Features

Trading / Swapping

Don’t want to spend a dime? How about trading or swapping? Sick of a book, movie, or album? Trade it for something fresh.

Bookcrossing: Leave a book for someone else to discover from over three million registered books.

BookHopper: UK-based swap site where users pay the cost of shipping.

Bookins: Trade books for the cost of shipping. The site provides postage and tracks packages.

BookRelay: “If you see something you like in the relay index, click on the relay name to see the full list for that particular relay. Then pick a book on your BookCrossing bookshelf that you’d like to offer in trade. You can then accept the offered book, and your offer goes to the top of the list.”

BookMooch: Community for trading used books.

Distributed Library Project: For San Francisco Bay Area only. A virtual library experiment for books, videos, and music.

Flickflop: Trade used DVD movies against its inventory of DVD movies without waiting to see if a DVD available. No membership fees or commitments. Costs $1.99 per movie for packaging and handling.

FrugalReader: Trade books and pay only cost of shipping.

Lala.com: Trade and buy CDs.

PaperBackSwap: Get credit for every book you mail.

SwapSwop: Exchange books, CDs, DVDs, games, and gift cards using a point system.

Swapthing: Exchange or barter anything for a transaction fee of $1.

SwapTree: Swap books, CDs, DVDs, and video games paying only for postage.

SwitchPlanet.com: Trade used DVDs, CDs and video games.

Titletrader: Trade books, CDs, and DVDs through a point system. Over 180,000 items listed.

WhatsOnMyBookshelf?: Exchange books using a point system.

ZunaFish: Trade books, CDs, and DVDs for a buck.

Please add others by leaving a comment. Since there are so many choices, share your favorites and why.

Updated: May 31, 2007