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E-Waste Day playbook.

Book a drop-off slot and list items for a community e-waste collection day. Ten steps from claim to launch, with the exact prompts to paste into Claude, Cursor or Lovable.

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01

Claim your idea

1 minute
  • You have claimed E-Waste Day. Your claim is free and stays active while you keep building.
  • Bookmark this page. It is your personal playbook, and the link in your email always brings you back here.
  • Write one sentence on who you are building for and why. Start with: "E-Waste Day helps towns, schools and clubs running e-waste drives ..." You will reuse this sentence everywhere.
02

Domain and name

15 minutes
  • Decide if you will keep the name "E-Waste Day" or pick your own. Short, easy to spell and easy to say out loud beats clever.
  • Check if these domains are free at your registrar (for example Porkbun, Namecheap or Cloudflare): ewasteday.com, getewasteday.com, ewastedayapp.com, ewastedayhq.com, tryewasteday.com, ewastely.com.
  • Buy the .com if you can. Expect about $10 to $15 per year.
  • Grab the same name on Instagram, X and TikTok, even if you will not post yet.
AI PROMPT

Suggest 15 short, memorable brand names for an app that does this: Book a drop-off slot and list items for a community e-waste collection day. It is for Towns, schools and clubs running e-waste drives. For each name, give a matching .com domain idea and one sentence on why it works. Avoid names of existing well known companies.

03

Trademark basics

30 minutes
  • Search the official US trademark database (tmsearch.uspto.gov) for your name, and also search Google and the app stores for apps with the same or a similar name.
  • If a similar name already exists for similar software, pick a different name now. Changing it later is expensive.
  • Filing your own trademark is optional at the start. Many founders file once they have paying customers. This is general information, not legal advice, so talk to a trademark attorney before filing.
04

AI build kickoff

20 to 40 minutes
  • Open your AI coding tool (Claude, Cursor or Lovable) and start a new project called E-Waste Day.
  • Paste the prompt below exactly as written. Let the AI finish, then run the app and click through every screen.
  • If something breaks, copy the full error message back to the AI and ask it to fix it. Repeat until it works.
  • Suggested stack: Next.js, MySQL, Twilio for text messages. You can tell the AI to use it, or let it choose.
AI PROMPT 1 OF 3

Build a web app called E-Waste Day. An organizer creates an event with date, address, 15 minute time slots and a cap per slot. Residents pick a slot and fill in name, phone and an item checklist (laptop, phone, TV, monitor, printer, batteries, cables, other).

05

Server and hosting

30 to 60 minutes
  • For the web app, the simplest path is a host that deploys straight from GitHub (for example Vercel, Render or Railway). A small VPS works too if you are comfortable with servers.
  • Set up a managed database (MySQL or Postgres) with your host and keep the password in an environment file, not in your code.
  • Create a Twilio account and buy one phone number for texting. Keep the account keys in your environment file.
  • Put your code on GitHub so you never lose it and can deploy with one click.
AI PROMPT

My app E-Waste Day is built with Next.js, MySQL, Twilio for text messages. Walk me step by step through putting it online: creating accounts, environment variables, connecting my GitHub repo, connecting my domain, and turning on HTTPS. Assume I am a beginner and explain each click.

06

Backend and data

1 to 3 hours
  • Now build the core feature. Paste the prompt below into the same project so the AI keeps the context.
  • After it runs, test it with real looking data. Try it the way a customer would, including mistakes like empty fields.
  • Ask the AI to add basic checks: required fields, friendly error messages, and nobody seeing another user's data.
AI PROMPT 2 OF 3

Show the organizer a dashboard with totals per item type, bookings per slot and a check-in screen where volunteers search a name and mark arrived. Block item types the recycler does not accept with a clear message.

07

Frontend and design

1 to 3 hours
  • Make it feel like a real product. First paste the design prompt, then the feature prompt below it.
  • Pick one brand color and one font and stick with them everywhere.
  • Show it to 3 people who match your customer and watch them use it without helping. Fix whatever confuses them.
AI PROMPT 3 OF 3

Redesign every screen of E-Waste Day so it looks clean, modern and trustworthy for Towns, schools and clubs running e-waste drives. Use one brand color, generous spacing, clear buttons, and make it work well on phones. Add a simple logo using the name E-Waste Day.

AI PROMPT 3 OF 3

Send a Twilio text reminder the day before and a thank you text after with total devices collected. Generate an event summary to share with the recycler. Add a Stripe payment for the organizer event fee.

08

Go live

1 day
  • Deploy the web app to your host and connect your domain. Check that https:// works and that sign up, log in and the main feature all work on the live site.
  • Add a privacy policy and terms page. Your AI tool can draft them, and app stores require a privacy policy.
  • Set up simple analytics so you can see visits and sign ups.
AI PROMPT

Write a checklist to launch E-Waste Day (web) with everything I might forget: domain, HTTPS, privacy policy, terms, analytics, error monitoring, backups, and a support email.

09

Marketing plan

Week 1
  • Your first customers: Towns, schools and clubs running e-waste drives. List 20 real people or businesses that fit, and message them one by one. Ask for 10 minutes of feedback, not a sale.
  • How it makes money: Per-event fee paid by the organizing group. Put the price on your site from day one, even if you offer a free trial.
  • Post where your customers already spend time: local Facebook groups, Reddit communities, industry forums, and LinkedIn.
  • Launch on Product Hunt and relevant subreddits once 5 real users have tried it.
AI PROMPT

Write a launch plan for E-Waste Day, which book a drop-off slot and list items for a community e-waste collection day. The target customer is Towns, schools and clubs running e-waste drives. Include: where to find the first 100 users, 3 short launch posts, a cold message template, and a simple pricing page headline.

10

Launch and grow

Ongoing
  • Expected launch cost: under $100. Keep costs low until people are paying.
  • Talk to every early user. Ask what almost stopped them from signing up, and fix that first.
  • When your site is live, reply to your Zweegs claim email with your link and we will add the Shipped badge to your idea.
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