Archive for August, 2010

  • Jeff Bennett: Welcome to Swap.com

    Jeff Bennett: Welcome to Swap.com

    Last month I posted that Swaptree had acquired Swap.com. This is a big deal for a young company operating in a developing category. Our goal is to lead this category, and what better name and domain for the company other than the category name itself. This week we made the switch from Swaptree.com to Swap.com [...]

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  • Swaptree Officially Becomes Swap.com

    Swaptree Officially Becomes Swap.com

    Like most people, we enjoy a little routine in our day. If you’re like us, your day starts something like this: Wake up, take the dog out, get the kids’ lunches made while brewing the first cup of essential coffee, wake the better half (although we both know he’s not the better half in the [...]

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  • Swap.com’s ‘Name Our New Slogan’ Contest

    Swap.com’s ‘Name Our New Slogan’ Contest

    We’re super excited about the pending launch of Swap.com and to get everyone jazzed along with us, we decided to host a little contest. We asked you – our loyal members and faithful swappers – to help us name our new slogan. We posted the contest rules on Facebook and on our forums, and we [...]

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  • Top 10 Things Today’s Kids Will Never Know

    Top 10 Things Today’s Kids Will Never Know

    How times have changed... Today's freshman rule the world with Droids and iPhones, they speak in 140 character limits and they rely on the magic of GPS to show them the way. Their parents, however, lived a completely different life.

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  • Is “Frugal” the New “F” Word?

    Is “Frugal” the New “F” Word?

    How frugal are you? At a time when a penny saved is worth more than the penny earned, how far are you willing to go to spend less and conserve more? In a recent article by WWD Retail, the magazine examines how frugal today’s shoppers really are and whether or not the frugal trend will [...]

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