Buy Nothing Project

Productize the Buy Nothing Project (1.2M users, no product)

Shaan pitches building a real product around the Buy Nothing Project, a grassroots local gifting network where neighbors give and request items for free. It already has 1.2 million participants across 25 countries and 6,000 volunteers, but runs on Facebook groups with no dedicated product.

“And this thing is actually pretty huge. Like it's a grassroots community. There's 1.2 million participants in this project on 25 countries. There's 6,000 volunteers. It's like pretty insane. And so if you can, you can search on Facebook and you can only join one Buy Nothing group.”

Steal thisBuild a trust-layer app for local gifting economies — add verified memberships and facilitated pickup/shipping on top of the Buy Nothing model.