swaptree Archive

  • Coming Soon to Swaptree: Blu-ray and Audio Books

    Coming Soon to Swaptree: Blu-ray and Audio Books

    You asked for it, we're giving it to you. Coming soon to Swaptree are two new categories: Blue-ray and audio books (and cheers erupt from fans in the stands!).

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  • Jeff Bennett: Swapping Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

    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 [...]

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  • Swaptree Goes Retro With Video Game Platforms

    Swaptree Goes Retro With Video Game Platforms

    Are you the master of Pitfall? The King of Donkey Kong? The Prince of Pac-Man? Break out your joysticks and plug in your consoles, because Swaptree is going retro...

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  • Swaptree Sees the World, and Swaps for it

    Swaptree Sees the World, and Swaps for it

    If you’ve been following Swaptree on Facebook you know we’ve been very busy traveling the world and finding new things to swap for. Sure, we still swap our books, CDs, DVDs and video games – after all, a girl needs her bag of fun when flying all over the world – but we’ve picked up [...]

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  • Swaptree’s ‘Storybook Ending’

    Swaptree’s ‘Storybook Ending’

    Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, in a land called "Bahston", the Swaptree team spent a summer working on new member initiatives and adding new products to our platform. The initiatives launched earlier than planned, thanks to an upsetting basketball game against the LA Lakers...

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  • Jeff Bennett: From Summer Reading to Online Swapping

    Jeff Bennett: From Summer Reading to Online Swapping

    I have to admit that I was not a big reader as a kid. Of course I enjoyed books, but I enjoyed the outdoors, sports and being with friends and family a whole lot more. It's safe to say that in my earlier years, "summer reading" was not always top of mind.

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  • Green by Design’s Summer Light Challenge

    Green by Design’s Summer Light Challenge

    We love a good challenge at Swaptree, so when we found out our friend’s at Green by Design were hosting a Summer Light Challenge, we had to get in on it. In an effort to help you consume less and live a greener life, the folks at Green by Design are challenging you to pick [...]

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  • Money-saving strategies for living well on a budget

    Money-saving strategies for living well on a budget

    We found this great article from Orlando Sentinel this morning and had to share (not just for the fact that Swaptree is mentioned, but because there are some great tips to consolidating your finances!).

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  • CBS Shows St. Louis What Swaptree is all About

    CBS Shows St. Louis What Swaptree is all About

    The Show Me State showed Swaptree some love this week! We appeared in a segment on St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV-TV with Swapper Rachel Flavin, to show the good people of Missouri how going green with Swaptree can help simplify your life, and your bank account.

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  • LibraryThing.com Integrates with Swaptree

    LibraryThing.com Integrates with Swaptree

    We’re psyched to see announce that LibraryThing.com has integrated with Swaptree. LibraryThing is the one of the world’s largest books clubs and helps avid readers catalog their books, connect with other readers and find new books to read. LibraryThing and Swaptree joined forces to help readers discover new books and swap for them! If you’re [...]

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