What is ClearSpend?

The “official” answer is: ClearSpend is a service that allows you to research companies, so you are able to buy products from companies that share your value system.

Feeling “more” was needed, we then asked over 20 people at our company to answer this question. Here are the six most popular answers.

1. In the end, the only real vote most of us have is where we intend to spend our money. Consumers have a vast influence on commerce. Starbucks, WalMart (the world's biggest corporation), McDonalds and many other Fortune 500 companies have improved their business practices because people like you made sure they were heard. Your dollars really can improve the world, if only you put them to work.
2. ClearSpend is the EASY way YOU can make a real difference in how companies use their power to change the world.
3. ClearSpend is a way to improve YOUR world by buying from those companies whose values match or reflect your own values. Quit spending money at businesses that strive to make the world a worse place. Your dollars mean business to companies. Many companies cater to increase their business by using their power to improve the world around you. You can help improve the world by rewarding those companies who hold your values by using ClearSpend to identify which companies have your values and them doing your business with them.
4. ClearSpend is a new way to search for good and services.
5. ClearSpend is the world's first universal values search engine.
6. ClearSpend allows customers to choose goods and services based on the value systems of their parent companies. Your dollars are GOLD. Where we spend our money is one of the most powerful ways to influence and improve the world around us. Companies spend lots of time and money making sure they are meeting the expectations of their customers. If you are spending money at a company, you have a voice they will listen to. In essence, your money has power. ClearSpend helps you accomplish two things. First, you are in a position to reward those companies that are good stewards of the planet. Second, every dollar you spend at a company is a dollar you are not spending with another company, multiplying the effect of your VOTE-- the vote you cast by spending your money with companies whose actions you agree with.

Think about it. Most companies live or die by a profit margin of a few percent. If only a small proportion of their customer base were to rebel and stop spending their money with a company, you can bet that that company (and all companies with the same business practices) will alter their behavior to improve their standing with the public. This is REAL power you can implement today merely by using our service.

We are the revolution, baby! ClearSpend all the way!!

Who are you?

ClearSpend is a company. But, we are a different company. We are united in the belief that we have the power to make a difference in our lives and in the lives of those around us. We are not powerless consumers. Our dollars mean real business (literally) to every company that has a bottom line they have to meet at the end of each month.

ClearSpend is a virtual company, a loose alliance of volunteer programmers, moderators, posters, bloggers and enthusiasts who believe in improving the world.

How I do use your service?

(Coming Soon!)

Why should I use your service?

Ask yourself this? When is the last time you felt you had a real influence on the political system? Sure you can buy what you want and need through any store or web site. How much better would you feel knowing your purchase is a real, quantifiable vote for a better future where companies work to improve society rather than just improving their bottom line.

ClearSpend really IS a revolution. The Internet has made it possible for vast amounts of information to be instantaneously transmitted to any person on the planet. We can know instantly which companies are good and which are not so good. Make your dollars work for you, use our service to find those good and services you want to buy. If you are making an online purchase, help us to maintain and grow ClearSpend by clicking through our links to make a purchase. Clicking through our links does not affect your purchase in any way, but it helps ClearSpend greatly by giving us the money to improve and grow our service and, in return, improve our WORLD, your world and mine.

You say you need people to participate. What do you mean by this?

(Coming Soon! But sign up for an account now so we can keep you informed!)

This sounds like a really cool idea. I want to help out. What do you need most?

1. Link to our site! Every link increases our page rank, which increases our search results, which spreads the word.
2. Donations! Every dollar donated means we can spend more time on ClearSpend and less time on working a 'day' job.
3. Sign up for a user account , so you can initially keep informed of our activities, and later help the revolution by adding cases tying companies and causes together.