Len-Den: One place to barter and exchange your items.

Len-Den is anyone for who are interested in swapping items. Many time it happens that you buy an item and as time progresses you suddenly realize that you no longer need that item, even though the item is in good condition. The item goes into your store room or garage waiting there patiently never to be re-used again. But you may not know that others might just be looking for the same item which you had carelessly dumped in your store room.

Take an example of a novel which you have just finished or a DVD movie which you have just finished watching. What will you do with them? Store them never to be read or watched. You can swap these once used items with items of your interest with others. It's as simple as that.

Len-Den brings people of similar interest together in realizing the fact the they can turn junk into something useful and make our planet go green.

To start swapping items, you need to be a member of Len-Den community. The registration process is simple. Once registered you can start posting items which you no longer use and also specifying items you want in exchange. We call these items as "Item Wish List". When other members find your item on Len-Den community, they contact you by "Making an Offer" to trade their items with yours. The communication in the form of messages continue till the deal closes.

• Post an item you would like to swap.
• Build your network by inviting friends and family members.
• Encourage others to re-use items and help planet go green.
• Monitor and see how your savings grow over a period of time.
• Identify a common location using integrated google map feature to complete the trade.

Len-Den is hosted on Red Hat Linux. It is developed using the Ruby on Rails framework on Apache + MySQL. We play around with Mongrel, Capistrano, Subversion, ImageMagick, GIMP and rail plugins.