Swaprocks! Launches Online Swapping Service Internet Start-Up Offers Alternative to Traditional Auction Sites by Swapping CDs, DVDs and Video Games

“We’re very excited to be filling a market niche that desperately needs to be filled,” said Frank Bridges, co-founder and CEO of Swaprocks! “Music downloading is growing in leaps and bounds, but people are still buying CDs, DVDs and video games. There are millions of unwanted items out there with no viable source for them to be taken to. Auctions are time consuming and expensive, and if you try selling them to a retail store they’ll only pay you a fraction of the going rate.”

Online Swapping Without the Worry of Going To Jail
Swaprocks! is like a peer-to-peer swapping site, but with tangible items. Once an individual is done with an item they’ve swapped, they can offer it back to the community.

Swaprocks! works by individuals completing the free registration process and then offering the CDs, DVDs and video games they no longer want to the community - listing is always free. When a member wants one of their items, the member who is taking the item is billed $.99, and the member who is offering it is alerted to mail the item. When the item is received the sender receives a “Swap Credit.” This Swap Credit can be used to take one of anything on the site.


“We’ve simplified things as much as possible by giving everything the value of One,” said Bridges. “If you have 17 items you don’t want, you should be able to get 17 items you do want. It doesn’t matter if someone took a CD from you and you use your Swap Credit to take a DVD. Our whole concept is pretty simple: out with the old, and in with the new.”

Members can also earn Swap Credits by simply listing items - one credit for offering an initial five items, and a second Swap Credit for listing another 10 items. Another way to receive a Swap Credit is through either purchasing a 5-pack o’ Mailers or T-Shirts in the Swaprocks! Swag Shop.

In this digital age, Swaprocks! is focusing on the analog. “I can’t believe that music download sites will charge someone $12 for a release, and the consumer is willing to pay for it when they aren’t getting anything tangible and graphic like the artwork and case, and if they don’t like it they have nothing to resale,” said Bridges. “That leaves consumers with the only option of illegally downloading through one of the peer-to-peer sites, and that is very risky because it’s only a matter of time until these sites are shut down or you get handed a subpoena. I might live for rock ‘n roll, but I’m not willing to sit in a jail cell to listen to it.”


About Swaprocks!
Swaprocks! LLC is an online forum for swapping CDs, DVDs and video games. There are no registration fees to become a member, and listing items is always free. The only fee incurred is when an item is taken, and this $.99 fee is only to the member who is taking the item. In addition, Swaprocks! has partnered with PayPal and Amazon.com. Amazon.com provides a smooth listing process as well as an avenue to fulfill some of your other shopping needs. PayPal provides convenient and secure payment options whether you are a PayPal member or not. Because of Swaprocks! many unique features, intuitive interface and minimal fee, it is the best swapping game going on the internet. For more information, visit www.swaprocks.com


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