It was launched last week and in just a few days is already climbing the app store rankings. It is Weply an app that wants to give a second chance to those who have been backed into a corner. I’m talking about that shirt you no longer wear, that backpack you replaced, that hat you compulsively bought but then realized you never used. The sportsman is generally a serial accumulator. He surrounds himself with equipment he doesn’t really need. It fills boxes and closets with clothing and accessories that, at best, will be used a number of times that can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
The truth is that we have more than we need, and what we have we never take full advantage of. Perhaps out of “fear” of ruining it and having to replace it with a replacement that will never hold a candle to it. Taking good care of one’s sports equipment is important to prolong its life, but no matter how much one may get attached to it, it is and always will be just an object created for the purpose of being used and especially worn out.
Everything deserves a second chance
Weply through buying and selling used but still in good condition sports equipment offers an opportunity to give a second life to all those products that have ended up at the bottom of the drawer. What is no longer of value to you may be of value to someone else. It is a system that makes everyone happy: those who sell and those who buy. Instead of buying from scratch you strides the life of another item.
The app is available to individuals but also to businesses that can take advantage of the platform for example to empty stockpiles. Therefore by accessing Weply the user finds a catalog of branded products at an affordable price, in some cases sold by other users in other cases sold by the brands themselves.
Sport accessible to all
Sometimes approaching some sports can be economically expensive in the initial stage. Cycling, climbing, and skiing to name a few require technical equipment that involves no small financial investment. Weply helps newbies get into these sports without draining their savings. It makes good quality products accessible without having to settle for the cheapest versions.
A new network
Bringing two sportsmen together initiates a dialogue and sharing of experiences. People ask, compare and help each other. It also triggers a process of exchange from the human point of view that can give rise to the creation of new bonds and interpersonal relationships. One makes one’s knowledge available to the other. You get to know each other and support each other, perhaps even finding yourself starting a community in the flesh.
Weply wants to be more than just an app created to get rid of the superfluous: a new social aggregator with the potential to create a large network of sportsmen who know each other through buying and selling products.