shyft

By Tom Pettit

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Shyft

Project 2014-04-01 18:19:26 +1300

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Collab Project with Smart Energy Challenge

Wellington City Council is teaming up with some of Wellington's brightest social entrepreneurs from Enspiral, Generation Zero and PledgeMe, to bring local Smart Energy projects to life. They've joined forces to find and support community-led projects designed to reduce energy use and increase clean energy in Wellington. Wellington City Council will match dollar for dollar the target amount of each successful project. This means that every dollar you pledge towards these projects will turn into two dollars! Let's get smart energy humming in Wellington.

 

 

Change the way you move.  It’s as easy as clicking “pledge.”

shyft is ready to bring Wellington a new relationship with the car.

shyft is a carshare co-op that will place cars around the city for you to hire for $15 per hour(or less!). Just book online, swipe into your local shyft car and off you go! No hassles like WOF, insurance or visits to the mechanic. It saves you heaps of time and money, plus you don’t even pay for petrol!

 

As an added bonus there are the environmental benefits. Carshare members across the globe have seen reductions of as much as 50% in their emissions. Also, every shyft car in Wellington can do the hard work of up to 30 cars. That means you can get rid of the beater, saving car parks, saving money, and saving energy used to produce cars.

 

We haven’t picked where the car will go yet. Why? We don’t know what suburb is keenest for a carshare. 

 

So it’s as simple as this.  The suburb that bands together and raises the most money gets the first car. The  suburb that bands together with the most donors gets the second car. And so on…Remember to enter your address when you pledge so we can keep track!

 

We’re Wellingtonians and we think this is perfect for our fair city. While putting together shyft, we looked at the thousand or so carshares around  the world for inspiration, and combined the best ideas to create the best possible setup that will fit with  the ethos and needs of Wellington.

 

We think New Zealanders are forced to spend too much on their cars (around 10% of our budgets) and we want to make it a little easier to get access to a car. We’re also mega-concerned with climate change. So why not buy some sexy cars and help replace old, busted ones with ones that are safe, fuel efficient and high tech. 

Cheaper, better, and saving the planet? We’re all about that and hope you are too! Hit pledge and let’s build a better City together.

find out even more at: http://www.shyft.co.nz/

like us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/shyft.nz 

will it save me money?

Want more information? Get in touch at [email protected]

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Don’t have a credit card? Pick a reward, pop the money into this account: 

38-9014-0763309-01 

Enter your email, the reward you want, and your suburb into the details. We’ll pop in your pledge for you. If we don’t make our goal, we’ll send your cash back! 

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A third of the way there - but who gets the car?

15/04/2014 at 10:04 PM

Hello shyft pledgers!

What an unbelievable week we've had! We began it with an inkling of hope, a great idea, and - well - not much else.

Today we crossed $5000 in pledges, 1/3 of the way to our goal. But how we will make the next milestone? We need your help! Whether its passing the link along to a few friends or sharing it around your social networks - every little bit helps us get one step closer to our goal.

So to all you pledgers - thanks! And let's keep rollin'!

A quick ranking update on the suburb shyftstakes to get the car with the highest number of donors(we can't access donation values yet):

 

Aro Valley    (T - 1st)
Te Aro         (T - 1st)
Oriental Bay (T - 2nd)
Mt Cook       (T - 2nd)
Roseneath
Karori
Berhampore
Seatoun
Island Bay
Berhampore
Newtown
Brooklyn
Moa Point
Kelburn

With the top four places occupied by tight contests there is some work to do if you want the car to end up in your suburb. Find a few friends, tell a neighbor, or just share it round. One way or another, you'll be helping get a car in your suburb!

As an added bonus, because of you guys we've been featured in news across the city - and even the country:

- Dominion Post: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/9915927/Wellington-crowd-funding-sought-for-public-cars

- Idealog: www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2014/04/carsharing-scheme-shyft-sets-sights-wellington-launch

- Nelson Mail: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9921085/Car-sharing-big-boost-to-economy

So cheers to you all. Raise a glass. Spread the word.

With many, many thanks,
The shyft team

 

Some early attention

05/04/2014 at 6:57 PM

Josh Price - student Journalist extraordinaire - gave us some early attention last week. Whaddaya think of this?

http://www.newswire.co.nz/2014/04/car-sharing-wellington-shyft-begins/

    Pledgers 179

    Joshua
    04/05/2014 at 10:07pm
    Clare Logan
    04/05/2014 at 2:49pm
    Rachel Highton
    04/05/2014 at 11:19am
    Chris Peck
    02/05/2014 at 8:45am
    Anonymous pledger
    01/05/2014 at 6:47pm
    Anonymous pledger
    01/05/2014 at 11:30am
    Celia
    01/05/2014 at 7:55am
    Oz Mansoor
    01/05/2014 at 6:18am
    Diana Burns
    30/04/2014 at 10:11pm
    Kesaya Baba
    30/04/2014 at 5:54pm
    Anonymous pledger
    30/04/2014 at 1:10pm
    Adam Campbell
    30/04/2014 at 10:15am
    Bronwyn Morris
    29/04/2014 at 10:24pm
    Ciaran Edwards
    29/04/2014 at 10:18pm
    Anonymous pledger
    29/04/2014 at 11:06am
    Ben Norquay
    28/04/2014 at 10:23pm
    Sam Wevers
    28/04/2014 at 8:04pm
    Sam Wevers
    28/04/2014 at 8:02pm
    Sarah Kuper
    28/04/2014 at 5:56pm
    Abigail Moore
    28/04/2014 at 7:52am
    Riley James Young
    27/04/2014 at 6:43pm
    Chris Olson
    26/04/2014 at 11:26am
    sofia
    26/04/2014 at 9:03am
    Anonymous pledger
    25/04/2014 at 6:24pm
    Steph Versteeg
    24/04/2014 at 9:51pm
    Sarah Wood
    24/04/2014 at 9:09am
    bella
    24/04/2014 at 7:50am
    Oliver Munn
    23/04/2014 at 11:10pm
    Lucy Victoria Rose Mehrtens
    23/04/2014 at 4:49pm
    Casey Anna
    23/04/2014 at 2:21pm

    Shyft

    Project 2014-04-01 18:19:26 +1300

    curated

    Collab Project with Smart Energy Challenge

    Wellington City Council is teaming up with some of Wellington's brightest social entrepreneurs from Enspiral, Generation Zero and PledgeMe, to bring local Smart Energy projects to life. They've joined forces to find and support community-led projects designed to reduce energy use and increase clean energy in Wellington. Wellington City Council will match dollar for dollar the target amount of each successful project. This means that every dollar you pledge towards these projects will turn into two dollars! Let's get smart energy humming in Wellington.

     

     

    Change the way you move.  It’s as easy as clicking “pledge.”

    shyft is ready to bring Wellington a new relationship with the car.

    shyft is a carshare co-op that will place cars around the city for you to hire for $15 per hour(or less!). Just book online, swipe into your local shyft car and off you go! No hassles like WOF, insurance or visits to the mechanic. It saves you heaps of time and money, plus you don’t even pay for petrol!

     

    As an added bonus there are the environmental benefits. Carshare members across the globe have seen reductions of as much as 50% in their emissions. Also, every shyft car in Wellington can do the hard work of up to 30 cars. That means you can get rid of the beater, saving car parks, saving money, and saving energy used to produce cars.

     

    We haven’t picked where the car will go yet. Why? We don’t know what suburb is keenest for a carshare. 

     

    So it’s as simple as this.  The suburb that bands together and raises the most money gets the first car. The  suburb that bands together with the most donors gets the second car. And so on…Remember to enter your address when you pledge so we can keep track!

     

    We’re Wellingtonians and we think this is perfect for our fair city. While putting together shyft, we looked at the thousand or so carshares around  the world for inspiration, and combined the best ideas to create the best possible setup that will fit with  the ethos and needs of Wellington.

     

    We think New Zealanders are forced to spend too much on their cars (around 10% of our budgets) and we want to make it a little easier to get access to a car. We’re also mega-concerned with climate change. So why not buy some sexy cars and help replace old, busted ones with ones that are safe, fuel efficient and high tech. 

    Cheaper, better, and saving the planet? We’re all about that and hope you are too! Hit pledge and let’s build a better City together.

    find out even more at: http://www.shyft.co.nz/

    like us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/shyft.nz 

    will it save me money?

    Want more information? Get in touch at [email protected]

    ________________________________________________________________________________

    Don’t have a credit card? Pick a reward, pop the money into this account: 

    38-9014-0763309-01 

    Enter your email, the reward you want, and your suburb into the details. We’ll pop in your pledge for you. If we don’t make our goal, we’ll send your cash back! 

    __________________________________________________________________

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    A third of the way there - but who gets the car?

    15/04/2014 at 10:04 PM

    Hello shyft pledgers!

    What an unbelievable week we've had! We began it with an inkling of hope, a great idea, and - well - not much else.

    Today we crossed $5000 in pledges, 1/3 of the way to our goal. But how we will make the next milestone? We need your help! Whether its passing the link along to a few friends or sharing it around your social networks - every little bit helps us get one step closer to our goal.

    So to all you pledgers - thanks! And let's keep rollin'!

    A quick ranking update on the suburb shyftstakes to get the car with the highest number of donors(we can't access donation values yet):

     

    Aro Valley    (T - 1st)
    Te Aro         (T - 1st)
    Oriental Bay (T - 2nd)
    Mt Cook       (T - 2nd)
    Roseneath
    Karori
    Berhampore
    Seatoun
    Island Bay
    Berhampore
    Newtown
    Brooklyn
    Moa Point
    Kelburn

    With the top four places occupied by tight contests there is some work to do if you want the car to end up in your suburb. Find a few friends, tell a neighbor, or just share it round. One way or another, you'll be helping get a car in your suburb!

    As an added bonus, because of you guys we've been featured in news across the city - and even the country:

    - Dominion Post: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/business/9915927/Wellington-crowd-funding-sought-for-public-cars

    - Idealog: www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2014/04/carsharing-scheme-shyft-sets-sights-wellington-launch

    - Nelson Mail: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9921085/Car-sharing-big-boost-to-economy

    So cheers to you all. Raise a glass. Spread the word.

    With many, many thanks,
    The shyft team

     

    Some early attention

    05/04/2014 at 6:57 PM

    Josh Price - student Journalist extraordinaire - gave us some early attention last week. Whaddaya think of this?

    http://www.newswire.co.nz/2014/04/car-sharing-wellington-shyft-begins/

      Joshua
      04/05/2014 at 10:07pm
      Clare Logan
      04/05/2014 at 2:49pm
      Rachel Highton
      04/05/2014 at 11:19am
      Chris Peck
      02/05/2014 at 8:45am
      Anonymous pledger
      01/05/2014 at 6:47pm
      Anonymous pledger
      01/05/2014 at 11:30am
      Celia
      01/05/2014 at 7:55am
      Oz Mansoor
      01/05/2014 at 6:18am
      Diana Burns
      30/04/2014 at 10:11pm
      Kesaya Baba
      30/04/2014 at 5:54pm
      Anonymous pledger
      30/04/2014 at 1:10pm
      Adam Campbell
      30/04/2014 at 10:15am
      Bronwyn Morris
      29/04/2014 at 10:24pm
      Ciaran Edwards
      29/04/2014 at 10:18pm
      Anonymous pledger
      29/04/2014 at 11:06am
      Ben Norquay
      28/04/2014 at 10:23pm
      Sam Wevers
      28/04/2014 at 8:04pm
      Sam Wevers
      28/04/2014 at 8:02pm
      Sarah Kuper
      28/04/2014 at 5:56pm
      Abigail Moore
      28/04/2014 at 7:52am
      Riley James Young
      27/04/2014 at 6:43pm
      Chris Olson
      26/04/2014 at 11:26am
      sofia
      26/04/2014 at 9:03am
      Anonymous pledger
      25/04/2014 at 6:24pm
      Steph Versteeg
      24/04/2014 at 9:51pm
      Sarah Wood
      24/04/2014 at 9:09am
      bella
      24/04/2014 at 7:50am
      Oliver Munn
      23/04/2014 at 11:10pm
      Lucy Victoria Rose Mehrtens
      23/04/2014 at 4:49pm
      Casey Anna
      23/04/2014 at 2:21pm
      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 21/05/2014 at 2:36 PM.