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Jun 10, 2010
Help Boxes Live Longer and Change the World
I truly believe BoxCycle can change the world. It can make a significant environmental impact. That’s why I am doing it. Most people only come in contact with boxes when moving and don’t grasp the volume of boxes discarded each day. Nearly every store, office, warehouse, and school receives and discards loads of boxes daily. Many discard more in day than individuals will use in a... read more
Jul 16, 2009
Cheap Shipping Boxes – Used and New
Many people think of BoxCycle primarily in the context of moving boxes, but it is also designed to help people sell and find cheap shipping boxes. For example, you can now find a decent variety of new and used shipping boxes in Los Angeles. And if shipping boxes you need aren’t available in your area yet you can create Boxes Wanted listings, which are designed to help large sellers find... read more
Jul 11, 2009
Sell Used Boxes Without Predictable Inventory
Sellers who receive boxes sporadically are quite common. Ideally, we want them to store their boxes and either update their inventory manually or approximate it with an automated schedule. But what typically happens is that boxes are stored for a short period of time and thrown out and the inventory is never updated. It’s hard to expect sellers to store boxes and remember to update inventory... read more
Jul 7, 2009
BoxCycle Makes Selling Used Boxes Easy
Most potential box sellers simply throw their boxes away (or at best recycle them) instead of letting them be reused. Their reasons tend to be similar: lack of knowledge of other options, belief that reuse will be too time consuming, disruptive, or expensive, and lack of interest in dealing with retail consumers. Until BoxCycle these concerns would often be correct. Although people tend to group us... read more
Jun 10, 2009
Audio Interview with Founder
Josh Chandler recently interviewed me about BoxCycle. You can listen to the interview at http://www.joshchandlerblog.com/2009/06/interview-with-ilia-gimelfarb-founder-of-boxcyclecom/ . read more
