Toytle empowers KIDS to learn financial literacy!

Patrick Elkins is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hello, we're the Elkins family, and we’re on a mission to create the #1 Kid Safe Marketplace! TOYTLE empowers KIDS to learn and practice financial literacy through buying, selling, and trading toys. Our app is a vehicle that inspires parents to connect, engage, and partner with their kids. It empowers kids to set and achieve goals while learning great life skills along the way, and it fills a gap in kids’ education with a tool that TEACHES FINANCIAL LITERACY. Could it get any better?!

Our boys continuously came to us asking for new ways to make extra money around the house. As parents, we wanted to empower their motivation, but we were running out of chores to give… Our idea was to help them sell their old toys to make the money they needed for the new toys they wanted to buy. We wanted to teach and empower THEM to navigate the process. However, with so much irrelevant, and often inappropriate content, platforms like Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay, and Amazon just aren’t safe for kids. There was no way to fully monitor what they could be exposed to while browsing, or who they might encounter through messaging. TOYTLE is our solution which provides Kids with a FUN, SAFE, and ENGAGING tool, and allows them to engage in their goals, learn, and practice life skills with complete PARENTAL SUPERVISION. Do you resonate with our mission? We invite you to join in on our story to empower millions of kids and families around the world!

Your support will help us:

Energize our efforts with operating capital so that our team can invest the time and energy needed to bring this amazing tool to the world!
Maximize our opportunity to share with marketing capital to promote our story and mission (for example, by sponsoring relevant influencers like "Dude Perfect" who can help us spread the word)
Empower us to iterate with development capital so that we can continue to refine our platform as we gather feedback on new ideas & features, or bugs & fixes.

What else can you do?

Introductions - if you have influence or connections that align with our mission, we'd be honored to connect with you, or to be introduced to any person or organization that you believe could help us achieve more!
Local Awareness - We need kids and families to help us spread the word in local cities and communities. Share on social media, share at your schools, churches, sports leagues, and wherever you find community!
Press - If you have connections with local news stations or other media outlets, we'd be happy to schedule an interview with the Elkins.
Supply & Demand - A marketplace is a blank slate without buyers, sellers, and listings. Once we launch, sign up and find at least 2 toys to list for sale in your area!

The first version of our app is about to go live! Join the waitlist, and get a sneak peek at: https://www.toytle.io