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Swappa, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryE-commerce
FoundedKansas City, Missouri (2010)
FounderBen Edwards
Headquarters,
Key people
Ben Edwards (CEO)
Websitehttps://swappa.com

Swappa is an e-commerce company developed and founded in 2010[1] for the facilitation of sales of new and used mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, wearable technology, and laptops, smart home technology, gaming products, digital cameras, and camera lenses as an alternative to other internet based marketplaces such as Craigslist and eBay. Swappa is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri[2] with international services.[3]

In 2013, mobile software development community XDA made Swappa its official marketplace for devices.[4] Swappa facilitated the sale of $92 million in devices in 2018, mostly from smartphones, and $303 million since its 2010 founding.[5]

Swappa received the 2018 Sitejabber Customer Choice Award.[6] Swappa was noted as one of the most reputable places you can shop online for used phones by CNN.[7]


References

  1. ^ "About Swappa | Swappa". Swappa.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ^ "Contact | Swappa". Swappa.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  3. ^ "..." Swappa.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  4. ^ "XDA Makes Swappa Its Official Marketplace". XDA Developers. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ^ "About Swappa - Swappa is a user-to-user marketplace for gently used technology". Swappa. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  6. ^ "Best Online Electronics Stores - Sitejabber 2018 Customer Choice Awards". www.sitejabber.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  7. ^ Cipriani, Jason (2019-10-21). "Used Google Pixels: A guide on where and how to buy one along with how to trade-in". CNN Underscored. Retrieved 2020-01-21.