Probably the most common way people hear about Gazelle is from their friends and family that have tried it out. We think it’s a little more than simple word of mouth and believe that each of you inspires those around you to consume in a better way. Whether it’s to recycle, trade up, or reCommerce for any of the top 10 possibilities, you inspire all of us.

So to round out the list, a great “inspiring” entry from @rchains on Twitter.

@gazelle_com Gazelle helps me INSPIRE my child to recycle. It is never too early to learn how to care for our planet! #gazelle100

In honor of her submission, she’ll win a selection of toys made from recycled materials from Green Toys. And we’ll be adding a twin gift to the gift pack for our 100,000th customer. Thank you to everyone who participated. We had so much fun reading your entires and can’t wait to give this awesome gift pack to our 100,000th customer. Stay tuned to find out who it will be….

The “OFFICIAL” Top 10 Possibilities of reCommerce

1. Go Green: Eco Friendly gift pack

2. Upgrade: $15- Apple gift card

3. Help a friend: $100 to use towards a good deed

4. Get Away: $400 to spend at Marriott hotels

5. Indulge: $100 spa gift certificate

6. Donate: $100 donation to charity of choice

7. Shop: $100 Walmart gift card

8. Save: $100 cash

9. Declutter: $100 gift card to Container Store

10. Inspire:

We can’t say it better than today’s winner did:

@judipcook on Twitter said, “@gazelle_com Gazelle helps me END THE CLUTTER in my house. I was able to get rid of all the old gadgets kicking around. #gazelle100″

Decluttering your house by cleaning out all the gadgets lurking in the back of desk drawers and in boxes on closet shelves is a great way to free up space and earn extra cash. And since Gazelle provides free shipping for all boxes worth at least $1, you can go ahead a load it up with anything from our 20 categories.

Today’s winner receives $100 gift card to The Container Store, where you can get virtually everything you could ever need to organize your life. The same prize will be added to the prize pack for our 100,000th customer.

Thanks @judipcook for your great entry. There’s one more to go and we’ll be selecting our final winner on Monday so get your tweets and posts in over the weekend to be considered. Below is the list so far- what do you think is missing?

1. Go Green: Eco Friendly gift pack

2. Upgrade: $15- Apple gift card

3. Help a friend: $100 to use towards a good deed

4. Get Away: $400 to spend at Marriott hotels

5. Indulge: $100 spa gift certificate

6. Donate: $100 donation to charity of choice

7. Shop: $100 Walmart gift card

8. Save: $100 cash

9. Declutter: $100 gift card to Container Store

10. You tell us???

So maybe it’s not the most fun, but some customers who gazelle like to take the cash and save it for a rainy day. That’s why today’s possibility of reCommerce is save.

Check out today’s practical winner:

@bdog80 who submitted his entry on Twitter:

@gazelle_com Invest! Use your money to make more money! #gazelle100

In honor of his entry, @bdog80 will win $100 cash to put in the bank or invest any way he chooses. We’ll also be adding the same prize to the prize pack for our 100,000th customer. Check out the prizes so far and remember we still have 2 more to go so keep submitting entries on Twitter and Facebook.

1. Go Green: Eco Friendly gift pack

2. Upgrade: $15- Apple gift card

3. Help a friend: $100 to use towards a good deed

4. Get Away: $400 to spend at Marriott hotels

5. Indulge: $100 spa gift certificate

6. Donate: $100 donation to charity of choice

7. Shop: $100 Walmart gift card

8. Save: $100 cash

Sure, you can shop with cash, but ever since we added Walmart and Amazon gift cards as payment options on gazelle.com we know that lots of customers use cash from their gadgets to go shopping. And what’s more fun than turning your used iPod into that top item on your Amazon wish list? So coming in as our 7th possibility of reCommerce is “shop,” and today’s winner is……

@Coffy73 who submitted the winning entry way back on June 30th via Twitter.

“Traded in my iPod Touch for a Walmart gift card. Recieved it the other day and went hogwild at the store =)”

This sounds like it was so much fun, we’re going to help her do it again. @Coffy73 wins $100 gift card to Walmart and the same prize will be added to our gift pack for our 100,000th customer.

We still have three more to go with #8 and #9 being picked tomorrow and Friday and our last winner on Monday so keep tweeting and posting your entries.

Since the beginning of Gazelle, we’ve always offered customers the opportunity to donate the value of their gadgets to a good cause, and last year we launched a product called Gazelle for Good that let’s you set up your own online gadget drive for any cause you’d like. We’re consistently blown away by the generosity of our customers and to date thousands of dollars have been paid out to all different types of organizations, including nearly $10K to American Red Cross following the earthquake in Haiti.

So it’s no surprise that making our top 10 list of the possibilities of reCommerce is “Donate.” Many of you had this idea and rather than just selecting one winner, we’ve picked 3. We’ll be donating $100 to the cause of each winner’s choice and of course will be adding $100 donation to the prize pack for our 100,000th customer.

A big “thank you for your generosity,” and “congratulations” to:

@iBraryGuy: Recommerce for a Cause! @Gazelle_com paid me for my old phone. Using the money to register for a charity run for abused pets! #gazelle100

@BillStrong: @gazelle_com I used mine to accelerate #SMA research via a donation to @gsfoundation. SMA is the #1 genetic killer of young children.

Bob Bodkin: I reCommerce for cash initially…. but am looking into doing it to raise money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. I run marathon’s and ultra relays for them now, but want to do more (and do stuff that doesn’t hurt so stinking much!)

We’re still picking four more to add to our list so keep your ideas coming on Twitter and Facebook and check out our blog daily for the results. Good Luck!

We’re not quite to “1 billion served,” but we think 100,000 of you joining the reCommerce revolution is not too shabby so we’re planning to celebrate it.

We expect to hit 100K customers some time during the next week or so and in honor of this milestone we’re celebrating all the ways people have reCommerced. Whether it’s turning last years cell phone into next week’s groceries, your used Macbook into the new one (which is awesome by the way), helping out a friend in need, donating to charity, taking a shopping spree…. whew… the possibilities are literally endless. We’re picking our favorite suggestions off twitter and our facebook fan page to create a prize pack of the top 10 possibilities of reCommerce. This gift pack will be awarded to our 100,000th customer in honor of all of you who helped us get there. And of course, if we pick your suggestion, you’ll win the gift associated with your suggestion.

Today we picked the 1st item to go into the prize pack and therefore our first winner.

Congratulations to:

@Perkalicious11 who submitted her winning entry on Twitter #gazelle100.

I used my rebate to buy rain barrels for my home: being green –> getting green –> buying green –> saving more green?

In representation of her submission, we’ll be adding a “green” gift basket from It’s Only Natural Gifts to our 100K prize pack and of course adding, “Go Green” to our top 10 possibilities of reCommerce list.

If you want to win, send us your ideas on twitter or post on our Facebook page. We’ll be picking one winner every weekday for the next nine days to make up the prize pack.