Don’t buy. Swap.
May 13th, 2006
I love the idea behind Swaptree: I get rid of something I don’t want, and a perfect stranger sends me something I want for free. The online bartering service is one of several new sites that let you “buy” new stuff using your old stuff. Lala.com, which launches on July 4, deals exclusively in CDs, and Bookins.com lets you trade books. Swaptree does both, plus DVDs and videogames. The site is in private beta right now, but we explain the whole concept in this month’s Business 2.0:
“To start a swap, users enter the UPC codes of the titles they want to trade and create a list of those they might want. Swaptree’s engine will constantly look for matches and present users with potential swaps. … When users find a swap they like, they can initiate trades: Within two days, all parties get e-mail instructions on where to send their stuff.”
July 6th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
There is another cool site where you can trade DVD’s for 99 cents, called PeerFlix.