Your neighbouris giving awaya Armchair
PIKITUP is a map of things people near you are giving away for free. Browse what’s available, message them, go pick it up. No money changes hands.
In under 3 minutes
Take photo
Snap a photo of what you’re giving away
Post
Drop it on the map with your location
Arrange
Someone nearby messages you to arrange pickup
Picked up!
They come get it. Done.
Free – takes about 60 seconds
6 Mio.
tonnes of waste
per year in Switzerland
You know the scene: furniture on the kerb on Sperrgut day, half of it perfectly fine. A bookshelf someone outgrew. A kids’ bike that still works. A lamp that just doesn’t fit the new flat.
Someone a few streets over might be looking for exactly that thing. They just don’t know it’s there.
A live map of free stuff near you
You open the map and see what people around you are giving away right now. No account needed to browse. If you see something you want, send a message, agree on a time, and go pick it up.
The street works. This works better.
More than your street sees it
A sofa on the kerb reaches whoever walks past. On PIKITUP it reaches the whole neighbourhood – and anyone searching for a sofa.
You pick the time
No rushing to put things out before the Sperrgut truck comes. Post it, wait for a message, hand it over when it works for you.
It actually gets taken
Things on the street get rained on, ignored, or thrown out. Things on PIKITUP go to someone who actually wanted them.
Your neighbour’s old shelf
is your new shelf
Most of what gets thrown away in Switzerland is still perfectly usable. PIKITUP makes it easy to pass things on to someone nearby who can actually use them – instead of putting them on the street and hoping for the best.
It’s as simple as it sounds: post a photo, someone messages you, they come pick it up.
It started with a perfectly good chair
A while back, I was moving flats in Zürich and had to get rid of a bunch of stuff – a desk, some shelves, a chair that was honestly nicer than anything I could afford to replace it with. I put it all on the street the night before Sperrgut day and went to bed. By morning, the rain had gotten to most of it. The chair was ruined. The desk had warped. I stood there thinking: someone would have wanted this. I just had no way to reach them.
That’s the whole idea behind PIKITUP. A simple map where you can post what you’re giving away, and people nearby can find it before it ends up on the kerb in the rain. No complicated marketplace, no bidding, no fees. Just: here’s a thing, come get it. I’m building this because I think it should exist – and because I know I’m not the only one who’s watched good stuff get thrown away for no reason.
Less waste,
one item at a time
Manufacturing a new sofa produces roughly 90 kg of CO₂. A chair, about 10 kg. Every item that finds a new home instead of a landfill is one less thing that needs to be manufactured, shipped, and eventually disposed of.
Small actions,
real results
You don’t need to change your whole lifestyle. Just: before you throw something away, take a photo and put it on the map. If someone wants it, great. If not, you tried. That’s it.
Questions & Answers
Do I need an account?
To browse: No. To give away: Yes, but it’s free and takes 30 seconds.
Can I reserve something?
No. First come, first served. It’s the fairest way we could think of.
What if the item is already gone?
Anyone can mark items as picked up. If you get there and it’s gone, mark it so others know.
Is this really free? What’s the catch?
No catch. No ads. No premium tier. We built this because we think it should exist.
Is there a native app?
Not yet. The website works well on mobile – you can add it to your home screen and it behaves like an app.
See what’s near you
Open the map and browse. Or post something you want to give away.