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  • Swap Of The Day: Swap Your House

    Swap Of The Day: Swap Your House

    Vacations are expensive. Sometimes you can not even get a hotel or inn accommodation in areas that you might want to travel to. So what about swapping your house? The concept of “House Swapping” has been around forever. To some it might sound a little weird, but in this day though the popularity of this [...]

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  • Swapper of the Month: The Illustrious Alicatstrut

    Swapper of the Month: The Illustrious Alicatstrut

    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 online. That’s why we are shining the spotlight on some of our best and brightest community members with the introduction of our Swapper of the Month. Without [...]

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  • Swap Of The Day:  Survey Says Gen Y’ers Prefer Swapping

    Swap Of The Day: Survey Says Gen Y’ers Prefer Swapping

    At Swap.com we have some incredible stories about swapping in our online marketplace and at our offline events. We want to bring you swapping stories from all across the swap movement and would love your help! An American Express Future of Consumer Spending survey has found that members of  Gen Y, more than any other [...]

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  • Swap Of The Day:  Pillsbury’s Meal Swap

    Swap Of The Day: Pillsbury’s Meal Swap

    At Swap.com we have some incredible stories about swapping in our online marketplace and at our offline events. We want to bring you swapping stories from all across the swap movement and would love your help! Send your ideas for Swap.com’s Swap of the Day to swapoftheday@swap.com. Families are all trying to make the most [...]

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  • Swap Of The Day:  Shift Swapping

    Swap Of The Day: Shift Swapping

    At Swap.com we have some incredible stories about swapping in our online marketplace and at our offline events. We want to bring you swapping stories from all across the swap movement and would love your help! Send your ideas for Swap.com’s Swap of the Day to swapoftheday@swap.com. “Shift Swapping” is an age old process.  You [...]

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  • Swap Of The Day:  CBS To Air “Life Swapping”

    Swap Of The Day: CBS To Air “Life Swapping”

    Have you ever wanted to walk in the shoes of a celebrity? It could get even more interesting if that celebrity shares your name. CBS has announced that they will air a pilot this Summer of a show called “Same Name.”  Each episode will feature a well-known personality who switches places for a week with [...]

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  • Swap Of The Day: Ford Offers “Swap Your Ride”

    Swap Of The Day: Ford Offers “Swap Your Ride”

    Swapping happens everywhere all of the time. Now Ford has launched a swap of their own. If  you’ve been eying a Ford car or truck,  and happen to drive a vehicle from another manufacturer, you can swap it for a new Ford. All you have to do to qualify for zero-percent financing and a $1,000 [...]

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  • Beyond Swapping: 4 Ideas to Get Stuff for Less (or Free)

    Beyond Swapping: 4 Ideas to Get Stuff for Less (or Free)

    With the airing of The Learning Channel’s show Extreme Couponing last night, the art of acquiring stuff without spending money rocketed into the spotlight once again.  As swappers, we know that part of the buzz you get from a great swap is from celebrating the money you saved by swapping instead of shopping. But swapping [...]

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  • Jeff Bennett: Everyone Has a Voice

    Jeff Bennett: Everyone Has a Voice

    You cannot let the masses define you. You have to take an active role in the discussion! In this social web everyone has a voice – that is the way it is – and the result is all of us are exposed to criticism and praise by those who have varying degrees of intormation. Swap.com is [...]

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  • 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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