{"id":13047,"date":"2011-08-25T04:07:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T09:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=13047"},"modified":"2011-08-22T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T20:10:33","slug":"ut-student-created-website-encourages-safe-online-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_25_2011\/ut-student-created-website-encourages-safe-online-commerce","title":{"rendered":"UT student-created website encourages safe online commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/classiphixcom_order.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/classiphixcom_order.jpg\" alt=\"classiphixcom_order\" title=\"classiphixcom_order\" width=\"396\" height=\"417\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/classiphixcom_order.jpg 396w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/classiphixcom_order-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>Students wanting to buy or sell used textbooks or find a new roommate have a website designed just for them by a University of Toledo graduate. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeclassiphix.com\/\">Classiphix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The website for UT students to post ads to sell or find used items was founded in 2009 as MyCollegeStuff.net when then-student Dane Theisen thought he and his peers needed something better than craigslist.org to buy, sell and trade items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents were putting a lot of time and effort into making flyers to post on bulletin boards around campus,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought there had to be a better way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The site was designed to help create a safer and more secure environment for UT students to buy and trade online. MyCollegeStuff.net this year was rebranded as Classiphix.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received an investment, so I used a majority of that money for rebranding,\u201d Theisen said. \u201cI wanted to make it much more professional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebranding included a new name, a new website design, and a new mascot: a small orange and white fox with a graduation cap called Classifox.<\/p>\n<p>The site, which requires a college \u201c.edu\u201d email address to register, has a designated meeting spot in Rocket Hall for safety purposes. Posts are not restricted to buying and selling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of our biggest sections is the community section of the site,\u201d Theisen said. \u201cStudents can post events or find things that are happening on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also new this year is a discount card students can use at businesses and restaurants around Toledo, mainly in the UT area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students: Need to sell a bike? Want to find a home for a pet? Go to Classiphix.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}