Good.ly

Good.ly is gathering pace around the world – even making it as a trending topic on Twitter overnight!

It’s great to see Good.ly links all over the web, and now we need to get it working hard for its money!

You’ll notice when you paste a URL into Good.ly, and click ‘Make it Good’, Good.ly will tell you if your new shortened URL will make money for charity.

Like this:

“Congratulations, this shortened URL can raise money. Share this link with your friends, and 55% of commissions from any sales generated will go to your chosen charity.”

Nice. Good news for everybody.

So. How do you do it?

Well, have you bought something cool recently? Spotted something for sale that you’re lusting after?

Pop the product’s URL into Good.ly to tell your friends about it, and you could have yourself a donation to charity.

And because I’m a fan of seeing is believing – here’s an excerpt from a short performance piece I’m penning.

[Woman sitting at computer]

“Wow, these new booties from New Look are ultimately rad. I really wish I had a pair. I wonder what my friends think of them…”

[Copies URL from address bar and pastes into Good.ly. Out pops http://good.ly/ntaprra]

“Wow, just like that! I have a new short URL to post to Facebook and Twitter, and, if any of my friends decide to buy a pair, a chunk of the commission from the sale will go to the charity I selected!

“Also, I suspect it is not healthy to talk to myself.”

[Applause]

See? It’s so easy to use Good.ly, so let’s get it started!

Good.ly has a massive database of international online retailers covering almost every sector you could imagine – so just copy, paste and click to find out if your recommendation could make cash for charity!

There are thousands of charities around the world that need new, innovative ways to collect funds.

Consequently, the primary purpose of Good.ly is to make money for charity.

Harnessing the people power of Facebook and Twitter is a great way to open up your cause to a whole new slice of society and provide us all with a slightly more passive way to donate.

Everybody goes about their business as per usual; but those who need it most get the benefits.

With Good.ly, a sale resulting from a posted link earns commission, and the lion’s share of that commission goes to the selected charity. (Disclaimer: We do not have a bias towards charities for lions.)

Tell your friends. The future of fundraising has arrived.

There’s been an overwhelming response from charities who would love to be a part of Good.ly, and of course, every effort will be made to promote you all.

If you’d like to be a part of Good.ly, visit http://good.ly/applynow and fill out the application form.

Good.ly gets more coverage – this time, in Metro!

Good.ly broke ground today – after smashing a champagne bottle on the side of the computer stack (and cleaning up the mess), the little URL shortening service that could set off on the voyage to social media stardom.

With a piece in the London Evening Standard today, Good.ly bared its soul to the masses via creator Alicia Navarro.

Prepare for an infiltration of Good.liness!

You now have the chance to support Crisis through Good.ly!

Crisis is the UK national charity for single homeless people, dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change.

With ambitious plans for the future, the Crisis team are committed to help more people in more places across the UK.

Among their many projects, Crisis offers a variety of activities for homeless people and the general public with their Skylight centres in London and Manchester. Also in London, Crisis runs the Skylight Cafe, at 64 Commercial Street – offering a route into work for homeless people.

During Christmas time, December 23-30, Crisis open seven centres offering homeless or vulnerably housed people companionship, access to essential service, learning opportunities and entertainment.

Crisis also provides free courses and study support for homeless people in many subjects, that lead to an accredited qualification and their Crisis Changing Live Awards provide grants of up to £2500 to help homeless people move towards a work-based, vocational goal.

Crisis offer so much for the people who need it most.

Check them out at www.crisis.org.uk for more information about their cause!

Good.ly has its first official charity on board!

Dogs Trust can now benefit if your friends buy what you recommend.

Founded in 1981, Dogs Trust campaigns for dog-welfare related issues to ensure a safe and happy future for our four-legged friends.

By selecting Dogs Trust next time you use Good.ly, you could help their team rehome abandoned dogs, care for dogs that need it, undertake international projects to help dogs around the world, campaign to highlight issues in dog welfare, and educate the dog owners of tomorrow.

With 400 dogs currently looking for new homes, Dogs Trust need our help to provide them with the best care in the interim, and ulitmately, find them all new loving families.

See them online at www.dogstrust.org.uk

Giving feels nice. I don’t know why we don’t do it more.

We have the opportunity every day to do something nice for the people around us, but maybe we hesitate because the old ways to give are getting old.

Good.ly lets you give to those who need it most – charities – in a whole new way. You use your eye to make ‘em money. You find the good stuff on the net, and use the Good.ly URL shortening service to make it nice and easy to post on your blog, twitter, facebook…yada yada and so on.

If someone clicks on it (because they totally respect your sense of style and good taste) they love it, they want it, they just have to have it – and they buy it; our special technology stuff will know. Like an all-seeing eye of the internet, no matter where your friend is in the world, no matter what time of day or night; Good.ly will hunt it down and make it count, cross-checking with a list (that’s always growing) of retailers more than 6000 wide.

Giving is good. And now you can do something nice while doing what you do everyday – just do it with Good.ly.

The little guy gets swept aside in times like these.

When the big guns go down they work even harder to get your bucks – but no advertising campaign, branding exercise, giveaways or guerilla tactics beat the honest words of your buddies.

When your amigos tell you something is good. It’s good. WOM* is the WOTF*. Word.

So, this is our chance. You and me; we get to change the world.

Good.ly makes it even easier to tell our friends about products we love. Brilliant!

No – wait, it gets better.

If your mates decide to buy the item you recommend, a commission can be earned on the sale. The majority of that portion would go to the charity of your choice. (The rest goes to the running costs of Good.ly, we promise!)

Does that rock or what?

Not only do the shops you love get promoted in the most organic way – hey! – charities, those that rely on the kindess and the good.lyness of others, they get a cut of commission.

Try it. You might just like it.

(*Word of mouth is the way of the future. But you knew that, right?)