Welcome to Swapping Ideas
Swap.com is leading the swapping movement both online and in communities around the world. We bring people together to swap their stuff through our website, mobile app, local events, homes, schools, and co-branded partnerships.
Swap Faster with Swap.com Mobile
Swap.com Mobile is a free iPhone is app that lets you scan items into your HAVE and WANT lists, manage your account, see what you can get for your stuff, and participate in swaps.Donate to Swap4Schools
Did you know teachers often end up buying their own classroom books?
Our swap community donates items for free!
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swap movement Archive
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#Swapportunity on the Market: Do the Swap with Yoplait Light
As everyone’s grandparents seemingly told them at some point in their lives: know-how will only get you so far in life, then sometimes you need the right tools for the job. We’re thrilled to have such amazing know-how featured on Swap.com this month, with new daily lifestyle swapping tips from our friends at Yoplait Light [...] -
Swap of the Day: Swap It, Don’t Stop It Campaign
My healthy eating radar is just buzzing with excitement over the Australian Heart Foundation’s latest healthy living campaign, Swap It, Don’t Stop it. A follow up on the Heart Foundation’s previous campaign, Measure Up, which encourages people to measure their waistlines and determine how the measurement affects their risk of some cancers, type 2 diabetes [...] -
Swapping Should Be FREE – So No More Transaction Fees
Swap.com has helped our members save nearly $13 million by swapping for items instead of purchasing them new. We have expanded rapidly in the last year including the introduction of Swap.com Mobile, Swap Local and Swap Events, helping us to expand in many ways in the U.S., and now abroad. Today we are on our [...] -
Find A Swap Event Near You – Swap.com Event Listings
Today’s post comes from Melissa Massello, one half of Swap.com’s tandem team of event experts – The Swapaholics. Melissa is our resident swap expert and event planner, coordinating all of Swap.com’s events around the country. It’s finally here! For months, ever since we officially joined forces with Swap.com, we’ve been hinting that BIG #SwapLove projects [...] -
Swaptree Acquires Swap.com to Become Largest Online Swap Site
It’s been a few months since I’ve officially jumped on board as CEO of Swaptree. In my inaugural note to all of you, I stressed that it is important that we get to know your needs, and learn ways we can enhance your experiences on Swaptree. I want to thank the many of you who [...] -
Jeff Bennett: Swapping Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
There is a huge opportunity for swapping goods and services. Trillions of dollars flow through swaps (and I dont mean interest rate swaps) of books, music, movies, games, skis, kids clothes, gift cards and many more categories every year. It’s a social experience – you likely tend to swap with friends, family or colleagues in [...] -
Swaptree in Shanghai:The Origins of the Swap
Swapping has been happening for centuries. The first people didn't buy goods from other people with money - instead they bartered; the exchange of personal possessions of value for other goods that you want. Livestock and agriculture were often used as a unit of exchange. -
Join the Revolution: Swaptree Announces the Swap Movement
For Earth Day 2010, Swap.com is redefining recycling and giving people across the United States a new way of going green and protecting the environment. Swap.com is “bringing bartering back” by enabling people to swap unused items for things they want! Swappers trade books, CDs, DVDs and video games – an emerging behavioral trend known [...]