The Hitflip UK Blog

Weather Starting to Heat Up? It couldn’t be a more perfect time to take a break from the heat and simmer down on the sofa! DVD’s, Books, Games, Music - have a look and see what Hitflip has to offer you this summer!

Hitflip Tip!: The average album purchased digitally from the web costs around £8 or more! Why waste your hard earned cash, when you can swap one of your old CD’s for one that you actually want to listen to for only 79p! Import your newly swapped cd into your computer’s music library, play it in your car, or use it as a frisbee if you really want to . . . it’s yours to keep!

Hot! and Currently Available…
DVD’s: Troy With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen’s majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle… 3 Flips
Music: Madonna: GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2) Perhaps the most interesting decade in her career, GHV2 is a selection of the best songs from 1992’s Erotica to Music in 2000. Throughout the 1990s, Madonna was well publicised… 4 Flips

Our Weekly Special: Classic Agatha Christie
In a writing career that spanned more than half a century, Agatha Christie is one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of crime fiction. The creation of detective characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot crowned her the “Queen of Crime” and after 119 appearances in novels and short stories, the crime-solving duo made her the world´s biggest selling mystery writer. In this weeks special we travel back in time to the classics which established Christies career and gave birth to two of the most popular detectives in the history of crime fiction. . . On to the special!

Also, don’t forget to unclutter your media collection and register your items to swap with others!

Happy Swapping,

Your Hitflip-Team

Did you know that the average amount of money spent by 2 movie go’ers in the theater is £22? The tickets, popcorn, sodas and candy add up quick! But somehow, it just doesn’t seem right to spend £3 on candy bar and £5 on popcorn. Imagine all the money you could save by turning your own living room into your own personal theater! Pick up some snacks from the store and check out what’s available in DVDs and make your next movie night cost only 79p!

Hot! and Currently Available…

Prison Break: Season 1 Whatever you do, don’t give up on Prison Break. Depending on who you talk to, it either races out of the traps at speed, or is a dish that takes some while to warm up. While this reviewer verges… 19 Flips

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time A favourite here at Hitflip. See the world through the eyes of a 15 year old autistic boy as he tries to solve a puzzling case of who killed his neighbors dog… 3 Flips

Our Weekly Special: Bob Dylan: I’m Not There

Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941, has been one of the most active artists in popular music for over five decades. His self titled debut in 1962 was the first in a career that saw him release over 40 critically acclaimed albums as well as receive recognition for his songwriting, recording and extensive touring. Throughout his career Bob Dylan’s records have earnt him Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Awards in addition to being inducted in to the lucrative Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… On to the Special!

Have a great week,
Your Hitflip-Team

Swap Team - Oridian to Power Hitflip UK Ad Traffic

London, United Kingdom, 02/27/2008 - Online ad network Oridian will sell traffic for top swap site Hitflip.co.uk

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080227071109tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html

Here’s our new valentine’s special Read the rest of this entry »

A short time ago we asked you whether you would like to set the flip price yourself, and choose your swapping partner yourself. You (ca. 62% of the members who answered) said “Yes!”

We’ve been hard at work updating the site to include this, and the new site went live at the beginning of this week.

Here’s overview of the most important changes for you:

• When inserting an item, you will be able to choose how many flips you would like to have for it, and to specify the condition of the item. You also have the opportunity to give a short description of the item. We suggest a fair flip price, based on the current retail price, so you only need to decide the price yourself when you want to. The new condtions for offered items are called “New, As new, Good, Acceptable and Incomplete”. Guidelines for entering your item correctly are on the site.

• When choosing an item, you can see different offers of an item from other Hitflippers in the item detailed view, inclusive of the condition, the flip price, and the person offering the item, and can choose your swap partner in this way yourself.

• In future the wishlist will still be used on Hitflip. Now you can even enter the maximum Flip price you are willing to pay, the minimum condition of the item, and the minimum rating of the swap partner. The “swap now” function is on every page.

Please update your library accordingly
Items that were already in your library at the time of the change have been given the condition “good”. The flip price has stayed the same. Please make any necessary or desired changes to this, and give a short description of the condition.

To answer the speculation:

Hitflip won’t lose any of its simplicity through the change. With wishlists for items that are currently not offered, we say “first come, first served”. Items that previously were not offered due to too low a valuation, or in a condition that was not acceptable according to our previous rules, can now be added by members. Items that were too highly valued will now be more fairly priced, and so swapped away from the person offering them. Members who misuse our swap community will be even more strictly punished, as they will receive no more items after receiving too many negative ratings.

If something goes wrong with the delivery of the item, or you receive an item that doesn’t meet the conditions described, the Hitflip Guarantee will protect you as usual.

More focus on the community

Hitflip’s appearance has also changed with the new features. Hitflip’s members are now a stronger focus of the site. The community is an important part of the site, and we have introduced new features to reflect this, such as a Member search function.

Thinner and quicker

The design of the site has also become thinner and clearer. The right sidebar is gone, and functions from it are moved to the top of the page to the member area. The ToDo lists are also gone. All ToDos can now be seen in the library or the wish list. Lastly the “new” Hitflip should run noticably faster.

Terms of Service

In order to cover these changes in our Terms of Service, we have had to adapt them. You can read the new Terms of Service here.

Thank you for helping us to improve Hitflip!

We hope you enjoy exploring the new site, and as always, wishing you lots of fun swapping!

Your

Hitflip Team

The new specials section on Hitflip gives you weekly tips and recommendations on movies, books, and more. This weeks special covers the Chick Lit genre, with news on some exciting movies coming out in 2008.

Read the Chick Lit special here.

If you love the internet and are looking for an exciting internship in Germany, then you may be interested in the opportunities we have available below. Hitflip is based in the centre of Cologne, one of Germany’s most exciting cities, and an internship here gives the chance to gain valuable experience in a fast-growing internet start-up. We offer internships throughout the year, and they usually last between 3 and 6 months. Here’s some more information about the opportunities available:

Online Marketing/Business Development Internship

Tasks include:

Help to develop the UK market
Build up and maintain relationships with media partners and webmasters in the UK
Advertise Hitflip through various marketing activities and channels

Click here for more information about the Online Marketing/Business Development Internship

Editorial and Community Management Internship

Tasks include:

Entertain and inspire the Hitflip community
Write recommendations, reviews and other content for use on our website and blog
Help to develop the Hitflip community
Assist in Search Engine Optimisation activities

Click here for more information about the Editorial and Community Management Internship

We’ve just sent the following newsletter about our January bonus offer to our affiliates:

Dear Webmaster,

We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and that all your affiliate activities are going well so far in 2008.

Many of your website visitors may have unwanted Christmas presents they don’t know what to do with, so now is a great time to be promoting Hitflip on your site as the place to swap unwanted gifts for what you really want! If you haven’t already checked out our new landing pages, have a look, conversion rates have greatly increased since we introduced them late last year.

As a special January offer to thank you for your contribution to Hitflip’s success in 2007, we are offering a bonus for each active swapper you bring to Hitflip during the month. Instead of the usual £8, your bonus will take this up to £13 per active user, giving you the potential to earn up to £15 per sign-up!

That’s it from us, stay tuned for further offers and bonuses during 2008!

Your Hitflip-Team

For more information about joining our affiliate programme, please go here.

Hitflip received some great coverage over the Christmas period, with the Telegraph twice choosing Hitflip as one of the best sites to use to get rid of unwanted Christmas presents.

The Telegraph write that: “Hitflip, for example, allows you to build a virtual library of all the DVDs, games, CDs and books you’re prepared to swap, and charges about 79p per item.”

We also received a short mention in Web User, who say that “The UK version of the German swap site charges 79p to swap most items, which might seem off-putting for low-value trades but should also weed out the jokers.” . As always, you can read the full articles here.

We were happy to see the legendary online marketing expert Jeremy Schoemaker featuring the Hitflip T-Shirt we sent him in his blog on Friday. His blog is a must-read for anyone with an interest in online business, so it’s great to see him wearing our gift so proudly!

You can read his entry about Hitflip here.