October 2009 Archives

We are excited to announce the Kashless Rewards for Reuse Program, a new way for Kashless members to earn reward points for doing the right thing.  Kashless Reward is powered by RecycleBank, the world's premier currency for rewarding green actions.  Redeem your Kashless Points for rewards, such as everyday discounts at your local grocery store, gift cards at top retailers, gifts to charity, or your next travel adventure.  This is a really big deal!

Members earn Kashless Rewards for posting items, taking items, inviting friends, creating saved searches and more.  Simply setting up a Reward Points account and posting your first item on Kashless will earn you enough points for your first reward.

The rewards you earn for using Kashless.org can then be used toward popular brands like Panera Bread Co, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Coca Cola,  Best Buy, Kraft, Cold Stone Creamery, Olive Garden, K-Mart, Whole Foods, Subway, Honest Tea and thousands of other restaurants, clothing stores, travel deals, electronics and groceries.  Or you can donate your points to any participating charity.  There are hundreds of reward partners and counting.    

Members receive Kashless Rewards points for the following activities:

• Post an offered item on Kashless - (5 points)
• Create a "Wanted" post on Kashless - (1 point)
• Fully complete your Kashless profile - (10 points)
• Create your FIRST saved search with any form of notification - (20 points)
• Every saved search after - (10 points)
• Send an e-mail invitation using the invite tool on the Home Page - (20 points)

• 20 point bonus award for setting up first SMS/text message saved search.  
• 100 points bonus award for adding $10 or more Kash to your account
• 50 point bonus award when you post your 20th item.

You can redeem any number of your points at any time in the "rewards" section of your Account Settings or by clicking the new "Rewards" tab on the top navigation bar. With rewards starting as low as 50 Points, the possibilities are endless.

Still have questions? Find out more on our Kashless Rewards FAQ page.
Or learn more on our Kashless Rewards Video.

The word is getting around about us!

Today we were featured on Boot Camp with Fred Fishkin.

The interview was great, with our CEO Martin Tobias on hand to shed some light on his inspiration for starting the company, saying:

"The idea came to me when I was cleaning out my garage and I had a bunch of stuff that was still good... And it was actually much harder than I thought to give it away to a charity. There's a long list of things the Salvation Army and Goodwill won't take. So I created the site."

Fishkin closed by summarizing: "Whether you have stuff to get rid of, or need to find stuff for free, Kashless.org can help."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves!

Listen to it here:

http://bit.ly/8eWIY

It's October, and that means all kinds of great things - crisp weather, pumpkins, candy, corn mazes, and, of course, Halloween.

Are you thinking about Halloween yet? If you're like me, you haven't thought much about it and don't have any supplies. This is great, because it means that you still have time to make this holiday a green holiday.

Get creative! Halloween is easy to make sustainable. Here are our tips:

1)  Make your costume from recycled materials
This may sound obvious to some, and impossible to others. This doesn't mean you have to be a classic bedsheet ghost. All manner of old clothing, trinkets, blankets, and objects can be turned into a costume. See what you can dream up with things you and your friends have lying around.

2) Swap old costumes
You've got a sensational peacock costume sitting in your closet, but you know you couldn't hold your head up if you wore it twice in a row. Your friend happens to have an amazing swamp monster costume in his basement. I see swapping possibilities.

3) Choose sustainable goodies
Instead of handing out mass produced space food candies this year, try earth-friendly organic fruits or candies. Giving away only fruit carries a heavy risk of making you seem tragically uncool to neighborhood kids. A good compromise would be to mix apples and healthier snacks in with all the Mars bars and Jolly Ranchers.

4) Choose earthy decorations
Rather than festooning your place with crepe papers, howling electric witches, and orange-colored plastic objects you found at Target or Joanne Fabrics, try something earthier. Think Indian corn, dried corn stalks, hay bales, pumpkins and squashes. They're classier, anyway - your Mom and Martha Stewart would agree with me on this.