House Swapping Version 2.0
Welcome to House Swapping, Version 2.0
Let’s cut to the chase.
What is going on? Where is the old site? What the….
Simply put, it’s time for a change. It’s time to embrace Web 2.0 and community driven content.
When I began Domuswap in June 2007, there were a few swapping sites out there, none of them gaining much traction or publicity. I believe we created a better site than what was out there, but most importantly, we publicized the message, in the Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, TheStreet.com, and many major other news and TV outlets. As the message got out, other new and existing sites also partook in the publicity, helping to spread the message and promote house swapping. I’ve also met many people who are promoting house trading. Among the many, Daniel Westbrook of Onlinehousetrading.com and Greg Holt of Pad4Pad.com, have been the upmost professionals in all my interactions with them. I wish them, and others, the best of luck using the existing model.
However, I believe the model needs to change. Not that the existing model is not a good model, but, I hate to admit it, I’ve been disappointed with the results. I can, and will, talk about this, and how it could be improved, more in the future.
Domuswap is embracing a listing format more attune to Craigslist, something I’ve disparaged in the past. However, we are bringing that approach into Web 2.0, promoting community driven content, better social interaction, more hopefully a more fun experience.
Domuswap version 2.0 is currently a fairly blank slate. Let’s see what YOU can make it into, and hopefully swap some houses in the process.
What is going on? Where is the old site? What the….
Simply put, it’s time for a change. It’s time to embrace Web 2.0 and community driven content.
When I began Domuswap in June 2007, there were a few swapping sites out there, none of them gaining much traction or publicity. I believe we created a better site than what was out there, but most importantly, we publicized the message, in the Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, TheStreet.com, and many major other news and TV outlets. As the message got out, other new and existing sites also partook in the publicity, helping to spread the message and promote house swapping. I’ve also met many people who are promoting house trading. Among the many, Daniel Westbrook of Onlinehousetrading.com and Greg Holt of Pad4Pad.com, have been the upmost professionals in all my interactions with them. I wish them, and others, the best of luck using the existing model.
However, I believe the model needs to change. Not that the existing model is not a good model, but, I hate to admit it, I’ve been disappointed with the results. I can, and will, talk about this, and how it could be improved, more in the future.
Domuswap is embracing a listing format more attune to Craigslist, something I’ve disparaged in the past. However, we are bringing that approach into Web 2.0, promoting community driven content, better social interaction, more hopefully a more fun experience.
Domuswap version 2.0 is currently a fairly blank slate. Let’s see what YOU can make it into, and hopefully swap some houses in the process.
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Comment by Terry Rule-Swett on July 16, 2009 at 8:49pm - It looks like a majorit concensus on this site vs. your old site -- it suxs. Sorry, it is too time consuming and is not a organized or easy to work with site. I think you lost me....your site use to be very interesting and easy to use. Not any more.
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Comment by David Moskowitz on February 15, 2009 at 11:14am -
How to post:
http://www.domuswap.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2312052%3ABlogPost%3A3489
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Comment by BILL DORGAN on February 12, 2009 at 1:24am - OK ... Did I miss something? How do I post my property? Thanks for any help. Bill
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Comment by David Moskowitz on January 17, 2009 at 8:05am
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Sophia,
Yes those listings have not been migrated. We had both sites available for a month or so.
Where have you been?
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Comment by Sophia G. on January 16, 2009 at 11:08pm - I found out that my listings are gone. Are they somewhere to find or it's history?. How then to add listing again to this version. Please advise. THanks
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Comment by David Moskowitz on January 4, 2009 at 3:16pm
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For all those who need me to state the obvious, the old site was costing me too much time and money to maintain. While many of you liked it, and I thank you for that, we were just not getting the results necessary (I've written about this all over the place).
The new site does have some great features, and for all I know may take off in ways the old one didn't. This is much more like Craigslist, which is certainly the most popular site by far out there.
Ideally, we'd have a combination of the two sites.
Unless anyone can come up with some funding sources I don't know about, this is the best I have to offer at the moment.
Guess I should have charged from the beginning.
I appreciate all the feedback
-Dave
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Comment by Tom Legg on December 27, 2008 at 3:10pm - this site is otally unusable as a swapping site. There is no way to filter searches by town or area or to search for those seeking what I have. If you wanted a blog, you should have started a blog. If you want a trading site, this format does not work. I had great communications going before the change. Whith the change it instantly stopped. Back to ree.com I guess
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Comment by S. Post on December 8, 2008 at 3:05pm -
I miss the old site too. David (Moskowitz)--would it be possible for you to email all of the old domuswap.com users to let them know about the format change? That action might generate more "listings" on this site. Many folks just post their listing and sit back and wait for emails without logging on (I am guilty of that sometimes)--those folks won't know about the change in format and thus, we lose a lot of options.
Thanks. PS--If the Housing Swap section of Craigslist is your model for this new version, can you make it work a little more like Craiglist? This site seems to be to have some flaws. Thanks.
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Comment by jerry on December 4, 2008 at 3:09pm - You need mandatory templates with required info to be filled in. leaving it up to individuals to add with specifics is a waste of time. I find this site near impossible to use effectively. What, where and how do you enter info is also a maze.
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Comment by MichaelK on November 26, 2008 at 2:56am -
I like the new existing site better...it allows for more dialogue and direct interaction.
Any suggestions on trading for people who are upside down on their property. Our home lost a considrerable amount of equity. It is worth less than half of what we paid for it at the top of the market back in 2006. Who would have ever thought that other people at the time were getting loans with bad credit, no documentation and practically no incomes. This inflated the prices so much that good honest people like us got hurt really bad and are now holding properties that will never sell in the next 10 years for what is owed on them. My home in California today is worth less than what it would cost to build; land, labor and all. I could of course do like a lot of people and throw the keys on the front doorstep and walk away but there is this thing called integrity which I hold as something to be real. I signed the promise-to-pay note. So, I would like to point out that even if I found someone to trade with in a (they buy mine-I buy theirs situation), no lender would even consider financing for me or for the other party because of the negative appraisal values of the properties involved. We need some government intervention. There is all this talk about the foreclosure people getting some assistance but what about the negative-equity-loss people like me and millions of others. If anyone can give me a few pointers...please.
MichaelK
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