App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto and More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart Clare O'Connor - Forbes
go to original November 5, 2013

Buycott Your Way Past Koch Bros and GMOs (forbes)

Forbes test drives a smartphone app aimed at empowering users to make wise consumer choices while they're shopping. Users can join campaigns to avoid or endorse companies that support GMOs, LBGT rights, or products from Monsanto, Koch Industries.

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Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding causes you oppose?

A buycott is the opposite of a boycott. Buycott helps you to organize your everyday consumer spending so that it reflects your principles.

Example: During the SOPA/PIPA debate in 2012, a number of companies pushed to pass legislation that reduced online freedom of expression, while other companies fought hard to oppose the legislation. With Buycott, a campaign can be quickly created around a cause, with the goal of targeting companies with a boycott unless they change their position, or buycotting a company to show your support.

When you use Buycott to scan a product, it will look up the product, determine what brand it belongs to, and figure out what company owns that brand (and who owns that company, ad infinitum). It will then cross-check the product owners against the companies and brands included in the campaigns you've joined, in order to tell you if the scanned product conflicts with one of your campaign commitments.

Get the app at Buycott.com

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