Who would’ve thought that swapping stuff over the internet could be made into a business. Hitflip.co.uk is doing just that, formerly known as Swopex.

The system works by you setting up your account and building your library of stuff you no longer want. You can then post them to anybody you want once they request it. When you post it you get a ‘Flip’ added to your account, which is HitFlip currency, and you can use that to request stuff you want from other community members. If you request an item from somebody you are charged a small fee, the lowest being 79p { $1.5 }

Sounds very easy to game right, well with social networks and sites such as this a lot of the business is being based on trust and HitFlip has a guarantee that states that they will reimburse your transaction fee if you did not receive the item or if the sent item does not work, like a bad DVD or game. The member that does cheat you faces banning. So play right and you get to keep swapping, don’t and you get booted.

HitFlip is a UK based business that allows you to Swap movies, books and games in Great Britain, so for all my UK based readers here’s something for you guys to play with over the weekend.

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Hyder has been blogging for the past two years on this blog. He started Weborithm, his web company, in 2007 and along with designing blogs and websites also releases various web related products.