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I'm building a platform where non-profits can host virtual garage sales, so their members can buy/sell stuff and donate a portion of the proceeds back to the NPO. Think of it as an Ebay for Charities. It's a side project as of now. Would love your feedback :) http://shruffle.com

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Love the idea and the launch page/video. Your site is very well done. The concept is interesting to me too, as an Economics major. Any plans to monetize at this point or would it be entirely donation based? A non-profit of sorts in and of itself?

Yes. Thinking of adopting a 6% transaction markup. So if someone lists a TV for $100, we list it for $106, and keep $6 as our fee.

Do you realize that all your "poor third world kids" are asian/brown/black and the donors/buyers are white? Maybe there is some correspondence with reality, but this just reinforces the streotype IMO.

Being South Asian myself, I can strongly say that is purely a coincidence. Good observation though, I didn't catch that myself.

There is almost complete correspondence with reality...

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