Vreebit.com claims to be the only Internet tool you’ll ever need. That’s a pretty ambitious claim. The site has been getting a significant amount of press lately, and has generated quite a bit of buzz online.
So What Exactly Is It?
It’s a social networking tool that combines traditional online social networking with an online marketplace and job search.
Upon sign-up (you just have to answer a few personal questions about your name, age, gender, etc.), each user is given a personal Vreebit account, featuring 11 pages to make up their own Vreebit website, which is meant to act as a dashboard display of a user’s core statistics. Users will be provided with pages featuring tools like a personal calendar, tasks organizer, documents and photos, jobs and resumes, links, discussions, contacts, and more. It’s also possible to create custom pages using Vreebit’s word-processor-like tool for easy construction. For those worried about security, it is possible to configure these pages for privacy.
There is also a free e-mail tool on Vreebit, secure document exchange, and the possibility for mobile interactivity. Like with Facebook, it’s possible to create groups with their own e-mail account, website, blog, calendar, and task management. Users are given 500mb worth of storage, and its possible to purchase more.
What Makes Vreebit Different?
Vreebit is unique in that it combines the popular social networking tools like contacts and profiles, etc., with online marketplace tools (a la Craigslist) where users can sell their wares and advertise their services. This service is run on what’s called “Vreebees”, which can be earned by performing certain actions on the site like clicking on ads, referring friends, or even just the old-fashioned way of purchasing them (via PayPal, of course). Vreebees paid for by cash cost $5.99 for 200.
In the Beta version, users were given 100 Vreebees upon sign up, but it appears that now new users have to start from scratch. It’s possible to buy all kinds of things with your Vreebees, including expert advice, ads, books, video games, and even household appliances! Vreebees can be earned by individuals or groups (ie. A Vreebit group can have its own Vreebees, separate from each user’s individual Vreebees account).
There is even a job posting/ seeking portion of the site, as well as an activism section that allows users to conduct online polls, promote ideas, and create petitions, so that users really can do just about everything without leaving Vreebit.
Vreebit in the Making
Vreebit was built from scratch by two Michigan website developers who noted the inadequacies of other social networking sites, and wanted to build something better. They decided to create a program that combines the most popular aspects of the top social networking sites into one powerful network.
Michael Fleishmann, one of the site’s creators, explains that he had looked online to find one place to connect, talk about issues, organize his schedule, and take action where he was passionate, and when he couldn’t find such a place, he was inspired to create Vreebit.
“With the social networking landscape overcrowded by sites managing different aspects of your life, jumping around various sites, updating many profiles and still not finding key features was frustrating,” says Fleishmann.
Kaila Krayewski is a freelance journalist with a passion for all things internet. Having worked for nearly two years as the public relations manager for an internation search engine optimization company, and publishing hundreds of articles (how-to, informational, and otherwise) on SEO, she knows a thing or two about the field. Furthermore, having just started up her own website blondetraveler.com, she is doing her best to keep one step ahead of the search engines in order to keep the traffic flowing.
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