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Archive for June, 2011
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Swapping Takes Spain By Storm
Although we mostly talk about the exciting ways people are embracing the swapping lifestyle here in in America, the desire to swap your goods and services knows no borders. The swap movement can be found all around the world. Take Spain for example, where in metropolis of Barcelona swapping events have become quite common, particularly [...] -
Preview: The New-Look of Swap.com
It’s been awhile since we’ve been able to add some much needed polish and an updated look to your favorite swapping site. Well today we’re going behind the curtain for a sneak peak at the new look of Swap.com: You’ll notice that most of the changes are purely cosmetic to give a fresh face to [...] -
Swapper of the Month: The Well Traveled Ksjcbeck
The team at Swap.com has the privilege of meeting and interacting with some of the most awesome and genuine people you could ever have the pleasure of knowing, both online and off. That’s why we are shining the spotlight on some of our best and brightest community members with our Swapper of the Month feature! [...] -
Swapping Tunes LIVE With Turntable.fm
Music fans just love the feeling they get when they can share their new favorite song with a friend or loved one. There are a lot of websites that focus on new music discovery, but none up until now that have captured the experience of swapping favorite tunes with someone in real time. Now thanks to Turntable.fm [...] -
Swap of the Day: Two Retailers Swap Brick & Mortar Stores
We all know the economic and ecological benefits when we swap items instead of buying something new. The savings swapping provides aren’t just individuals, corporations big and small are finding ways to protect the bottom line by trading as well. The latest example of this comes from General Growth Properties, Inc. and Macerich Co., two [...] -
Arizona Residents Swap Together at Local Event
Last week swapping enthusiasts converged onto the Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel & Convention Center for the annual convention of the National Association of Trade Exchanges, a group devoted to helping people swap goods and services. Over 700 business attended the event who swapped their merchandise and services with other attendees without using money. Attendees swapped [...] -
Swap of the Day: Turn Your Spare Room Into A Hotel Room
Hotels can often be expensive and impersonal. And while that is fine for a night or two, why pay a high price for a so-so experience when there is a cheaper, homier option for your vacation dwellings? The Swap team happened to stumble on the super cool Airbnb, a site that just might make travelers [...] -
Swap of the Day: Get Your Own Private Driver
Ditch the taxi – swap your regular ride and arrive at your destination in style with your very own (temporarily at least) private driver. How you ask? Thanks to Uber, private drivers are no longer just for the upper echelon of society. Uber is the VIP private driver service that allows members to request a [...] -
Five Things You Can Do To Swap Your Old VHS Tapes
In the 80’s and 90’s many of us amassed huge collections of our favorite movies and TV shows on VHS. They were lots of fun, but with DVDs and Blue-Ray discs now ruling the home video market it’s hard to know what to do with all these tapes sitting in our basement. Selling or donating [...] -
Swap of the Day: Swapping Seats on Jet Blue
Today’s Swap of the Day post comes to us courtesy of Swap.com co-founder Mark Hexamer about an executed swap his family devised on their way back from vacation: A little over a month ago I was traveling back from Orlando, FL with the family when I was reminded of the power of the swap. Anyone [...]