Swap your clothes now !!

[legaleagleboy]

Shameless plug for son No 1 who has just launched a clothes swapping website, visit www.covertcandy.co.uk

Try it you may like it. (Hope the powers that be are OK with this plug -- the site does not actually charge for the service so there is no financial gain)

[Timsta]

The site doesn't say *what* you can spend credits on.

[Brown and Boris]

Could do with a guest browsing facility. I can;t be botherede to register just to see what sort of stuff they exchange, but the idea is good.

[PetrolTed]

Brown and Boris said:

Could do with a guest browsing facility. I can;t be botherede to register just to see what sort of stuff they exchange, but the idea is good.

Agreed. No way to have a nose around as far as I could see in the 7 seconds I spent on the site

[mybrainhurts]

The bog's a bit whiffy, Mr Janitor...

[Owain]

PetrolTed said:

Brown and Boris said:

Could do with a guest browsing facility. I can;t be botherede to register just to see what sort of stuff they exchange, but the idea is good.

Agreed. No way to have a nose around as far as I could see in the 7 seconds I spent on the site

There's a search on the top right somewhere, I think that's where I saw it!
Seems like a good idea, not sure what happens with people not posting items/fake clothes etc - I guess there has to be some trust!

[legaleagleboy]

thx for your interest & feedback

1) v good point about browsing from the landing page -- this has now been included by my son, see the query box along the top

2) the credits are for use on this site only -- IMO it is actually better than swapping as you can offload your clothes and then are able to buy anything from the site

Site now 3 weeks old and getting about 1000 to 2000 pageviews a day with up to 500 visitor sessions.

Had a bit of fun with Google Adwords over the weekend -- he generated 250,000 impressions and almost 1000 clickthroughs to the site.

Time will tell on the longer term prospects - might be in tune with the current climate though!!


www.covertcandy.co.uk

[JOETHETOE]

maybe being cynical but couldn't site owner just credit himself whatever he wants and therefore get clothes for nothing???

Just thinking outloud!

[legaleagleboy]

You have made a good point ! I'll ask the question.

I guess that online communities depend on trust to a large extent - abuse it at your peril

[M@T.R]

Who pays the postage then and how, as many people wont be happy to pay to post a coat, that they only recieve an online credit for.

Also the only way to aquire credit initially is to sell an item. However as this is the situation for everyone how will nayone buy anything? You all start with zero so have nothing to offer.

[legaleagleboy]

Thx -- more good feedback for Son No1 !

Yes, I can see postage for heavier items can be a bummer, even though those items are more valuable. NB The sender pays postage.

Good news on the credit front -- after you have uploaded your first item everyone gets some FOC credits from CovertCandy so that they can then get on and start acquiring items before they've managed to receive credits for their own clothes. Does that make sense? (Bit like Gordon Brown printing his own money - haha)