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   <title>A Golden Swapportunity</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/158</link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, May 14th 2012, 16:05 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[Lisa
may be new to the swap game, but securing her first trade has
kicked her new bartering lifestyle off to the right start. With an
amazing exchange under her belt, Lisa can now see the endless
swapportunities in everyday life.

Lisa traded her Moissanite three-stone 14k white gold ring for the
Caran D'ache luxury fountain pen posted by Meka,
an active Swapsity member.

&ldquo;I would never have been able to purchase the fountain pen
with money made selling my ring,&rdquo; says Lisa. &ldquo;But, in a
swap scenario, Meka and I were able to both obtain items of similar
value, with no loss in cost to either of us.&rdquo;

With her ring collecting dust, and the realization of a resale
value too low for her liking, Lisa decided to give bartering a try.
By swapping her ring, Lisa was able to pass it on to a new owner
while getting something she wanted, yet was too expensive to buy,
in return. Swapping their luxury items meant a win-win situation
for Lisa and Meka.

Lisa has been on Swapsity since 2009, but it wasn&rsquo;t until she
became inspired by a TV show that featured neighbours trading items
and skills to keep the cost of living down that she listed her ring
on the site. Two days later, she had an offer from Meka.

"My first swap with Meka went wonderfully," says Lisa. "Meka has
lots of
great items and skills listed and she was inspirational in
showing me how swapping could be a viable alternative to purchasing
and selling your wares or skills. After coming to an agreement on a
successful swap for both of us, we were able to meet up and swap
our items. It was such a great swap because I'm of the mind that
sometimes I don't always know what I need or will appreciate until
it shows up."



Meka says that she listed her luxury pen because the natural way
she holds her pen doesn't work well with fountain pens. "Putting it
on Swapsity was kind of a lark. I didn't think anyone would
actually want it! As for the ring, I'm into sparkly stuff. I've
been looking at a lot of rings lately and for one to show up on
Swapsity seemed so synchronistic that I just had to ask Lisa if she
wanted anything I had to offer."

Based on this swap experience, Lisa advises other swappers that an
open mind yields the best results. She plans on keeping her
Wishlist open-ended so that she can see what interesting offers may
come her way. Now that she has had a highly successful swap
experience, Lisa doesn&rsquo;t plan to stop any time soon, saying,
"I've been bitten by the swap bug and am now looking at everything
with swap potential in mind."

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   <title>Smash Hit Swap at the Green Living Show</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/157</link>
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   <pubDate>Fri, Apr 27th 2012, 13:31 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[Swapsity brought barter to the 
Green Living Show with phenomenal results, showing Torontonians
there truly is a green way to shop.



We&rsquo;re getting to be pros at organizing large-scale swap meets and with each event
we strive to do things bigger, better and bolder. On the weekend of
April 13-15, we hosted a three-day Movie Music Eco-Swap marathon at
the Green Living Show, Canada&rsquo;s largest green consumer show.
To our delight, we saw thousands of swap successes happen right
before our eyes. The Swap Zone was booming with positive energy, a
great vibe and so many excited swappers. It was a pleasure seeing
the happy expressions and hearing the excited chatter when swappers
started growing their media libraries through barter. We loved
every minute of it!


The much-loved event was kicked off with over 200 swappable
items leftover from past events, which meant that swappers could
get started right away. Over the course of the swap the tables were
brimming with various CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and vinyl records as far
as the eye could see. By the end of the three days
2,800 were
swapped and a total of 3,437 media were
recycled and
diverted from landfills. That&rsquo;s over $21,000 that Torontonians
were able to save by swapping instead of shopping! The remaining
850 items are going to start off the next swap meet, happening
July 21st. We also
polled swappers as they left the Swap Zone and 90% of surveyed
swappers indicated they left very happy.



Here are some of our favourite memories and moments from the Movie
Music Eco-Swap:

When we asked swappers why they loved swapping they shared the
following: &ldquo;smart!!&rdquo; &ldquo;no money involved,&rdquo;
&ldquo;neat way to not waste,&rdquo; &ldquo;availability of it to
everyone&rdquo; and &ldquo;just makes sense.&rdquo; We
couldn&rsquo;t agree more!
One eager swapper brought us a cart with 81 items.
A spontaneous volunteer, Eddi, joined us when the Swap Zone
traffic suddenly peaked on Sunday afternoon. Being a music
aficionado and an avid swapper, Eddi contributed 99 items to the
swap! He took back 93 'new' swappables for his media library.
He&rsquo;s sure to be back to renew his library again at the next
swap on July 21st!
We got 
accolades from BlogTO who picked us as one of the 
Top 5 among the 400+ exhibitors at the Green Living Show.
That&rsquo;s like being in the top 1% of your school class. What an
amazing honour!
Some movies were checked-in but never made it to the table!
Titles like Lord of the Rings, Last Samurai and
Gone in 60 Seconds were so popular they were traded, hand
to hand, between swappers.
The event had a strong green spirit. We let a few eager
swappers who didn&rsquo;t bring any media use green pledges to
swap. They made promises like to participate in Meatless Mondays,
start a home kitchen composter or to switch to paperless
billing.
To keep the Swap Zone money free, we happily declined any
offers to pay in cash for media from the tables. Swaps only!
Enthusiastic feedback poured in, during and after the three day
swap marathon:

&ldquo;Such a fantastic idea! More!
More of these!&rdquo;
&ldquo;You&rsquo;re awesome.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Scored some great records! Better selection than DVDs I
bought.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Fantabulous!! Will be swapping a lot more.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Best thing ever&rdquo;
&ldquo;What a great way to trade!&rdquo;

It&rsquo;s in these moments from the Swap Zone that we see the
humanity behind barter transactions when cash and credit are taken
out of the equation. Some swappers found a piece of nostalgia among
the movies and music that captured their youth in a way that
nothing else could. For instance, Erella, found her favourite Miles
Davis album, while another swapper was reunited with a relative at
our swap. Watch this this video to hear his uncanny story!

One man's trash is indeed another's treasure. We witnessed an
example of this when a swapper who dropped off District 9
on DVD and told us just how much she disliked the film. Minutes
later another swapper swooped in on the DVD and couldn&rsquo;t
contain his excitement. He loved the movie! We found some swappers
were not into the 70s and 80s music, while others loved it and were
enthused to pick up some cool vintage stuff. The lesson? Everyone
has a different and changing tastes and that&rsquo;s why it makes
sense to swap stuff!


We even had a section dedicated to family-friendly media items.
Speaking of things that kids love, did you see our sweet and swap
savvy mascot, Swaptopus?

She was hanging about the booth giving hugs and posing for
photos. Friday saw a lot of school age kids on field trips come
through and Swaptopus, always a hit with the kids, was practically
the star of the show!

We have so many people to thank for making this event possible
and it starts with the fabulous and dedicated volunteers without
whom we could not have delivered such a successful event. From
planning to execution, the swap was run 100% on volunteer power and
because of them the energy was always high, the smiles were always
beaming and the swaps never stopped. &nbsp;


A very big thank you as well to the swappers who came out and see
us! You&rsquo;re the reason we do this and none of this would be
possible without you. We also want to thank the wonderful Green
Living Show organizers who did a phenomenal job putting the whole
show together and running everything smoothly.

Last but certainly not least, thank you to our friends at
Brook's Delectable Chocolates, Cg6 and TKMT who generously lent us
some supplies for the swap, allowing us to keep things more green.
You rock!

To date, the Movie Music Eco-Swaps in 2011 and 2012 have resulted
in more than 8,000 media items being recycled, 6,000 swapped and
over $45,000 in savings.


If you couldn&rsquo;t make it to the show, don&rsquo;t sweat it.
There&rsquo;s another chance to get your swap on at the Live Green
Toronto Festival, happening July 21st at
Yonge and Dundas Square.



Last year, we swept
Toronto off it's feet with a massive and super popular swap
right in the heart of the city. Coming off of the Green Living Show
success, we&rsquo;re really pumped to get started on the Live Green
Toronto Festival swap!


Help us spread the word on Twitter using the hashtag #SwapZoneTO and invite your
Facebook
friends.

See you on July
21st!

&nbsp;

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   <title>Celebrate Earth Month at Green Living Show</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/156</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/156</guid>
   <pubDate>Mon, Apr 9th 2012, 23:56 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[Swapsity is celebrating Earth Month in a big way this year!
We&rsquo;re organizing a three-day swap
marathon at the 
Green Living Show and we&rsquo;ve set an ambitious goal of
recycling 10,000 media items. The event is the first of its kind
for the eco-show and the first three-day swap event for
Swapsity.

If you've been looking for a way to participate in
the&nbsp;collaborative
consumption movement, this is your chance. Trade all the
gently-used CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and vinyl you&rsquo;re bored with
for something that&rsquo;s new to you! Snap a photo with our
beloved mascot, the Swaptopus&mdash;she&rsquo;s a hit with kids! Be
sure to bring your
friends and family because the more swappers who take part, the
more swappables you can to choose from!


Our last Movie
Music Eco-Swap was a huge success. Swappers saved a ton of
money and had a lot of fun. This time around, you can expect that
same positive energy but bigger and bolder! If you&rsquo;re new to
Swapsity or the swapping movement, our swap at the Green Living
Show is a great opportunity to meet our team and jump right into
swapping.

See you there!

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   <title>From eBay Shopper to Swapsity Swapper</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/155</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/155</guid>
   <pubDate>Tue, Mar 20th 2012, 11:50 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[In just two months,
Laurie&rsquo;s gone from avid shopper to pro swapper. With seven
successful swaps under her belt, she is no stranger to barter
success.

Since joining Swapsity in January, she&rsquo;s swapped handmade
jewellery, a laptop backpack, a digital camera, a Himalayan salt
lamp and more for things like an answering machine, DVDs, books,
housewares, a silver pendant and beading supplies. While she checks
Swapsity regularly for new opportunities, doesn&rsquo;t hesitate to
initiate contact and constantly updates her profile with new items,
it&rsquo;s Laurie&rsquo;s willingness to go the extra mile for her
fellow swappers that has made her trades so successful.

From dropping off the heavy Himalayan salt lamp by car for one swap
partner to thoroughly cleaning out the laptop backpack for another,
Laurie&rsquo;s
profile is swarming with positive
feedback. Fellow swappers rave about her friendly disposition,
clear communication, willingness to negotiate and prompt arrival
for swap exchanges. It&rsquo;s clear Laurie is passionate about
swapping on Swapsity.

&ldquo;I really like the philosophy behind the site,&rdquo; she
says, adding that she&rsquo;s met some really friendly and
interesting fellow swappers. &ldquo;Plus when you can see someone
who really likes what they get and can use it, it&rsquo;s a good
Karma feeling.&rdquo;

It&rsquo;s also a feeling Laurie has been able to share with her
family. A swap for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD
turned out to have more than just a material value.

&ldquo;Someone told my nephew about the show and he's been wanting
to see it,&rdquo; says Laurie. &ldquo;We've been watching the DVDs
together during our weekly visit and he just loves it and really
looks forward to it. That has been unexpected and fun.&rdquo;

Laurie&rsquo;s nephew isn&rsquo;t the only family member to benefit
from her barter efforts. She&rsquo;s always on the lookout for
items that she thinks her friends and family would enjoy. Plus, now
that her family is checking out Swapsity, they&rsquo;re interested
in the items she has up for trade&mdash;even things they turned
down when she offered them up in person.

For Laurie, the appeal of swapping extends far beyond showering her
family with gifts. It&rsquo;s a way to shop without spending and
cut down on clutter.

&ldquo;I like shopping and getting new toys and this is a way to do
that without spending money,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;If I had to
buy the things I got, it would have been at least $200 or
more.&rdquo;


Once an avid eBay user, Laurie loves no longer getting a credit
card bill at the end of the month, appreciates how easy Swapsity is
to use and enjoys the different features that help promote her
items, like the ability to add video to her listings. Barter has
also made her re-examine her possessions and think about what she
needs and how the things she can do without might be useful for
someone else.

&ldquo;I like the fact that it utilizes a resource you already have
that is not being used, stuff you own or services you can provide
and the transaction creates no waste, no packaging, no expenditure
of money,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;All you spend is your
time.&rdquo;

Networking is another unexpected bonus of swapping, according to
Laurie. She views it as an inexpensive way to get your product or
service out in the public eye with a lot of
potential&mdash;she&rsquo;s already seen an increase in traffic to
her website!
Swapsity&rsquo;s networking opportunities have also allowed Laurie
to better serve the customers at her day job, where she sells video
equipment. A fellow swapper was offering video transfers from
VHS to DVD,
which Laurie&rsquo;s customers often inquire about. Now she can
pass along the business to this Swapsity member and give her
customers the answers they&rsquo;re looking for.

For anyone seeking swap success, following Laurie&rsquo;s lead can
help you reap some amazing barter benefits. She checks the website
every few days and, with an open mind, looks around for items that
appeal to her. Browsing through different categories has helped her
find items she hadn&rsquo;t thought of at first. If she finds
something she likes, Laurie reads the swapper&rsquo;s profile to
get a feel for what they might want in return. Then, she reaches
out and makes a move, calling her swap experience a mix between
matchmaking and thrift store shopping.

It&rsquo;s a strategy that proven lucrative for Laurie and is sure
to pay off for the rest of her swap career!

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   <title>De-clutter with a Swap Party!</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/154</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/154</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, Mar 4th 2012, 08:15 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[
A home is
an unexplored treasure trove of things&mdash;spaces full of with
clothes, books or outgrown toys. It may be a collection of stuff
you no longer need but these items could be perfect for someone
else. Give new life to your clutter with a swap party!

Hosting a swap party is a fun and social way to de-clutter. Invite
your friends to offer up pre-loved items that no longer fit their
lifestyles. Swaps themes are endless&mdash;accessories, movies and
games, for example. In the spirit of de-cluttering, encourage
guests to only take what they really need and donate the rest to
charity.

In just one day, you will help the environment by recycling,
acquire new items without spending a dime, and enjoy the company of
good friends.

Want to host a swap party on your own? Check out our how-to-guide
for a successful, fun and social swap day!

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   <title>Clutter as Currency</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/153</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/153</guid>
   <pubDate>Wed, Feb 29th 2012, 12:19 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[By Shannon
Simmons

Stuff,
stuff, stuff and more stuff! Is anyone else tuning into home decor
shows for neat ways to hide and deal with their stuff? I know I
am.

We live in a consumer-based economy and it shows in our drawers,
shelves and closets. If you&rsquo;re anything like me, spring
cleaning is not just about making the house ready for
summer&mdash;it&rsquo;s also about de-cluttering, or, as I like to
call it, &ldquo;de-stuffing.&rdquo;

Barter is the perfect tool to make the most of your spring cleaning
this year.

Go through your house and put your stuff into these piles:


1.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Items that stay
2.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Items to sell
3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Unknown items (items that you&rsquo;re just not sure what to do
with)

Chances are, everything in the &ldquo;sell&rdquo; and
&ldquo;unknown&rdquo; piles can be swapped. This is where the real
fun begins. Generally, if we can&rsquo;t sell something directly
for a profit, we don&rsquo;t see the value in the item and it ends
up at Goodwill or in the garbage. With barter, we can bring those
items to a swap meet,
post them online
or trade with our neighbours. Barter gives your pre-loved items a
brand new value and allows all the items in your house to be used
as currency. &nbsp;

Try swapping items for health and fitness services, business
advice, beauty services&mdash;whatever you need! As long as you
don&rsquo;t end up bringing another unneeded item home with you,
you&rsquo;ve de-cluttered and saved yourself money down the road.
Does it get any better?

Once you&rsquo;re free and clear of your clutter, take a deep
breath and enjoy the peace that it brings. Make it a goal to be
mindful in the upcoming year of things that you
need and things that you simply
want.

We have access to credit cards, which allow us instantly to have
more stuff. We are able to purchase on impulses and we wind up
carting home things that we don&rsquo;t need at all. Things that we
may not even really want.

Barter helps to keep our clutter in check. Since bartering takes a
bit of time and effort, we can&rsquo;t instantly have items or
services, like with credit. This is healthy. With barter, we only
end up setting up trades for the items and services that are really
important to us, that have a lot of value. It&rsquo;s a wonderful
way of sorting out our wants vs. our needs so we can live within
our means easily. If we make an effort to barter more, we will
discover that we are not only saving more money, we will want less
stuff. It&rsquo;s a double financial positive.

So, during your spring
cleaning/de-cluttering, use your pre-loved goods as currency to
save your money and barter more. Get clear about what your stuff
really means to you.

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   <title>Skill Swap Brings Repeated Rewards</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/152</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/152</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, Feb 12th 2012, 08:08 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[As
a busy entrepreneur named one of Toronto&rsquo;s top personal
trainers, Igor
needed a way to relax and recharge. Enter Natalia,
a foot reflexologist looking for help getting fit but unwilling to
pay the expensive cost of a personal trainer. Now these two have
joined forces, swapping physical fitness for
foot therapy
and forging a long-term deal that&rsquo;s left both parties in swap
bliss!

&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy with our arrangement,&rdquo; says
Natalia, after meeting with Igor several times, treating him to an
hour of foot reflexology for a personalized training session and
exercise regimen to follow on her own time. &ldquo;Igor is giving
me the tools I need to get the results I want, and keeps me
motivated and driven.&rdquo;

Igor&rsquo;s last swap deal saw him trading a fitness consultation
for a Reiki treatment and left him on the lookout for another way
to take a break from his hectic lifestyle, which he&rsquo;s found
in Natalia&rsquo;s therapeutic hands. For Natalia, it meant reaping
her favourite benefit of swapping&mdash;getting something she
couldn&rsquo;t otherwise afford.
Igor encourages other swappers to find their perfect
arrangement, even if that means thinking outside the box.

&ldquo;In some cases, it makes sense to swap hour for hour, in some
cases, dollar for dollar, and in some cases, result for
result,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;For instance, in an exchange of
marketing for personal training, an exchange might be three new
leads in exchange for help losing six pounds. Determine what type
of swap makes the most sense in your situation.&rdquo;

Natalia believes finding the right
swap is all about reaching out to your fellow swappers.

&ldquo;Even if an individual doesn't have your item or service on
their wishlist, message them anyway and see if they're
interested,&rdquo; she says.

By following their own advice, these two swappers are putting their
skills to work and embarking on a rewarding relationship
that&rsquo;ll benefit both their bodies and minds.

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   <title>Martin Returns With a Robot Trade</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/151</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/151</guid>
   <pubDate>Sat, Feb 4th 2012, 12:38 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[After a
break from
his barter mission, Martin
Provost is back in action and ready to make his eighth swap.
Martin took some time off after his daughter Emma was born in
September. Congratulations to Martin and his family on their new
addition! Now he&rsquo;s back in barter business and feeling very
optimistic about his quest to swap his way to a
Tesla Roadster.

Martin recently traded a $3,000 credit to build an online store for
two cute, customizable and eco-friendly robots, now up for
trade on Swapsity.

&ldquo;My current item is unique in a sense that you will have full
creative input into the building process of these two Nerdbots. You
will work directly with the owners, Nicholas and Angela, and will
be able to include your own parts and company logo if you
wish,&rdquo; says Martin. &ldquo;Nerdbots are also made from
reclaimed materials&mdash;nerdy and green!&rdquo;

Martin&rsquo;s latest item is perfect for a techie looking to
showcase their inner geek, a company seeking a tech-friendly mascot
or a one-of-a-kind promotional item. Nicholas and Angela, the
husband-and-wife team behind Nerdbots, repurpose junk found at
scrapyards, antique shops and thrift stores to build their unique
robot sculptures. No two Nerdbots are the same&mdash;in fact, each
adoptable robot comes with a name and bio, including a list of
hobbies and interests.

Want to take home a robot of your own? Check out Martin&rsquo;s
latest item
on Swapsity and make him an offer!

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   <title>Less Stuff = More Happiness</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/150</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/150</guid>
   <pubDate>Sat, Jan 28th 2012, 09:18 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[If you were to edit your life, what would you delete? Treehugger
founder, Graham Hill has done just that. Spending years editing
unnecessary items has led him to one simple conclusion: less stuff,
less space = more happiness. Graham lays our three rules for
editing your life:

Edit Ruthlessly: let go of clutter
Think Small: focus on space efficiency
Make Multifunctional: use space and housewares
that have multiple purposes

Check out his inspirational TED talk!








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   <title>Think Outside the Barter Box!</title>
   <link>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/149</link>
   <guid>http://www.swapsity.ca//posts/view/149</guid>
   <pubDate>Tue, Jan 24th 2012, 09:42 PST</pubDate>
   <description><![CDATA[By Shannon
Simmons
 During my
year living on
barter, I learned that I have many more skills to swap than
just what I do for a living&mdash;it was an important lesson.

When I started bartering, I didn&rsquo;t think outside the box
about what I could offer people. I only offered up my financial advice for
trade. This really limited what I was able to swap for.

Not everyone I wanted to trade with needed financial advice and
when a potential trading partner said they didn&rsquo;t need
advice, I would just give up.

Now, I know better. We all have skills and items to trade far
beyond our 9 &ndash; 5. In fact, we have more skills and items to
trade than we do to sell! It&rsquo;s amazing what we can use as
currency besides our hard earned cash. I&rsquo;ve bartered an extra
Wii console I received on barter for a working vacuum, my partner
trades use of his PlayStation for carpooling from the Go Train. In
addition, I&rsquo;ve learned so many new skills from bartering that
I can now teach people and increase my own offerings. I can teach
people how to churn butter, do
interior painting and bake homemade bread. My trading repertoire is
so much larger since I started bartering.
It&rsquo;s a good idea to offer a variety of
professional and personal skills to maximize your bartering
opportunities.
First off, think of anything in your house that you would
normally sell on Craigslist&mdash;you can barter that.&nbsp; Also,
you can barter the use of items in your house that you would never
be able to sell. For example, you can barter the use your tent for
a weekend to someone who needs one but doesn&rsquo;t want to spend
the money to buy it new. Or, you can drive your pick-up truck and
help someone de-junk their house. You&rsquo;d never be able to sell
these online, but with barter, everyday items become forms of
currency.
Also, your hobbies and skills can easily be transformed into
barter bucks!&nbsp; You may not sell your savvy IT repairs or your
sewing skills as a business but with barter you can swap them in
exchange for other items and skills you need!
 Finding
items and skills to trade outside of your own profession is a real
asset. Keep an open mind and don&rsquo;t give up too easily.
You&rsquo;ve got skills to get what you really need and save your
cash!

TIP: Check out Swapsity&rsquo;s Swap Wizard to get
started.

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