With some amazement on my part, it looks like the Razoo Speed Granting application has definitively overtaken Change.org’s Facebook app and is now the second most active Facebook charity app. Of course, both Razoo and Change.org are far behind Causes which is nearing the five million mark and probably pass it by next week.
As the chart shows, Razoo Speed Granting will soon be at around 500 active users a day. Razoo launched in late June 2007 and quickly rose in the last few months to grow to greater usage. What’s their secret? I don’t know. I’ll ask for an interview and hopefully we can get some answers.
Entering the fray in the last few days was changingthepresent.org’s Facebook app, called appropriately enough Changing the Present. Those of you who are Facebook users are well aware of the digital gifts that can be purchased and sent to your friends. I’ve never purchased these “gifts” but apparently they’re one of Facebook’s cash cows. Changing the Present is placing their vast inventory of gifts into the Facebook stream with the launch of their new App. In this case, the gifts are really for services like providing job training or buying clay so that artisans can make crafts to sell. I happen to think it may work as a good Facebook App. You can either send the “gift” in $1 increments to your friends or pay for the whole thing. The interface is a bit busy for a Facebook App and I hope they fix it but then again so is Razoo’s.
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Hi Allan,
Thanks for noting the success of Razoo’s SpeedGranting. We’re excited about how many folks on Facebook are becoming aware of SpeedGranting, and starting to use the application to support their favorite causes. We’d be happy to talk with you about it — just drop us a line.
Cheers,
rebecca
razoo.com
Good Happens: http://blog.razoo.com
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