YouSwop.com - Swap Your Stuff Securely

If you are the type of person who gradually accumulates too many things over the years and then all of a sudden realizes that your house is full of unnecessary clutter, a site like YouSwop could help you out without leaving you void of possessions. Unlike sites such as Ebay, YouSwop doesn’t allow users to sell items in the traditional sense. Instead, YouSwop lets you assign a value to your belongings in their pre-designated currency, YouSwop dollars (each YouSwop dollar is equivalent to one US dollar). When someone buys your item, you gain that same amount as a credit toward your next “Swop” (sale). Currently, only invited members can register for the site, as YouSwop wants to keep the community restricted to a trusted few.

“YouSwop.com is a Global Community for anyone with stuffs to exchange and trade for something they need.”

YouSwop has come up with an interesting new barter-and-trade system which could prove popular among those wary of Ebay scams, since there’s no actual money involved, and because its invite-only registration keeps your exchanges secure. If users become disheartened with other online buy-and-sell sites, YouSwop could blow up.

The site’s main language of operation is English, so why are there so many grammatical errors? When I ran searches for objects varying in obscurity from “handbag” to “Crime and Punishment”, only one item actually came up (a handbag). The concept of invite-only registration may not be enough to lure Ebay or Amazon users if it negatively impacts variety and selection.