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Uloop - helping to save the world one electronic device at a time…
City on a Hill Press gave Uloop a nice blurb in a recent article. CHP gave some simple suggestions on how to make Earth Day everyday. It’s a good article, check it out. Uloop got a mention in number 9.
9. In fact, don’t throw away any electronics. Each college at UCSC has a program to […]
We heart NYU!
The Washington Square News at New York University wrote up a great story on our NYU launch… Students get free storefront.
Marc Beja, who wrote the piece, tracked down a great quote from NYU sophomore, Amy Armani, “Usually, I would just sell my textbooks back to the NYU bookstore for the pitiful 50 percent or […]
We’re big in Texas!
This week we launched at University of Texas at Austin and The Daily Texan ran a great piece introducing Uloop to the campus – Uloop offers textbook options via online sales.
Sabrina Vera interviewed our amazing UT reps, Linda and Nancy (pictured), as well as Skip and me. Sabrina was a pleasure to talk with […]
Student Textbook Exchange
Friends don’t let friends flush their money away at the bookstore.
I’m serious! Look at the math…
At a bookstore the average new textbook costs $102.44*. But with Uloop the average price is just $37! That’s $65 per book in savings just by using Uloop. Eat your heart out Amazon! Students win with Uloop.
Even when students sell […]
Happy Birthday Uloop!
That’s right! For a solid year now Uloop has been making it easier for students to buy and sell textbooks, find roommates, housing, and even jobs!
In the last year we’ve seen a lot of action on the site. Here are a few highlights:
10,299 textbooks listed – averaging 64% off of retail prices* with an estimated […]
We just made posting your textbooks even easier
Today we launched a new feature to make selling your textbook to fellow students even easier. Instead of entering in all the details about your book, just enter the ISBN and we’ll do it for you, including a nice photo of the book.
Try it out for yourself.
Simple as pie! Enjoy.
Ryan is Uloop’s Director […]
It’s picture day
We just launched Uloop pictures. Now you can post photos of you and your friends on the main Uloop page for all to see. This isn’t some elaborate photo album application, but instead a simple way to say hello to your school and make it feel a bit more like home. It’s […]
We’re here to stay
Users who I’ve spoken with in real life are surprised to learn that Uloop has been around for 5 months. They simply assume that we’ve been around for longer. Once they realize that we’re a startup, the next question asked is about longevity and how we’re going to take on competition.
We love building campus […]
We saved students over $24,000 in April
April has been a great month for students. Uloop has helped thousands of students buy & sell over 1500 textbooks. Since students sell their books an average of 25-30% below the bookstores, that’s an estimated savings of $24,000!
But it’s not just textbooks… Students have been buying and selling bikes, furniture, video games, refrigerators and more […]
Keeping you in the loop about Uloop
Uloop is growing like crazy and we thought it’s about time we share a little more about what all is going on. We get so caught up in empowering students it’s hard to find time to take a step back and share all of what’s happening.
We’re starting a blog to keep you in the […]