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About a month ago, friend and fellow blogger Small Footprints from Reduce Footprints gave me the idea to create a post identifying some great sites to trade your used books, CDs, DVDs and video games. Small Footprints identified some of the sites below, which can help by minimizing the environmental impact. Rather than throwing your old books, CDs, DVDs and video games in the trash, you can save money and trade these items for other books, CDs, DVDs and video games.

You can even use a site like Bookmooch (below) to donate your stuff to a charity. Below are the 5 best swap sites I found. Each are unique, user friendly and a much better option than pitching your stuff in the trash. If I missed any of your favorites, feel free to mention them below. The more, the better.

Bookins – Swap books with over 50,000 other users of the site or get free DVDs. Shipping items is free and to receive items, you pay nothing except $4.49, utilizing the site’s postage. No need to contact anyone, this site does the work for you. Browse books and DVDs by genre, category, list or Top 500’s. The site requires a free registration.

Bookmooch – BookMooch is a community dedicated to exchanging used books. When you type in a book to the system, you get a tenth of a point and 1 point each time you give a book away. To receive books, you need to give away atleast 1 book for every 2 you receive. The only cost is in shipping your books to others. If you prefer, you can give your points away to charities associated with BookMooch.

SwapTree – Swaptree is another site to trade your stuff with others. With this site, you can swap books, CDs, DVDs and video games. Just list the items you want to trade and Swaptree shows you all the items you can get for your stuff. If you click “Get Now,” next to the item, you can see more info about both the item and the user trading the item. You pay nothing but the shipping.

TitleTrader -With Title Trader, you can get rid of your books, CDs and DVDs and trade them with other users of the site. Each book, CD and DVD you send to someone gives you one Request Point, which you can use to request another book, CD or DVD from the collection. To use the point, first you need to obtain positive feedback from the item you sent. Basic trading functions of the site are free, but you can become a Premium Member for $19.95 per year.

ZunaFish – The fifth site to watch for is ZunaFish. Zunafish is currently implementing some enhancements to the site and will be relaunched as Zunafish 2.0 in the very near future.

Have you used any of these sites above? If so, feel free to talk about your experience with the site. Any other favorites? Did I miss any great sites you’d like to mention? As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.