What if finding an item nearby felt as easy as asking a neighbor?
Many useful items spend most of their lives sitting unused, while someone a few streets away is about to buy the same thing. Existing marketplaces are built for transactions. goob is built for neighbors.
Neighborhood sharing, made effortless
Discover what’s nearby
An interactive map shows available goods in your area, so listings feel tied to real places, not a global catalog.
Share in a few simple steps
Publish goods with the essential details neighbours need. Clear categories keep browsing fast.
Follow Neighbourhood activity
A real-time feed surfaces new listings and community interactions, so there’s always movement nearby.
Understand local demand
Category trends and community insights show what neighbors are sharing and looking for.
Create safer communities
Profiles, community membership, and a dedicated admin portal give moderators the tools to oversee listings, members, and activity, building the foundation for trusted exchanges.
We would like to build this with you.
I am Elias, a product designer at heart. The shape of goob is clear to me. Building it is not something I can, or want to, do alone. I would be glad to walk you through it.
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You care how a neighbourhood feels on a screen
Build the map, the listings and the real-time feed that make nearby goods feel close, on top of a Supabase and Hono backend.
You would ownThe discovery experience, the API and the real-time layer.
02
You believe warmth is a feature
The foundations exist. What is still open is the craft that makes goob feel friendly and tactile: glass, depth, motion and the weight of a single detail.
You would ownThe look and feel of every screen.
03
You can help neighbours find each other
Help a good idea reach the first streets that need it, without noise or tricks, and decide with me what goob should never become.
You would ownHow goob finds its first neighborhoods.
04
You think trust is a design material
Sharing with neighbors only works when it feels safe. Help set the norms, the moderation and the privacy foundations from day one.
You would ownThe rules, and the safeguards behind them.
05
You write, or love your street
Neighborhood guides, community stories, the small words that make a listing feel like an invitation to a neighbor.
You would helpset the tone of goob’s voice, as one of its first writers.
06
You are curious, or would like to back this
If what we are building resonates, and you would like to understand it more deeply or think about supporting it, I would be glad to talk. A conversation first, then the thinking behind it.
You would helpwith perspective, introductions, and the means to build it well.
Getting in touch does not mean you are committed to anything quite yet.
I would like to write
It is only the start of a conversation, and you can step away at any point.
