| SwapThing.com Launches SwapServices To Help Small Businesses and Services Save and Make Money |
Cupertino, Calif., October 24, 2006 - SwapThing.com, the leader in online swapping, announced the introduction of SwapServices, a new and unique way for service providers to advertise their business, swap services, and save money. The new subscription gives registered users the power to advertise their services to a wide audience of SwapThing users, along with the flexibility to swap or sell their service..... More
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NewJersey.com, Friday, April 14, 2006 |
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Online Swap meet offers alternative to eBay
By JOAN VERDON, STAFF WRITER
Being flat broke gave Jessica Hardwick the
inspiration to launch a business that encourages
consumers to swap before they shop.
Hardwick is the CEO of SwapThing, a 15-month-old
Internet start-up that is playing David to eBay’s
Goliath by giving its 40,000 members a new way to buy
and sell online....... More
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Houston Chronicle, April 11, 2006, 12:05PM
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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) --
SwapThing announces its worldwide online grand opening
at swapthing.com—enabling the exchange of any
combination of items and services between consumers and
small businesses, using cash to offset unequal
deals....... More
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| San Jose Mercury News,
USA - Mar 24, 2006 |
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By Michele Chandler BARTER WEB SITE: Jessica Hardwick
was the kid who, the day after Halloween, persuaded
her buddies to take the candy she didn't like in
exchange for sweets that she'd rather have. When
Hardwick's cat got sick a few years ago, the Internet
entrepreneur persuaded the vet to treat Pixel for free
in exchange for her installing Quickbook accounting
software in the vet's office computer and completing
the doctor's first three months' billings....... More
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| GOOD MORNING AMERICA |
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’Tis the Season to Regift, Recycle and Reuse.
Simple Solutions to Repurpose Unwanted Holiday Gifts.
Dec. 29, 2005 Swapthing.com claims to cure the “
unwanted gift syndrome“ by letting users swap or
sell unwanted gifts. It’s both a swap meet and a
garage sale online........ More
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| Entrepreneur magazine |
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Barter's back, new home networks and more
December 2005 Tech Buzz 12/05 Swap Hop
Bartering hasn't disappeared; it's just gone
high-tech. SwapThing.com is a site designed for
exchanging goods and services. The thousands of
listings cover everything from used computers to
graphic design and branding services. Businesses can
swap their excess inventory, ........ More
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| The Silicon Valley/San Jose
Business Journal |
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By Lynn Graebner, August 22, 2005,
The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Good businesses are often born of necessity. Jessica
Hardwick, founder and chief executive officer of
Web-based bartering company SwapThing
Inc. hopes tight pocketbooks and need will fuel
not only her initial new venture, but its most recent
cousin, ShareThing, for nonprofits ........ More
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| Chicago Tribune |
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By Mary Daniels, July 31, 2005, Tribune staff reporter
If the oppressive summer heat has caused your
enthusiasm for hitting the garage sales to evaporate
or you have boxes of take-out clutter from cleaning
closets, take comfort in this: That stuff is still
good. There is a new alternative for shoppers,
collectors and frugal types ........ More
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| The Boston Globe |
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | June 1, 2005
WOODSIDE, Calif. — Silicon Valley is reinventing
itself again.
After high, low, Silicon Valley takes a pragmatic path
New ventures look beyond tech realm.
Five years after the dot-com implosion, entrepreneurs
and technology companies across this high-tech
peninsula are dusting themselves off and moving into
new businesses and markets. ........ More |
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