Itizen

Join us…

Your marketplace to buy, sell, and swap kidstuff.

Itizen is currently available as an iPhone app and is invite-only. Sign-up to request an invite. Already have an invite code? Sign up here.
The App
Acquired in stuffed animal swap with Chloe
$30
From Mia who moved on to training wheels
$8
Plucked from Henry’s revolving truck collection
Free
From a former Halloween bumblebee
$4
Because Leon took up hockey

How It Works


List.

Sell, swap or give your no-longer-needed kidstuff. Snap a photo, add a few details, name your price — it's that easy.

Search.

Find what you need by searching kid-specific categories. Contact the seller and schedule a local pickup or have it shipped to your door.

Filter.

Select filters such as age and gender, and save your refined search. New listings that match your search will be sent right to your personalized feed.

Follow.

Follow friends and others whose stuff you like so their listed items show up in your feed. And your followers will see your latest and greatest listings too!

It’s easy and FREE to list the stuff you no longer use and to find the things you need. Available in the App Store

Let's redefine consumption. Discover value in all we have.

About Us

Mary and Dori

Itizen is a place for parents to buy, sell, swap and share kidstuff — outgrown clothing, unwanted toys, well-intentioned gear and more. It’s for the things that ought to be loved by many and deserve a long life. And it’s for parents who appreciate the value of pre-loved things.

As parents ourselves, we’ve experienced the phenomenon that comes with raising children, the one in which our closets, garages, basements — just about every room in our homes — gets filled with stuff. So much stuff. Who would have imagined that such small, benevolent creatures would require so much?! Yet we find ourselves constantly needing things for our kids as they outgrow what they have and want what they don’t. So begins the never-ending cycle.

We see an opportunity to alter this cycle, maybe even make it meaningful. Itizen’s mission is to make people consider the resources they have but no longer use or need and encourage them to extend the life of those things. It’s an opportunity to tap into our communal “wealth,” strengthen our communities by bringing together people with shared interests and values, and reduce our impact on the environment. And it seems like good financial sense to purchase, sell, swap, and share pre-owned kids’ stuff given the rate at which they cycle through it.

We feel we have a pretty special place here, so we hope you have a chance to check it out. Thanks for stopping.

Kindly,
Mary & Dori
co-founders of Itizen