The Hitflip UK Blog

Some Swapping Tips From Headquarters! The team here at Hitflip would like to take a moment to point out some good tips on getting the best experience from our site, and hopefully helping you get the items you want!

• You don’t need to purchase flips. Swap away your own items, or invite your friends to earn the flips you need! Go here to invite your friends.

• Set reasonable flip prices. Try and beat out other swappers by offering a lower flip price for an item.

• Upload pictures and reviews! All of the pictures for each item on the site is uploaded by our users. If you are trying to swap an item, upload the correct picture to it to make it more visually appealing! Upload enough and you might become one of our top members!

• Be honest! Describe your items appropriately to increase your credibility and rank with other members. We have zero tolerance for users who try to cheat the system, so you know that your swaps are safe with us.

Hot! and Currently Available DVD’s…

A Beautiful Mind: Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar’s acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at one man’s genius, his debilitating mental illness, and the fine line between the two. Director Ron Howard delivers his finest . . . From 2 Flips

The Village: A suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds them. For years, they have kept a truce with mysterious creatures in the woods by . . . From 2 Flips

Our Weekly Special: The Sublime Violence of Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an Academy Award , BAFTA Award, Emmy and Grammy Award - nominated American film director, screenwriter and actor. So, as you can imagine his films are received with great enthusiasm. Upon having completed a Tarantino marathon over the past week, and marveling in his unique ability to present violence as something of an expressive and sublime beauty, I thought it only fitting that I write a Special dedicated to some of his best works and those which, of course, are available to swap on Hitflip! . . . On to the special!

Is it too much peer pressure if we tell you “Come on, everyone’s doing it”? Log in to Hitflip and get something you really want . . .

Happy Swapping,

Your Hitflip-Team
 

We’re Getting Better! We are a friendly bunch here at Hitflip, and we are always trying to make your experience on our site a better one. We have made several updates to the website including providing you with a more efficient search for items, speeding up page loading, and improving some of the layout and features. DVD’s, Books, Games, Music - have a look and see what Hitflip has to offer you!

Hot! and Currently Available DVD’s…
Back To The Future A comedy classic from 1985, Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly, a teenager stuck in a time travel disaster which threatens his very own existence. With the help of Doc, an eccentric scientist, and his time traveling DeLorean . . . from 4 Flips

We Were Soldiers In a small clearing four hundred young soldiers were surrounded by two thousand North Vietnamese soldiers. The battle was one of the fiercest in US history . . . From 5 Flips

Our Weekly Special: Britain Britain Britain

Britain, Britain, Britain, a land of diversity, a unified Kingdom and home to some of the finest people, places and things. Sir Edward William Elgar , William Shakespeare , Lewis Carroll , The Queen , The Beatles , Hugh Grant , Tracey Emin and The Spice Girls are just a few of the iconic celebrities that make Britain what it is today, whether you like it or not. The predominant language spoken in the land of Britain is English , however it is not uncommon for two native speakers to completely misunderstand one another. Most houses in Britain are located in London, causing it to be wildly overpopulated, and because every British household inhabits a life-time supply of jam, tea and crumpets, living conditions are cramped . . . This week on Hitflip, we look at some of the most popular British Sitcoms that do their very best at representing stereotypical Britain . . . On to the special!

Yeah, you knew you would only watch it once, but you had to buy it anyway. Upload it to Hitflip and get something you really want . . .

Please use caution when browsing our site at such fast speeds! You don’t want to miss all of the good items other swappers have to offer! DVD’s, Books, Games, Music - have a look and see what Hitflip has to offer you!

Hot! and Currently Available…
DVD’s: Superman Returns For five years, Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth, coaxed into space by a belief that Krypton may still exist. Finding nothing, he comes back to a changed world–not only has terrorism become rampant, but Lois Lane . . . from 2 Flips

Games: Sim City 3000 You’re in charge of creating an entire city from the ground up and the sky’s the limit. You’ll manage everything from budgets to bulldozers, taxes to tornadoes . . . From 2 Flips

Our Weekly Special: A Death Cab-Postal Service Success and Other Stories
Ben Gibbard is an American singer and songwriter who has formed several bands and collaborated with a number of musicians. Musically he was influenced by Nirvana, Stone Roses, The Pixies and Ultra Vivid Scene and he also cites Jack Kerouac as a major influence. All-Time Quarterback! was Gibbard´s first band which began to reveal a sample of the charming lyrics and melodies that would later be developed in Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project and the name of the band was taken from the title of a song  written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Ben Gibbard is also the lead vocalist of his side project The Postal Service, whose release of their 2003 Album Give Up was received with a gold certificate and a successful concert tour. Death Cab has released eight albums to date and with the recent release of their new album Narrow Stairs, we take a look at the history of Ben Gibbard´s musical talent, some of his collaborations and some similar artists. . . . On to the special!

Really, we know you haven’t watched half of those films since you got your first DVD player! Get something you really want . . .

Happy Swapping,

Your Hitflip-Team

We cleaned! In order to clean up our site, and make it more user-friendly, we have removed a lot of the advertisements. We hope that you enjoy browsing through our growing collection of items offered by swappers just like you, now in a cleaner environment! DVD’s, Books, Games, Music - have a look and see what Hitflip has to offer you!

So can you! Now that we’ve finally gotten around to some of our spring cleaning, maybe it’s time that you did the same! Get rid of those old DVD’s, Books, and Games. Let someone else have them, so you can swap for stuff that you really want! It’s fast, cheap, and easy, just the way swapping should be!

Hot! and Currently Available…

DVD’s: Panic Room An effective exercise in “confined cinema”, Panic Room is a finely crafted thriller that ultimately transcends the thinness of its premise. David Koepp’s screenplay is basically Wait Until Dark on…from 2 Flips

Music: Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (1997) The 1997 Academy Award winner for Best Dramatic Score, James Horner’s Titanic was the first soundtrack to reach the No. 1 slot on the Billboard charts in two decades; it also seemed to rival the… From 2 Flips

Our Weekly Special: The Dark & Light Musings of Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American film director, writer and designer. His work is often distinguished by its gothic style, poetic dialogue and comic narratives, creating works which maintain a dark eeriness while employing a light-hearted humor. The reoccurring theme of being caught between two worlds runs throughout his work, often looking at the boundaries between darkness and light, life and death, human and non-human, good and evil. He has collaborated much of his weird and wonderful creativity with American actor Johnny Depp and this week our special looks at some of those films which feature Depp at his most eccentric, and also take a look at some classic Burtonesque animation . . . 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

Oridian, Ltd., the largest privately owned advertising network, and Hitflip Media Trading GmbH,, Europe’s No. 1 swapping site, today announced an exclusive partnership for UK traffic.

Oridian is one of the top 10 international advertising networks worldwide with reach that exceeds 140 million unique users per month – more than 80 million in the EU alone. Oridian bridges between advertisers and publishers around the world to bring international advertisers to US publishers and quality global media to advertisers overall.

Hitflip runs Europe’s biggest swapping platform for the exchange of DVDs, music CDs, games, books and audio books. Founded in 2005 in Germany, it currently boasts more than 300,000 users offering to exchange 125,000 different DVDs, 20,000 audio books and plays, more than 40,000 games, 65,000 books and 85,000 music CDs. Joining Hitflip takes less than 30 seconds, with no subscription required – the goal is to make swapping as easy and secure as possible.

Jacob Nizri, CEO of Oridian, today said, “Hitflip has exclusively recruited Oridian as a partner for selling its UK IP-targeted ad inventory. With a 35% reach, Oridian has a considerable presence in the UK, ranking fifth on NMA’s list of top private ad networks for 2006 and 2007.”

Andre Alpar, Managing Director of Hitflip, said, “A partnership with Oridian should bring great results for Hitflip. Oridian is a company with very impressive industry experience, and we’re excited to be cooperating with such a well-regarded international ad network.”

Swapping is gaining in popularity across Europe. According to ComScore, the UK online retail sector attracted 29 million unique visitors in October 2007, or 89 percent of the total online user base in that month, with sites offering both new and used merchandise topping the list.

About Oridian
Oridian – Online Media Solutions, is the leading privately owned global online advertising company that lifts both advertisers and publishers to new heights. With over 9 billion monthly impressions, a massive worldwide inventory and access to tens of millions of users on various continents, Oridian enables advertisers to implement highly effective network-wide branding as well as direct response campaigns, and allows publishers to monetize traffic from all over the world. The Top-10 network with access to over 180 million monthly users worldwide, of which 40 million are in North America and 87 million are in Europe, Oridian maintains international headquarters and a development center in Israel, sales offices in North America, Latin America, Argentina, France, Germany and the UK, and representatives in Australia, Belgium, Italy, Scandinavia and The Netherlands. Oridian is a part of the Ybrant group, parent company of some of the fastest growing digital marketing companies.

About Hitflip
Hitflip is an online swapping site for the exchange of DVDs, music CDs, games, books and audio books. Founded in 2005 in Germany, it currently boasts more than 200,000 users offering to exchange 125,000 different DVDs, 20,000 audio books and plays, more than 40,000 games, 65,000 books and 85,000 music CDs. There are no subscriptions or hidden costs: 79p charge per transfer protects Hitflip users against fraud and damaged media.