A while ago I kept noticing the same pattern. Founders wanted to make their product more meaningful but everything built for impact felt heavy, outdated, or too enterprise focused. Most teams want to do good but don’t have time to chase partnerships, manage paperwork, or wire money to ten different places.
So I built 1ClickImpact to make that whole process feel effortless.
With only a few minutes of setup you can plug real environmental impact into your app, checkout flow, or automation stack. It works with Shopify, Zapier, webhooks, and a simple API. What makes it fun is the transparent tracker and live planting sessions that show your exact impact happening in real time. It feels human rather than hidden.
Every signup in your SaaS plants a tree
Every purchase in your e-commerce store removes plastic from oceans
Every referral in your app contributes to a clean water project
A “donate” button in your product automatically supports verified causes
One of the coolest features? Live planting sessions. You can literally watch the impact happen in real time. No guesswork, no fluff. Just real, transparent results.
I recorded a quick walkthrough for anyone curious about how it all works: https://youtu.be/hyWlqxGYxcs
Use the code INDIE10 and the first ten trees are on us.
Here is the site: 1clickimpact.com
I’m always happy to chat about integration ideas, brainstorm ways to make impact in your product, or just hear your feedback.
This is a great wedge. I've seen a few e-commerce brands try to build this in-house and give up because of the logistics.
Have you seen any early data on how this impacts conversion rates for your current users? I’m curious if placing the 'We plant a tree' badge near the Checkout button converts better than placing it on the 'Thank You' page. Would love to A/B test that placement.
Turning user clicks into meaningful action is a powerful way to drive real change and engagement—great innovation for founders and product teams.
Thanks Will, appreciate that a lot. The goal from day one was to help founders create real impact without adding complexity. Seeing people use it to boost engagement while doing something meaningful has been really rewarding.
Awesome! Building a tool that turns user clicks into actionable change can really help founders make data-driven decisions and improve product impact.
Thanks!
so you actually go ahead and plant a tree? or is it just gamification?
Great question. Yes, the impact is fully real. Trees are planted through verified partners and every contribution is tracked in real time. Nothing symbolic or gamified. When a tree is planted it immediately shows up in your impact count and on the public tracking page.
If you try planting a food tree, you also get access to a live planting session where you can actually watch the tree being planted.
Here is the link if you want to see how it works: https://1clickimpact.com/make-impact
Nice user interface!
Out of curiosity, what's your monetization strategy?
It is something like Stripe, where you get a percentage of each transaction?
I'm curious how well your current strategy is working and if you recommend it.
Thanks for the kind words. On the monetization side, I keep it simple. It works on a per impact basis starting at fifty cents and users only pay for the actual impact events they trigger. No percentage fees like Stripe. We also have tiered subscription pricing free, basic and pro depending on the volume of impact calls. The current strategy has been working really well so far.