys, cribs or baby carriages, mobile phones and many other things that you no longer want and no longer need to be reused by other people who can give it a new life. It is organized by municipalities and has tens of thousands of offers of free objects.
Buy Nothing Project
https://buynothingproject.org/
100 Gift economy!
Virtual spaces that can also be used as a resource-bank and service network, transportation network and lodging network.
One of the largest RCGs, it is active in at least 25 countries, 1.2 million users, 6 thousand volunteers in thousands of active groups and growing. It works in a simple way with a Facebook page for each municipality / neighborhood. It encourages the groups to be hyper-local with the aim that they are formed by neighbors who can help each other and get to know each other without transportation. The page is organized so that citizens can make offers and requests to give, share and help. They are in the process of creating their own platform to leave Facebook behind, https://www.soop.app. Buy Nothing Project does not have any financing, it is 100% done by volunteers!
Freecycle
www.freecycle.org app for android app for apple 100% gift economy! Virtual spaces
It is one of the most extensive FCNs. Started in 2003, Freecycle consists of 5,319 groups and 9,145,303 users in 110 countries. Use your own app and website, or Yahoo! Groups, to manage offers and gift orders. It is organized by municipalities and provides practical guides so that anyone can create and manage a new group. The app also incorporates the API of the Trashnothing gift network. Freecycle is a non-profit organization that receives its funding from individual donations, corporate donations, income from advertisements on its page, and grants.