FindAny is a service that lets users submit requests for help looking for hard-to-find items. Members of the FindAny Community help by returning suggestions. Watch the video for a quick tutorial.
WHY SHOULD I USE FINDANY?
It’s quick. It’s simple. It’s fun.
The success of FindAny is dependent on how useful it is to you. We know you can get pretty far using the search engines out there, but we think you’ll agree they can only do so much and they aren’t so great at product searches. When all other searches fail we hope you turn to FindAny.
We chose to start on Twitter because you can tweet from just about anywhere.
It’s amazing to see the kind of interesting items people are looking for and even more gratifying to see other people help them find those treasures. Check out our Finds section to see the latest Finds!
PLUS, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY!
Now do we have your attention? Yes, you can make money on FindAny by including your affiliate info in the links you send. Are you in the eBay Partner Network? Just add your partner tracking id in the link URL. When the user clicks on your link, you make money depending on the terms of your affiliate program. Okay, so maybe you already knew that. Here’s the perfect chance to use it. Visit our Tools Section for our affiliate bookmarklet tool.
WHAT’S NEXT?
We have a lot of great feature ideas for FindAny, but to be honest, we want to learn from you. You are the best and most creative minds we could ever hope to hire, so we want to know how you are using the service. Feel free to leave us your suggestions and feedback by clicking on the feedback tab on the right.
Coming Soon!
We’ll start posting our most helpful FindAny Community members when we get enough people using the service. So tell your friends!
INTERESTING FINDS
COMING SOON! Our Code Monkeys are hard at work writing this tool for you. We’ve bought them a couple of cases of Mountain Dew and a freezer full of Hot Pockets, so it should be ready in a couple of days. Come back in a bit.
You can create your own custom bookmarklet to help you tweet your Finds more easily. Click on the button below to create your bookmarklet. If you are in an affiliate program, you can enter it in the input field below and it will customize your bookmarklet to automatically add this to every link you tweet. For example, if you are a member of the eBay Partner Network, you would enter: &campid=NNN, where NNN is your eBay Partner Campaign ID. All of your links would then look something like: http://www.mydomain.com/?item=ABCD&campid=NNN. If you don’t have an affiliate id, then don’t worry this is an optional field; just click on the button leaving this field blank. Watch the video for a quick tutorial.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I get started using FindAny?
1. Go to: http://twitter.com/FindAny
2. Follow FindAny
3. Wait and confirm FindAny has followed you back (you’ll receive a welcome direct message)
4. You’re ready to go!
I followed FindAny. Why don’t I see a return follow request?
It can take FindAny 5-10 minutes to follow you back, depending on how many requests are in the queue. Please be patient, it shouldn’t take too long. If you have set your Tweets to private, you’ll need to explicitly approve FindAny’s follower request. You’ll see follower requests on the right-side of your Twitter home page.
How do I make a FindAny request to help me look for something?
It’s easy! Just send a direct message to FindAny like “direct FindAny + your request” or “d FindAny + your request”. For example, “d FindAny cookie monster sneakers”.
Why can’t I send a direct message to FindAny?
You cannot send a direct message to FindAny until FindAny follows you back. This is the way Twitter works and is meant to protect you from spam. Can you imagine if anyone could just send you a direct message? Yikes!
How do I suggest an item that someone has requested?
Just reply to the original tweet. If you are using the Twitter web client, just hover over the item and click on reply. It would be helpfull if you also included a mention (@requester) in your message so they will be able to see your reply more quickly. For example: “@FindAny @JohnDoe John, how about this car
Couldn’t I just reply to the requester directly?
Sure. Feel free to do so. But if you reply to FindAny, we can give you a shoutout for being a good FindAny member, and that find can be counted towards your Found count. The Treasure Hunters with the highest Found counts are given the spotlight. Plus, replying to FindAny lets us send your Find back out to the FindAny Community so they know a suggestion has already been made.
I’m new to Twitter. How can I learn how to use it?
There are lots of how-to articles out there. Twitter’s help page is a good place to start: http://help.twitter.com/portal. This article also tries to explain Twitter in a simple way: http://www.sergiogonzales.com/ideas/twitter-basics/
How to Use FindAny
