Ebay & Kiva
- Ebay
- What principles did we learn from eBay?
- User driven content
- They’ve made it really easy to buy and sell
- PayPal
- What makes eBay successful
- A global audience
- Empowers the average person to buy and sell
- They’ve created an environment where you feel like you can safely buy and sell across the globe
- Buyer confidence in a realm of anonymity
- The one place where you can find almost anything
- People can research and shop at the same time
- You don’t just buy, you WIN
- What is eBay?
- A facilitator
- An aggregator site
- A sandbox for internet commerce
- What principles did we learn from eBay?
- Kiva
- What can we learn from Kiva?
- Up to the minute transaction info is vital
- Why loan and not give?
- Creates accountability
- Removes some of the temptation of the gift
- Creates self sustainability
- Self-perpetuating
- Helps them build their own economy
- Gives a sense of dignity
- Decentralization of transaction
- What are the needs that it taps into for 3rd world entrepreneurs?
- The need for dignity
- What are the needs that it taps into for donors?
- Gives meaning to their money
- What is meant by “lending is connecting”?
- You know you’ve benefited the lives and the community
- Kiva creates and avenue of relation
- Explore the power of connectional applications.
- Fulfills the fundamental need to connect in meaningful ways
- The degree to which you can successfully make that connection is how successful the site will be
- Fulfills the fundamental need to connect in meaningful ways
- Other sites to look at
- Microplace
- Domini.com
- Lohas.com
- What kind of modeling are we seing
- Is it a new way of making doing good more accessible
- What can we learn from Kiva?
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