NEEDBIO Launched! :)
This week was a big milestone for the NearBio team as we culminated a several month development effort with the NEEDBIO.COM launch!
NEEDBIO came about because many NearBio users would send us emails expressing their frustration that there were no biodiesel retail pumps within 10 miles of them. They wanted to know who to contact, and we quickly realized that it was not very efficient for each and every person who had unmet biodiesel needs to figure out who to contact.
Instead, what makes more sense, is to have a simple button for a user to click if the results of the NearBio “search” page showed unsatisfying results. Then, the user can just fill out the details of their needs, and it immediately goes into a national database.
We ask NEEDBIO users to enter their zip code, annual miles driven, mpg, number of vehicles, minimum blends, and maximum distance they would drive (one way) to fill up. The reason we ask this information is so that we QUANTIFY the unmet need, versus just saying “there are 10 people in zip code 85013.”
In just a very short period of time we have over 1,000,000 annual gallons of unmet biodiesel need!
However, before we can make this data available to suppliers, it must be statistically signficant. We have set a goal of 1000 entries as the minimum threshold. So, please help us spread the word if you anyone who is interested in biodiesel, but does not have a nearby retail fueling location….
Thanks!
-Team NearBio
Original post by Nearbio Team