Lala.com Launches $1 CD Swapping Service

June 8, 2006 By Geoff Duncan

Lala.com has thrown open the doors on its beta CD-swapping service: for $1 a trade, lala.com will hook you up with someone willing to swap for the music you want.

Newborn CD-swapping service lala.com has opened its doors to the public, inviting Internet users to sign up (for free) and begin exchanging audio CDs amongst themselves for $1 per trade (plus $0.49 shipping). Unlike peer-to-peer file sharing networks, lala.com isn’t dealing with digital song files

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Derek Moore at 2:57am 31st October 2006 I'm looking for a live U2 album, cd with the song "40" and there's another live version on the same one called "40 reprised" This album goes way back to the late 80's when it was released. I have no idea where the concert is held or when. Thanks
Tim Stevens at 9:12am 9th June 2006 How does switchdiscs make money then money then?
Backi at 9:10am 9th June 2006 What's the difference between the two sites?
Billy at 8:29am 9th June 2006 Another site does this for free and you can trade dvds, cds and games. www.switchdiscs.com

I've been using it for about a month and have scored some nice cds and a couple xbox360 games. Worth checking out.
Fran the fernanand at 9:50am 8th June 2006 This is an interesting service for sure. So just to be clear its $1 for a whole CD?

"and—in an original move—trying to pay the musicians whose recordings are being exchanged."

I love it! Hopefully they are actually getting paid this time.