Tuesday, July 29, 2008

That's a Good Idea

Your Feedback Is Important

We have received several comments and feedback on the BuyforEarth.com concept, from many of our prospective members and friends. Like we said our mission is to provide a way for people to join together and make a difference. Getting the concept out has helped us learn what we can do better.

We have spent the last few days, re-inventing certain aspects of our site and approach to answer to many of the suggestions we received. Here is what we have done.

We Simplified the Membership Process.
Joining BuyforEarth.com is as simple as we could make it. Membership is free, easy and we will track all of your activity and provide you with quarterly reports of your contribution to the environment.

You Choose Where Your Support Goes.
We have added the capability for Projects and Offset providers to be listed on BuyforEarth.com. In order to make it work we have implemented a system that will reward your shopping with points that you will use to 'buy' Carbon Offsets or Renewable Energy Credits from listed sources. You will use your Points to support the project of your choice. We have implemented standard products that you can choose from, but more choices will become available soon.

We Reward You for Referrals
When you refer your family and friends to BuyforEarth.com and they become members and make a purchase we will reward you with more points to use when you buy Offsets or RECs offered on the BuyforEarth.com website. The referral link is available in the BuyforEarth.com Mall.

You Can Suggest Projects
We need to build our Project list to include the kinds of projects you want to see. You can send us an email with a link to the project website and let us know of any projects or products that you would like to see listed on BuyforEarth.com. We will invite them to join.

Coming Soon -- A Green Mall
We are in the process of creating a mall that will include Merchants that offer 'Green' products exclusively to our members. Be looking for the opening soon.

We are still discussing some other suggestions that we have received. Thanks for the comments, they make us better at meeting your needs and accomplishing our goals. Keep 'em coming!

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