Want to get rid of some of that clutter in your garage? Webapp Yoink offers a platform for giving stuff you don’t need to others, while offering a measure of just how generous you are.
The basic idea behind Yoink is similar to that of Freecycle: giving stuff away to people in your local area rather than just chucking it out. Yoink also maintains statistics on what you’ve given away, letting you see who the most generous people are in your area.
As well as the site, there’s also an iPhone app for accessing Yoink. Yoink is a free service, requires signup. If you try giving something away on the site, tell us how it went in the comments.
Chris
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:15 PMI’ve used Freecycle a fair bit. One key difference here is that there doesn’t seem to be a way of requesting items. I have asked for things in the past — most recently I needed a scart to RCA adaptor. In Toowoomba, people abuse Freecycle, asking for ridiculous things such as cars and boats, but on the Sunshine Coast it is heavily monitored and is a real asset.
Behind the flashy interface, this has got just half the functionality of Freecycle and the quality of administration is an unknown.
Having said that, I like the look of this.
Ami
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1:36 PMI’ve been using yoink and ITS AWESOME. It puts stuff like freecycle to shame, can’t wait for it to grow big.
so much easier to use and the iphone app is excellent
Wanted stuff might be nice but i kinda like the lack of clutter.
James
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:07 PMI just checked out freecycle from Chris’s comment – woah hello 1997. (I didn’t sign up though) I’ll be betting from how it looks that yoink actually has more functionality, it just looks simpler -which can only be a good thing! Good to see aussies making this kind of thing :)
Emily
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 1:58 AMYoink … where have you been my whole life? I like
Mondoni C
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:12 PMI tried it for the first time a week ago, met up with the taker and first thing she says is “crazy iPhone app!”. Yoink is fuss-free and has potential. That said, I just spotted a post where someone was giving away their virginity…
Freecycle
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 3:54 PMHave been using Yoink since its inception but I have now found a site called Free Treasure http://www.freetreasure.com.au
Have changed over to that just because of its interface and the customer responses were amazing.