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- SwitchGames on VentureBeat.com
Lead VentureBeat writer Dean Takahashi wrote a great piece on SwitchGames.com today. Dean exposed the fact that the SwitchGames community has amassed more that 100,000 games for trade in less than one year, which includes 43% of all current generation console games available on eBay. Go SwitchGames members! Woot woot. You can read the article by clicking here.
UPDATE:
To eliminate any possible confusion about this article, in our press, we state that SwitchGames is the largest peer-to-peer video game trading community "SwitchGames.com announced today its members are offering more than 100,000 items up for trade, making it the largest peer-to-peer video game trading community ever created." SwitchGames is not claiming to be the largest used games market online - the eBay comparison made in the release explains that eBay is currently the clear leader in this area.
With the above said, this is a good opportunity to further clarify the fundamental differences of how SwitchGames and Goozex approach the used game market. Goozex is a fee based service, whereas SwitchGames is free peer to peer game trading community. SwitchGames has created a platform for gamers to decide game values on their own and conduct trades directly with one another for free. Goozex is based on game value system by which they determine the value of games and issue points for the game or require users to purchase points to conduct trades of equal point value. In addition, Goozex users are required to purchase trade tokens to conduct these transactions and can be left waiting in a queue for the game they want. SwitchGames members are not required to spend money and users do business in a peer to peer community - we offer up optional services that members can decide to enable should they want to make their transactions faster, safer, or easier.
The SwitchGames mission is about empowering gamers and giving consumers the power to take control and stop unfair brick and mortar trade in practices, which have taken advantage of gamers for years. - GameCritics.com says "GameStop just got a whole lot less appealing."
Brad Gallaway interviews Founder Jason Crawford on GameCritics.com. Check out the article by clicking here. - SwitchGames on G4's Attack of the Show!In case you didn't catch it, here's the Quick Hits segment that aired 11/12/2009.
SwitchGames would like to thank everyone at G4 for being insanely cool and supportive of what we are doing. As more and more gamers use SwitchGames, gamers take more and more control of the used game market. Pretty awesome. - Servers Holding Steady!
After the initial meltdown from the attack of new members from the G4 coverage, we were able to smooth out our load balancing issues. A day later, we're still getting all sorts of new friends and we're holding steady. We only went down for about 5 minutes yesterday but we understand being down at all isn't cool. - Our Servers are Getting Hit Hard!Hello G4 viewers! We got an absolute insane amount of traffic from the Attack of the Show segment and our servers are getting pwned at the moment. Please try again in a bit!
- NEW VIDEO: 6 Critical Tips on TradingWatching this video will help you trade easily, quickly and SAFELY!
You can watch it on YouTube by Clicking Here - G4 Says "SwitchGames could really be onto something."
Patrick Klepek wrote an absolutely amazing article about SwitchGames.com today. Very well written, he provides an in depth view of what SwitchGames actually is, not what people might think it is. We hope that all the new G4 fans are feeling right at home and help spread the word. Game On! - GamePro Magazine calls SwitchGames "The Future of Game Trading" Woot!
"When the word "trade" comes out of company's mouth the odds never seem to be in your favor. Switch Games changes that once and for all." - GamePro
Needless to say, we're are pretty happy about this coverage. GamePro truly undertands that SwitchGames.com is a peer-to-peer platform where gamers are in control of the entire process.
Check out the full article by clicking here. - TXB Interview: SwitchGames.com’s Jason CrawfordCheck out the in depth interview with TeamXbox and SwitchGames.com Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Jason Crawford at http://tinyurl.com/yb7hl8v
- SwitchGames on Machinima.com!
- NEW VIDEO: How SwitchGames Works
- SafeTrade is Live!
Security When Trading
In a SafeTrade transaction, SwitchGames guarantees the full coverage of a member's game in the unfortunate event it is lost in the mail or stolen by a fraudulent user.No Up Front Cost or Risk
Members who make SafeTrade offers only pay the $5.95 fee if a SafeTrade offer is accepted.
FREE First Class Shipping Label
In a SafeTrade, members receive a pre-paid, automatic First Class USPS shipping label. First Class mail means quick delivery by the postal service.
FREE Online Package Tracking
No need for members to ask each other for package tracking numbers, tracking is conveniently provided for members in the trading interface. - CrispyGamer.com Mentions SwitchGames
Part 2 of David Thomas' article titled: "Fair Trade: The Simple Economics of Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games" is a good read. Feel free to participate in the comments section of the article. Click here to check it out. - CLOSING A TRADE
We just made a big improvement to the SwitchGames trading platform based on member feedback. We listen very closely to what you want so if you haven't yet submitted any suggestions, complaints, etc. we strongly encourage you to do so.
THE ISSUE:
As you may know, if either member involved in a trade has any outstanding items on their Transaction Checklist, a trade is considered "incomplete" or "in progress". Because of this, some members were ending up with trades in limbo, which effectively tied up the games in a transaction and filled their Live Transactions interface with lots of transactions that were irrelevant.
THE SOLUTION:
- When a trade remains incomplete for 14 days, you will now see a CLOSE THIS TRADE button present
- Either member involved in the trade can begin closing the trade
- Once closing begins, each user has 10 days to wrap up their tasks, including member rating (if not already done)
- When a trade remains incomplete for 30 days, SwitchGames automatically begins the trade closing process
- Once a trade begins the closing process, any of your items that were involved in the transaction can be re-listed in your My Stuff
Please let us know what you think and report any issues you might find!
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