What is easyswap?
A singular platform for the exchange of goods and services
- with use of a virtual currency, the swap
- entirely free, all around the world
- with geolocation of ads + reproduction of the local scale, at an international level
- available in 6 languages (EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, PT)
- and with enhanced transaction security, through identity verification of the swappers.
What is the use of easyswap?
easyswap is based on a double observation
- many goods are either not used or used little by their owners, while a large part of the population cannot acquire needed or desired goods, due to insufficient buying power or due to a desire to consume differently.
- a considerable sum of skill and knowledge is rarely brought into play outside the working sphere. At the same time, a large number of services, though considered useful and desired, remain inaccessible, notably due to their costs.
In questions...
- You have a camera and use it infrequently?
- Do you need help repainting your flat?
- Are you looking for someone to look after your cat during your holidays?
- Your second iPod remains in a drawer all day?
- Your wife is looking for a Photoshop class?
- Your child needs help learning German?
What about the swap?
- Making goods and services available to others, is the way to get swaps.
- Having swaps, means having access to goods and services.
- You got it: Hoarding swaps is futile!
The swap is a virtual currency, which is not convertible into any other currency. The swap is not indexed to any currency but gets its value by being exchanged. Wherever you live, the pricing reference (for rental and sell), is the average hour of service, fixed at 32 swaps an hour. To get more information about the swap, please click here: User's guide to the swap.
Geolocation...
As soon as you are registered, easyswap gets your geographic coordinates by Google Maps (thanks Google!). This feature allows you to define a maximum range when searching for a service or a good on-line. Want to make a local exchange? Just look up the set of regional ads displayed on the integrated Google maps. Nothing interesting to swap? No problem, extend your search range from your city, to your region, etc.
This tool also allows easyswap to create and manage the plurality of groups and communities available on easyswap. Let's say you belong to a Local Exchange System (LETS) but would like to enlarge your exchanging circle. Simply create your community on easyswap! Similarly, for people living in the same city, or employees working in a corporation whose branches are spread across a large territory.
To sum up…
easyswap is not barter, but the application of a product service system for private individuals.
easyswap is a platform for exchange which gives value to
- your knowledge and skill in the form of services
- your goods in a secure framework (by renting or selling them).
easyswap reifies a conception of responsible consumption: Enjoying a good does not necessarily mean owning it.
easyswap therefore is a tool rooted in a framework of sustainability and promotes
- an added value to the economic system through the reuse of goods already manufactured
- the creation of social connections in between the various, often hermetic, socio-economic strata
- sustainable use of goods already produced, or rather, a reduction of their ecological footprint.
Finally, easyswap is run by a non-profit organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The organization is respectful in regard to labor law and co-operates with the Canton de Vaud tax authorities.
