*Multi-purpose means that the platform itself is not strictly made to share a particular item/asset (ie. only housing, or food, or bikes). Sharing here is meant as gifting/donating or lending/borrowing without monetary transactions.
Purpose of this research: identify which tools people are using to share and what features are interesting in them. The information collected here can be used in the participatory design and in developing the concept.
Platform/tool | Pros | Cons | Open-source? | Type of ownership | Comments |
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Network effect (everybody is there); good social/communication features | Functionalities where not designed having sharing in mind. Users do not have control over their own data | No | Public traded company (corporation) - US | See Gift Economy Groups on Facebook | |
E-bay kleineanzeigen | Some network effect. Classified ads, sorting by categories, location... | Mixed with second-hand buy and sell | No | Public traded company (corporation) | |
Nebenan | |||||
Freegle | Non-profit - UK | ||||
Freecycle | Non-profit - US | ||||
Peerby | Encourages encounters between neighbours / local trust | No | Company - NE | Lending and borrowing | |
Rooster | No (apparently) | Non-profit | Giving and lending/borrowing | ||
Pumpipumpe | Encourages encounters between neighbours / local trust | Not really a platform intermediating sharing. | - | Non-profit association - Switzerland | Lending and borrowing |
ReUseIt Network | |||||
Fairleihen | Classified ads, geolocation (map) | ||||
Freeshop.se | Slick design, map-based, nice token/reputation idea | Still on early development | Not yet | Private - Sweden | |
OpenBazaar | P2P architecture, not dependent on a central server | Nodes ("stores") are not visible when offline. Designed as marketplace only | Yes | Peers own it | |