GarazSale
Conscious Commerce, Collective Impact
Turning local garage sales into a global force for good.
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GarazSale
Conscious Commerce, Collective Impact
Turning local garage sales into a global force for good.
The Problem
Traditional marketplaces are impersonal, wasteful, and values-blind.
Hidden value goes to waste
Billions of usable items sit idle in homes and eventually reach landfills.
Impersonal transactions
Faceless listings with no trust, no community, and no accountability.
No impact layer
Buying and selling generates zero measurable social or environmental good.
The Solution
A circular marketplace where every transaction supports a cause.
One person's decluttering becomes another person's treasure — and a third party's support.
List locally
AI-assisted listings with photo analysis & pricing
Buy securely
Escrow-protected payments with in-person pickup
Give back
A share of every sale flows to a chosen charity
The Product
Mobile-first, trust-based, and cause-driven — built for real people.
AI Item Analysis
Auto-titles, categorizes, and estimates value from a single photo.
Escrow Payments
Funds held safely until the buyer confirms pickup — PayPal & Stripe.
Charity Donations
Buyer & seller each pick a cause; a % of every sale is donated.
Bidding & Buy-Now
Auction-style bids with expiry, reserve prices, and instant buy-now.
Event Sales
Physical garage-sale events with reservations and early offers.
AI Dispute Resolution
Evidence-based AI recommendations for fair, fast conflict handling.
Built for Trust & Reach
The features that make reuse safe, global, and personal.
In-app Messaging
Real-time chat with auto-translation across 8 languages.
Trust Scores
Reputation built from completed sales, reviews & resolved disputes.
Nearby Discovery
Geo-aware feed showing listings within a chosen radius.
Smart Notifications
Nearby alerts, bid updates, and chat notifications.
Cause Campaigns
Verified organizers run their own charity drives with custom rates.
Secure by Design
Row-level security isolates every user's data across 16 entities.
Market Opportunity
The re-commerce economy is booming — and going purpose-first.
Business Model
Transparent monetization that scales with trust and volume.
Revenue Streams
- Platform commission on sales8%
- Charity contribution on sales2%
- Premium advisory & social kitsAdd-on
- Cause campaign partnershipsVariable
2% of every sale flows directly to a user-chosen charity — at zero extra effort.
A €100 sale = €8 platform revenue, €2 donated, €90 to the seller.
Competitive Landscape
Transactional apps are crowded. Impact-integrated commerce is not.
GarazSale occupies the high-impact, low-effort quadrant — alone.
Traction & Milestones
From sandbox to a secure, feature-complete platform.
Core platform built
Full marketplace: listings, bidding, escrow, donations, disputes, messaging.
Payments integrated
PayPal sandbox & Stripe with webhook-verified escrow flows.
Security hardened
Row-level security across 16 entities; XSS & clickjacking protections.
Mobile-ready UX
Per-tab navigation, code-splitting, accessibility & optimistic updates.
Pilot community launch
Onboard first neighborhood cohort & charity partners.
Scale to 5 cities
Expand with localized causes and multi-language support.
The Social Impact Model
Good that scales automatically — no extra clicks, no friction.
Save the Planet
Items reused instead of landfilled — measurable CO₂ saved.
Red Cross / Crescent
Emergency relief funded by everyday decluttering.
Children & Animal Funds
User-chosen causes, split 50/50 between buyer & seller.
A €1M GMV/month platform donates €20,000/month to charity — passively, transparently, and growing with every user.
Roadmap
From pilot to platform.
Pilot launch
First community + 3 charity partners
Mobile apps
iOS & Android native builds
Multi-city
Expand across 5 European cities
Campaigns v2
Self-serve verified cause campaigns
B2B reuse
Thrift shops & local businesses onboarded
The Team
Built by a founder who lives at the intersection of technology and sustainability.
Founder & Builder
Full-stack product builder with end-to-end ownership — from AI-assisted UX to secure payments and scalable infrastructure.
Seeking advisors in retail, charity partnerships, and growth marketing.
The Ask
We're raising a seed round to launch our pilot community and onboard the first wave of charity partners.
Let's turn every garage sale into a force for good.