ENCORE: Timed Matching for Event Leftover MaterialsENCORE: Timed Matching for Event Leftover Materials
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My Entry for the Base44 Challenge:
ENCORE: is a web platform that helps event organizers hand leftover, non-food materials to local non-profits before the venue’s cleanup deadline.
The problem: After an event, organizers have only hours to clear the venue. Finding charities by hand is slow, so useful items like furniture, fabric, signage and décor often get thrown away.
How it works:
The organizer lists items in under a minute, including from a phone.
ENCORE ranks nearby recipients with a visible score: category 35%, availability 30%, distance 20%, transport 15%.
The top match gets a timed offer. If it expires, the offer can pass to the next recipient.
Accepting locks the quantity, books a pickup slot and issues a pickup code.
The organizer enters the code at handover, and the board, activity log and impact report update together.
Who it’s for: Event organizers and venues with leftovers, and community groups such as youth theatres, schools and maker spaces that can use them.
Key benefits:
Faster, calmer venue clearance
Less waste
Free materials for under-resourced groups
A documented record of every handover
What makes it different:
Built around the venue’s deadline
Matching you can see and understand
A closed loop from listing to report
A distinctive “Second Act Ticket” design
Helpful extras: a first-visit guided tour, the ENCORE ASSIST help chat, and a mobile-friendly design for loading docks.
Honest limits: It excludes food, medicine and hazardous items. It isn’t legal or tax advice, and impact figures are only as good as the data entered, with weight labeled measured or estimated.
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The automation behind it
Transparent scoring: category 35%, availability 30%, distance 20%, transport 15%.
Timed offers with fallback routing: an expired offer can pass to the next eligible recipient.
Atomic reservation: accepting an offer locks the quantity so two groups can’t...
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