The
GivingMarket was first imagined as the marriage of the news, search and blogging services of
http://www.google.com and the market-making capacity of
http://www.ebay.com. The thought was that an eBay-style market could be populated with project stories seeking funding for doing good. This idea was first raised publicly at the Giving Conference. See the
/ConferenceNotes from our session on the gBay approach to
GivingMarket.