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24 alternatives to Rootlent

10% of sales are donated to an aspiring athlete $25-27shirts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rootlent launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
SportLyst▲61
A marketplace to buy and sell sporting goods
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Simple Donation▲73
People give more on simple forms.
2015 · simpledonation.com · its alternatives →
3
reQwip▲90
Local marketplace for athletes to buy and sell sports gear.
2014 · its alternatives →
4
Shopify Masters : How Barbell Apparel Raised 49 Times More Than Their Kickstarter Goal !▲60
How a bootstrapped business sold 40,000 pairs of pants ! 👖
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
5
Fantex▲59
Buy and sell stock in pro athletes
2014 · fantex.com · its alternatives →
6IM
I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory▲171
I had this idea rolling around in my head for the last couple of years, and I finally decided to build the damned thing just to get idea relief. The backend is a typical LAMP stack with the Symfony2 framework backing the P. Varnish sits in front of all the Chef managed Linode boxes. The site will work without Javascript (up until the checkout), and the style degrades really nicely depending on your viewport (try it out by resizing your browser). I'm open to all comments and critiques, so let me hear them. And if you are into graphic t-shirts, here is a code for a Hacker News 20% discount:…
2012 · getnifty.com · its alternatives →
7
Art of the Kickstarter: 148 - Revolutionizing Portable Footwear on Kickstarter▲63
Revolutionary ultraportable footwear with silver
2016 · artofthekickstart.com · its alternatives →
8
Sockscribe▲88
Awesome monthly sock subscription.
2014 · forsale.dynadot.com · its alternatives →
9
donate.ly▲64
The Simplest Way to Fundraise.
2014 · donately.com · its alternatives →
10
Sparo▲62
Turn everyday purchases into charitable donations
2014 · sparo.com · its alternatives →
11
Charitweet▲62
Donate to charity with a Tweet
2014 · its alternatives →
12
hugdug▲67
Raise money for charities by sharing your favorite things
2014 · hugdug.com · its alternatives →
13
Fan Angel▲58
Crowdfund Your Favorite College Athlete to Stay in School
2015 · fanangel.com · its alternatives →
14
CentUp▲82
Get paid for your content. Raise money for charity.
2014 · centup.org · its alternatives →
15
Txt2Give▲70
Make giving easy and raise more money
2015 · txt2give.co · its alternatives →
16
Art Of The Kickstart 163: Reinventing the Spoon▲64
37,000+ Backers = Over $1 Million raised
2016 · artofthekickstart.com · its alternatives →
17
Grow or Pay▲70
Grow your follower count or your enemy gets your donation
2023 · groworpay.com · its alternatives →
18
Here_Comes_The_King Tee▲88
Crowdsourced a tee w/ my Reddit fam to raise awareness [10}!
2014 · tilt.com · its alternatives →
19
Christmas Present Thing▲67
From Crowdrise, give back instead of giving something dumb
2014 · gofundme.com · its alternatives →
20
AOTK - 131: Crowdfunding a Brand New Way to Work Out▲62
+$350K raised for Gripbell
2016 · artofthekickstart.com · its alternatives →
21
I am.▲75
A shirt for a cause.
2017 · i-am-8.creator-spring.com · its alternatives →
22
PLEDGE IT▲62
Performance based fundraising for teams and athletes
2015 · pledgeit.org · its alternatives →
23
Sponsor My Book▲58
"Creativity For Sale"
2014 · wanderingaimfully.com · its alternatives →
24
AOTK: Ep. 158 - Crowdfunding Pants With a Lifetime Guarantee▲54
The forever o.g. pants
2016 · artofthekickstart.com · its alternatives →

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