<![CDATA[TulipTools Internet Business Owners and Online Sellers Community - Barter, Swap, and Haggle Sites]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:26:31 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[New Barter Site Fididel Opens...Watch this Space for the Closing Announcement]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-10592.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:24:28 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-10592.html Quote:A new online marketplace, Fididel.com, went live today and lets buyers and sellers barter in real-time, offering an alternative to fixed-price and auction style transactions.

"What Fididel delivers is real-time haggling and negotiation, and for sellers, pricing equilibrium with each buyer that comes to the site," said Hal Wendel, CEO of the start up, which is still in beta and expected to launch officially within the next three months. ...
full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/news...hp/3744821

I'm not impressed: http://www.fididel.com/

The VC who backed this site should have looked up the term "buyer experience" before handing over the cash.  If you thought last week's VC backed Wigix scored low on the buyer experience scale wait until you Fididel. Smile ]]> Quote:A new online marketplace, Fididel.com, went live today and lets buyers and sellers barter in real-time, offering an alternative to fixed-price and auction style transactions.

"What Fididel delivers is real-time haggling and negotiation, and for sellers, pricing equilibrium with each buyer that comes to the site," said Hal Wendel, CEO of the start up, which is still in beta and expected to launch officially within the next three months. ...
full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/news...hp/3744821

I'm not impressed: http://www.fididel.com/

The VC who backed this site should have looked up the term "buyer experience" before handing over the cash.  If you thought last week's VC backed Wigix scored low on the buyer experience scale wait until you Fididel. Smile ]]> <![CDATA[Leverage: new gift card management site launching]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9762.html Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:48:54 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9762.html Quote:Gift cards are expected to be the most widely-given gift this year, with 69 percent of consumers planning to buy them according to one survey. The annual value of gift cards in the U.S. is estimated to reach $100 billion next year, and about 27 percent  of people who get a gift card still have not redeemed it one year later. That came to $8 billion in unredeemed money in 2006.

Gift cards are a big, inefficient business. A new startup called Leverage wants to help you manage all of those gift cards with a service it is launching next week (probably on Thursday). On Leverage, you will be able to register all of your gift cards and keep track of how much you have left or stored on each one. You will also be able to buy gift cards, or swap them with others (like Swapagift). The site will also let you manage all of your loyalty reward programs, such as frequent-flyer or frequent-stay plans. To get people to register cards on the site, it will pay “interest” on the value stored on the cards (3.2 percent for cards bought through the site, and about 1 percent for cards bought elsewhere)...
full article: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/23/man...-leverage/

the Leverage website: http://www.leveragecard.com/home.htm]]> Quote:Gift cards are expected to be the most widely-given gift this year, with 69 percent of consumers planning to buy them according to one survey. The annual value of gift cards in the U.S. is estimated to reach $100 billion next year, and about 27 percent  of people who get a gift card still have not redeemed it one year later. That came to $8 billion in unredeemed money in 2006.

Gift cards are a big, inefficient business. A new startup called Leverage wants to help you manage all of those gift cards with a service it is launching next week (probably on Thursday). On Leverage, you will be able to register all of your gift cards and keep track of how much you have left or stored on each one. You will also be able to buy gift cards, or swap them with others (like Swapagift). The site will also let you manage all of your loyalty reward programs, such as frequent-flyer or frequent-stay plans. To get people to register cards on the site, it will pay “interest” on the value stored on the cards (3.2 percent for cards bought through the site, and about 1 percent for cards bought elsewhere)...
full article: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/23/man...-leverage/

the Leverage website: http://www.leveragecard.com/home.htm]]> <![CDATA[Barter, Swap, and Haggle Sites Resources at TulipTools Directory]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9268.html Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:47:16 -0400 regic]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9268.html http://www.tuliptools.com/directory/55/]]> http://www.tuliptools.com/directory/55/]]> <![CDATA[Review of 9 Online Swap Sites]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8957.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:45:47 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8957.html Quote:YouSwop  is a new community for bartering stuff you have lying around the house. The site is currently in private beta, and I got a chance to check it out.

With this site, you must use the YouSwop currency in order to participate in the site. Get 5 credits when you sign up, and more when you invite friends. From there, you can list an item to sell, include a photo, and indicate whether or not there are shipping costs involved. If you’re looking for something to buy, you can search by tag word or browse through categories, filter by price, date, the item’s condition and other factors. YouSwop is looking to build an open community for bartering, so things like charging for shipping costs are discouraged...
full article: http://mashable.com/2007/08/19/youswop/
the YouSwop site: www.youswop.com

Reviews of 8 more swap sites:

Quote: Online trading site Swaptree entered public beta this month after over a year in testing - it lets you swap books, music, DVDs and video games. In fact, online trading is a growing trend, with some new sites adding social networking to the mix. Today we look at 8 of the most interesting sites where you can trade the stuff you’ve got for the stuff you want....

SwitchPlanet - Going Green is the mantra of 2007 and Switch Planet plans to adhere to it. The site is still in beta and believes in the motto of “use more… waste less”. Lofty ambitions? Maybe, but for now it does look promising. It is based on the same principle as the above-mentioned services which means; sign up, list your items, make a preferences list and start swapping. SwitchPlanet is 100% free but you can buy additional points, which lets you skip the waiting period....

full article: http://mashable.com/2007/07/27/online-swaps/]]> Quote:YouSwop  is a new community for bartering stuff you have lying around the house. The site is currently in private beta, and I got a chance to check it out.

With this site, you must use the YouSwop currency in order to participate in the site. Get 5 credits when you sign up, and more when you invite friends. From there, you can list an item to sell, include a photo, and indicate whether or not there are shipping costs involved. If you’re looking for something to buy, you can search by tag word or browse through categories, filter by price, date, the item’s condition and other factors. YouSwop is looking to build an open community for bartering, so things like charging for shipping costs are discouraged...
full article: http://mashable.com/2007/08/19/youswop/
the YouSwop site: www.youswop.com

Reviews of 8 more swap sites:

Quote: Online trading site Swaptree entered public beta this month after over a year in testing - it lets you swap books, music, DVDs and video games. In fact, online trading is a growing trend, with some new sites adding social networking to the mix. Today we look at 8 of the most interesting sites where you can trade the stuff you’ve got for the stuff you want....

SwitchPlanet - Going Green is the mantra of 2007 and Switch Planet plans to adhere to it. The site is still in beta and believes in the motto of “use more… waste less”. Lofty ambitions? Maybe, but for now it does look promising. It is based on the same principle as the above-mentioned services which means; sign up, list your items, make a preferences list and start swapping. SwitchPlanet is 100% free but you can buy additional points, which lets you skip the waiting period....

full article: http://mashable.com/2007/07/27/online-swaps/]]> <![CDATA[Startup Swaptree becomes first site to allow 3-way and 4-way trading]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-3626.html Fri, 12 May 2006 07:59:49 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-3626.html Quote:Swaptree is the latest startup that's stealing a page from eBay's playbook -- and doing it one better by engineering trades that eBay can't

Swaptree isn't the first to try online bartering -- Peerflix, Bookins, and La La help people trade movies, books, and CDs, respectively, while SwapThing lets users combine goods, cash, and services.

But it is, significantly, the first site to pull off direct trades between more than two people: Thanks to a nifty algorithm designed by Boesel, Swaptree can engineer three- and even four-way trades among users who want different things...
full article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2.../index.htm]]> Quote:Swaptree is the latest startup that's stealing a page from eBay's playbook -- and doing it one better by engineering trades that eBay can't

Swaptree isn't the first to try online bartering -- Peerflix, Bookins, and La La help people trade movies, books, and CDs, respectively, while SwapThing lets users combine goods, cash, and services.

But it is, significantly, the first site to pull off direct trades between more than two people: Thanks to a nifty algorithm designed by Boesel, Swaptree can engineer three- and even four-way trades among users who want different things...
full article: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2.../index.htm]]> <![CDATA[Silicon Valley Entrepreneur's Online Swap Meet SwapThing Pins Hopes on Bartering]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-3294.html Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:07:56 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-3294.html Quote:Being flat broke gave Jessica Hardwick the inspiration to launch a business that encourages consumers to swap before they shop.

Hardwick is the CEO of SwapThing, a 15-month-old Internet start-up that is playing David to eBay's Goliath by giving its 40,000 members a new way to buy and sell online.

SwapThing lets member post items they want to sell, or to barter. The proprietary software developed for the site helps someone who wants, for example, to trade baby furniture for size 6 business suits, find someone with business suits who is looking for baby furniture. The site charges $1 for each swap or sale conducted through the site....
Quote:The start-up costs for the company were $150,000...

full article: http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr...VlRUV5eTI=]]> Quote:Being flat broke gave Jessica Hardwick the inspiration to launch a business that encourages consumers to swap before they shop.

Hardwick is the CEO of SwapThing, a 15-month-old Internet start-up that is playing David to eBay's Goliath by giving its 40,000 members a new way to buy and sell online.

SwapThing lets member post items they want to sell, or to barter. The proprietary software developed for the site helps someone who wants, for example, to trade baby furniture for size 6 business suits, find someone with business suits who is looking for baby furniture. The site charges $1 for each swap or sale conducted through the site....
Quote:The start-up costs for the company were $150,000...

full article: http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr...VlRUV5eTI=]]> <![CDATA[New Marketplaces Buy, Sell, Trade Gift Cards]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-1527.html Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:49:55 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-1527.html Quote:Instead of buying themselves a nice little something, thousands of people are selling unwanted gift cards at a discount, swapping them like baseball cards and buying them up to use for their holiday shopping.   

It has the air of a mini stock market: On Cardavenue.com yesterday, a $200 Best Buy gift card was going for $175 with less than a minute left to bid. Meanwhile, another user was looking to trade a $25 Gap card for one from eBay, Marshall's, Target, clothing store Guess or home furnishings store...

Total gift-card sales this year are expected to reach $66 billion...

...12 percent to 14 percent of those cards are likely to go unredeemed. That has created a growing "aftermarket" for the cards
full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...technology]]> Quote:Instead of buying themselves a nice little something, thousands of people are selling unwanted gift cards at a discount, swapping them like baseball cards and buying them up to use for their holiday shopping.   

It has the air of a mini stock market: On Cardavenue.com yesterday, a $200 Best Buy gift card was going for $175 with less than a minute left to bid. Meanwhile, another user was looking to trade a $25 Gap card for one from eBay, Marshall's, Target, clothing store Guess or home furnishings store...

Total gift-card sales this year are expected to reach $66 billion...

...12 percent to 14 percent of those cards are likely to go unredeemed. That has created a growing "aftermarket" for the cards
full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...technology]]>