Trade Stuff With Other People Online

By Katina Brady


For years folks have exchanged things they have for things they need without using cash. This a practice called bartering and has been around for decades. Today, people call this kind of exchange a swap or trading. There are several reasons folks want to trade stuff with other people. There are also many internet web sites that help folks exchange their things with others.

Many of the online trading sites are dedicated to specific items. These sites make it quick and easy for people to find what they want for what they have to trade. Rather than use cash to purchase the things you need or want, you have the option to use the bartering system. You can simply exchange an item for another of similar value that someone else is exchanging.

Before everyone had internet access it was a little harder to find items and folks willing to trade. Usually people packed their stuff up and took it to the different swapping meets. In many situations this system worked very well. Unfortunately, people could spend quite a bit of time going to the different meets and end up leaving with their own stuff.

There are sites that trade everything but often you will be more successful searching the sites that cater to the particular item for which you are looking. An example is the paperback book site. This is an ideal site for folks who like to read and have an abundance of books. While they can take them to a secondhand book store, when they can swap online they can do so quickly and not need to pay any money.

You can even trade the clothing your kids have grown out of from items in their size. There are also sharing cooperatives that give folks the opportunity to trade for car pooling, pet sitting, or babysitting. These community sites are joined by the folks in your neighborhood so they are families with whom you already have a relationship.

There are also game trading sites designed for exchanging games and game equipment. These sites allow folks to post a library of their items for others to browse. Users can search libraries for items and set up trades with each other. The site users are responsible for shipping the items to one another.

There are other game trading sites that assign a point value to all items. If someone wants one of your items and has enough points, you ship it and receive a credit of those points. You can then use the points to request an item you want. This type of bartering does work well but it may not be as much fun as other sites.

Rather than taking all your stuff to different swap meets you might want to give internet trading a try. If you have several items that are in a specific category, such as books or video games, check out those sites dedicated to trading those items. Although the sites that take everything are entertaining to visit, they do not always have what you want.




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