eBay Kleinanzeigen
Service from eBay for local trade. Gifting is an official option.
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/
Functionalities
- Members can place and request offers.
- It is possible to filter offers by city or postal code.
- It is possible to filter for private and free offers only.
Problems
- Only available in Germany?
facebook
Versatile US-American platform, that is also used to save and share food and resources.
https://www.facebook.com/
Functionalities
- Fan pages can be used to advertise your local foodsharing initiative. Examples from Copenhagen, Warsaw, Taiwan.
- Groups can be used to manage peer-to-peer foodsharing. Examples from
- Groups can also be used to channel organizational tasks. Examples from
Problems
- Not specifically designed for foodsaving, coordination of store pick-ups is not integrated
- Considered evil by quite an amount of people...
App made by AlexanderF and Naomi.
foodsharing.de
The big German platform, that mainly coordinates cooperations to save food from businesses. More in-depth info on this website and the ongoing development process can be found here.
https://foodsharing.de/
Functionalities
- Stores can be entered on the platform and have a dedicated team of foodsavers who can sign up for pick-up dates set by the store coordinator.
- Members can know, trust and message each other.
- Members can upload food baskets to share their personal surplus directly with other members.
- A lot of different forums for the huge amount of different local groups, user levels and working groups.
- Map that shows foodsavers, businesses, FoodShare-Points and food baskets, depending on the user level of the member.
- Events can be created and members can be invited. They can attend, decline or maybe attend.
Problems
- Only available in German, so far no translation support.
- Not open source yet.
- Code did not see many changes in a while, development was reopened recently.
- foodsharing.de is a registered German 'Verein', that is in the midst of reorganizing.
MealSaver
http://mealsaver.de/
tbw
OLIOex
App from the UK to share or sell food and items.
https://olioex.com/
Functionalities
- Members can place and request offers.
- Offers are displayed on a map.
Problems
- They plan on becoming profitable in the long run.
Quote from their FAQ: "We anticipate earning revenue from corporate partnerships, local advertising, and by retaining a portion (as set by the user) of any donation processed through OLIO."
Too Good To Go
http://toogoodtogo.de/
tbw