{{Short description|Marketplace}} {{Infobox company | name = Kashless.org | industry = online marketplace | founded = October 2008 | founder = Martin Tobias | defunct = 2011 | fate = Shut down because of lack of funding and clients | hq_location = Seattle }}
'''Kashless.org''' was a Seattle, Washington-based web marketplace where everything was free.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/business/xconomy/article/Kashless-Gets-Star-Power-1305323.php | title=Kashless Gets Star Power | publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date=July 26, 2009 | accessdate=2012-10-18| author=Hal Schwartz, Eric}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curiousoffice.com/2009/05/11/interview-martin-tobias-of-kashlessorg/ |title=Interview: Martin Tobias of Kashless.org {{!}} Curious Office – A Seattle incubator, investor and product developer<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-02-23 |archive-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725084405/http://www.curiousoffice.com/2009/05/11/interview-martin-tobias-of-kashlessorg/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PCMAG1">{{cite web | url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350693,00.asp | title=Free-Stuff Site Kashless Prepping for Major Expansion | publisher=PC Magazine | date=July 23, 2009 | accessdate=December 5, 2011 | author=Kaplan, Jeremy}}</ref> Kashless provided a platform to find and redistribute any used or unwanted items, with the goal of reducing users' carbon footprint by consuming less.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://help.kashless.org/faqs/about-the-company/what-is-kashlessorg |title=What is Kashless.org? / About the Company / FAQs - Kashless Support |accessdate=2010-02-23 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716164652/http://help.kashless.org/faqs/about-the-company/what-is-kashlessorg |archivedate=2009-07-16 }}</ref> Another goal was to reduce the amount of matter going to landfills.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ketv.com/r/20649262/detail.html | title=Trash To Treasure: Web Site Serves As Junk Emporium | publisher=KETV 7 (Omaha) | date=August 31, 2009 | accessdate=December 5, 2011}}</ref> Initially launched in the Puget Sound area of Washington in February 2009, Kashless was offered to many local communities in over 40 states and territories of the United States.
==Overview== Kashless.org was founded in October 2008 by ex-Microsoft IT expert Martin Tobias.<ref name="PCMAG1"/> Developed by Kashless, Inc., Kashless.org was a non-profit demonstration of their software to enable reuse marketplaces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kashless.org/home/about/ |title=About Us - the Kashless Journey |accessdate=2010-02-23 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205121517/http://www.kashless.org/home/about/ |archivedate=2008-12-05 }}</ref>
Kashless not only gave its users the ability to get rid of or receive any free, reused, and unwanted items – it also awarded them with points for doing so. Kashless.org partnered with rewards company RecycleBank in this effort,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/03/recyclebank-adds-28m-joins-up-with-kashless/ |title=RecycleBank Adds $28M, Joins Up With Kashless — Cleantech News and Analysis<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-02-23 |archive-date=2010-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108070138/http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/03/recyclebank-adds-28m-joins-up-with-kashless/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> allocating points to users for both posted and wanted items, along with other point accumulation options.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kashless.org/home/2010/01/and-we-are-back-kashless-rewards-back-on-line.html |title=And we are back... Kashless Rewards back on-line - the Kashless.org Journey |accessdate=2010-02-23 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202065153/http://kashless.org/home/2010/01/and-we-are-back-kashless-rewards-back-on-line.html |archivedate=2010-02-02 }}</ref> Reward points could then be redeemed through partner RecycleBank's website.<ref>[http://www.recyclebank.com/earn Recyclebank and Recyclebank Points Codes: Recyclebank<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Kashless suspended its RecycleBank's points program in early 2010. As of early 2011 it shut down because of lack of funding, referring visitors to Craigslist and freecycle.org.<ref>[http://www.kashless.org "Kashless.org has been shut down."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612020919/http://www.kashless.org/ |date=2011-06-12 }} [http://www.kashless.org/ Kashless.org] . Accessed December 2011.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.goodcleantech.com/2009/07/give_it_away_now_kashlessorg_t.php Give It Away Now: Kashless.org to Expand Nationwide] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008004755/http://www.prweb.com/releases/kashless/babyspot/prweb2979444.htm Kashless.org Debuts Free Private Label 'ReCommerce' Service for Businesses, Community Groups and Charitable Organizations] (PR Web) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100123233933/http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/2010/01/recycle-bank-tons-points-kashless/ Recycle Bank: Tons of New Points Via Kashless] * [http://greenandcleanmom.org/kashless-and-recyclebank/ Thumbs Up to Kashless and RecycleBank]
Category:Recycling organizations Category:Defunct companies based in Seattle Category:2008 establishments