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swap-bot VS Postcrossing

Compare swap-bot VS Postcrossing and see what are their differences

swap-bot logo swap-bot

Swap-bot is a online service that organizes group swaps and a community of creative individuals.

Postcrossing logo Postcrossing

A postcard exchange project that invites everyone to send and receive postcards from random places in the world. For free!
  • swap-bot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-02-07
  • Postcrossing Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-12-28

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Postcrossing videos

My First 50 Incoming Postcards | Direct Instagram Swaps | Postcrossing

More videos:

  • Tutorial - Getting Started with Postcards: a Postcrossing Tutorial
  • Review - My first incoming Postcards POSTCROSSING

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to swap-bot and Postcrossing)
Social & Communications
67 67%
33% 33
Social Networks
61 61%
39% 39
Business & Commerce
62 62%
38% 38
Social Network
53 53%
47% 47

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Postcrossing should be more popular than swap-bot. It has been mentiond 12 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

swap-bot mentions (2)

  • Anyone else here use swap-bot? Any advice?
    Just thought I'd ask, does anyone else use the website swap-bot? I heard about it through a philately YouTuber I watch, and thought I'd give it a go, and ngl I feel pretty out of my depth. Source: 11 months ago
  • I think I have a problem
    If y'all want to do more postcard swaps (or even just stationery and crafts in general), check out Swapbot! There are lots of swaps to join, and once you've completed enough you can join private groups like Postcard Hideout that host even more swaps! Source: over 1 year ago

Postcrossing mentions (12)

  • new to postcrossing
    I just signed up for this! super duper excited!! what are some tips on mailing or nice things that you guys have received/sent? I want to share the joy! have you ever met with anyone that you've sent a postcard to? is that weird? lol. I just got my first 5 names from postcrossing.com and noticed that 2 of them are from countries I will be visiting soon. I thought it would be interesting to say "hi" at the... Source: about 1 year ago
  • I can only recognise them by the accent.
    In terms of handwriting Eastern Europeans tend to have a very close and slanted handwriting that slants to the right with very hard strokes from top to bottom. Germans for example, in my opinion from years of exchanging postcards with strangers thru the site postcrossing.com have a very angry handwriting; it's like you can feel they're yelling at you just by their hand writing. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Postage required on mail-in ballots
    Join Postcrossing! I had a silly number of postcards collected over the years and a book of stamps specifically from voting last time. Super fun little hobby and a good way to use them up! Source: over 1 year ago
  • I've decided I need to do a no-buy
    You might find it helpful to take a look at r/RandomActsofCards, r/penpals, r/penpalsover30, r/fountainpenpals, or Postcrossing. Random Acts of Cards, in particular, is a really lovely supportive community, but be warned that, while it’s certainly possible to keep expenses very low, it’s also fairly easy to fall into wanting a mountain of stationery yourself so it’s best to be aware of and set limits if you decide... Source: over 1 year ago
  • [Request] Celebrate with me!! 1 Year of Snail Mailing [US]
    Messaged! Ohh dont be!! Sign up at postcrossing.com and postcardunited.com. Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing swap-bot and Postcrossing, you can also consider the following products

InterPals - InterPals is a friendly community of over 5 million friends, language learners, travelers and penpals.

SLOWLY - Make pen pals from your smartphone

BookCrossing Core - Create own BookCrossing site based on Drupal CMS.

PenPal World - Connect with people all over the world

BookCrossing.com - It's the World's Library. It's a smart social networking site.

BookMooch - BookMooch is a community for exchanging used books.