joeykissimmee

What do you think about this safe-swaps program?

I've seen a few people here using it. Just wanting to
know if its any good. Looks like it makes life easy for ya ...

Alex Williams

Looks so to me as well, I haven`t joined yet though, and I`d love to hear answers to this too. I just read some thread yesterday that someone expected it to make the JV finding task easier, which currently is not handled by safe-swaps.

Anyone using safe-swaps, please let us know your experience. I know you still have to follow up manually every JV, doesn`t it sum up to the same amount of time spent?

Uncle Dimitry

You still have to read what you're going to send to your subscribers.

Everything else is automated.

Keith_Purkiss

I've been using it for a month and in the last 3 weeks have added 1000 subscribers to my list.
It's made swaps so much faster to setup I don't know how I managed without it.

I've made a video about it on YouTube in case anyone wants to know more

Uncle Dimitry

Danny, paypal email used for affiliate payments only.

infite

Hi Joes, this site rocks!

My list is only 1000 members and I am getting new ad swap requests every day!

I think you won't be disappointed if you join.

tonydbaker

Safe Swaps says that it has a full-featured autoresponder service. I'm wondering if it really has the broadcast and automated follow up capabilities, as well as list sorting/searching, and other features that I have in iContact.

I don't care about iContact's RSS and social media integrations, but I wonder if Safe Swaps really can handle my list of 6,000 or so emails as easy as iContact does.

I don't have a problem dumping iContact to trade their high rates for a $25/mo system that is actually designed to help me build my list. But... I don't want to take all the time to move my list just to regret it later. Can this replace iContact for me, or is this only for list swaps?

xxxJamesxxx

I recommend it

James

money2k

Safe Swaps is awesome. It gives you an opportunity to swap with people in your niche and I especially like the ratings feature (similar to ebay feedback) which allows you to see what other swappers are like. I have been a paying member now for over 2 months and have added over 1500 people to my mailing list.

Join if you are looking for a safe, reliable way to swap. Uncle Dimitry is always adding new features as well (Free autoresponder, solo ads, joint ventures, etc.).

Marcel

Gary_The_Ace

Any autoresponder that allows you to import, without optin confirmation, is just looking for trouble... I'd wait until they have some history first. And, that's not an unqualified opinion, I've been in the autoresponder and email space for almost 15 years now.

-Gary Ambrose

infite

Their autoresponder handles my 7000 list without any problems. I've imported it from Aweber and happy I did it.

I definitely recommend you joining Safe-Swaps.

ruch1v

Is this only good for the IM space, or do folks build lists in other markets too?

Uncle Dimitry

Most people there are in IM niche, but most likely you'll find somebody in other niches. We have 3000+ members.

In addition, you can buy solo mailings from others.

Best, Uncle Dimitry.

AndrewStark

At first I thought this site was awesome, I was getting thousand of clicks and was getting massive conversions and real list growth.

Sadly the people joining my list were not buyers, and I was basically burning my existing list by sending people to loads of free offers and I had no idea if the people I was swapping with were decent marketers or people who promoted the hell out of their list for the latest product launch piece of hype.

Anyway since leaving my other traffic generation sources may not generate as many leads, but the quality has improved and so have my profits.

Bottom line is it's worth joining for a month and trying it for yourself and deciding on your own results.

Landis

What happens when someone calls your site a spam source?

entrepreneurjay

Safeswaps is top notch Uncle Dimitry made a great site ..... I have been a member for almost a year now and it is one of my best investments by far!

vwa

Thank you for the video

Sweetcheeks12354

Honestly though, not every list is equal. A list of 1000 buyers isn't the same as a list of 100,000 freebie finders. Read reviews and take them with a grain of salt.

AigulErali

Adswaps are a great way to build your list.
Choose your Adwap partners wisely.

Check out the products they are are offering, signup to their list and see what content you get from them. You are sending your list to theirs so make sure you are getting value.

Or your subscribers will come back and bite you on your backside!

Uncle Dimitry

Yes, it has both automated followup and broadcast features.

Clint Butler

I was looking at the order page at it says the gold package comes with a list of 2500, are those targeted to your niche or are they just collected people from general offers?

Clint

Uncle Dimitry

These are not the people, but free autoresponder account with a limit to 2500 subscribers.

rashamba

I left safe-swaps after I found that my list was getting hit up with some junky products in the IM niche. I am wondering if they have a buy solo option though? I would rather pay for a solo that I review and save my list from the endless barrage of swaps. Anyone know?

Pandan

Someone recommended safe-swaps to me, so I went to the URL and saw this:

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...miscel/Xuj.png

Just above the Login, I see a word XYЙ....

I can read Cyrillic and understand Russian - so this word means... DICK!!! LOL.

Hm, Uncle Dimitry , is this some kind of internal joke or...?

infite

Their support said it was a trademark.

xxxJamesxxx

I noticed that and wondered what it was about too.

James Scholes

ChartTraderZ

Safe-swaps is nice but traffic there is in seriously low quality ...

it converts, but much lower than "review" traffic.

However, it is definitely worth $25 / mo and you can easily return the investment. I'd recommend it to beginners who want to make their first money without much thinking.

Rickling

Hi all
I'm a member of safe swaps and have been for the last 3mths I started out there just ad swapping but wasn't a great return on a list size of 50 of non responsive subs. I then bought some solos, sunce then have over couble my list and they are response to other persons advert also. I now have a 100 or so subs and also when I'm about 500 or so then can offer solos to get back some of my expenditure. All this was in like a month so 50 subs and a better quality of subs too. I thoroughly recommend safe swaps to any wanting to build there list.

dejrasfans

funny I was on my way to get safe-swaps when I came across this Q. i have a friend who is wild for Safe-swaps and has convinced me to try. So wish me luck I am on my way .See ya on the inside Dimitry.

denisjor

Well, I have heard good things and bad things about Safe-Swap, so I think I will give it a go and see for myself. From what I am hearing it's only $25 a month.

I guess I can afford to invest that to see if it works...stay tuned..I will let you know.

Denis

MacS09

I guess it depends how big your list is when you start.

I got into safe-swaps on the strength of Joey Kissimmee's ebook but did not find his growth possibility (over 1000 in a month or so) starting with a small list. Optin was very low, but conversion was good (perhaps something to do with my offer...? )

I don't have a problem with cr***y swaps. I check every offer and only accept those that I gladly offer to my list. Regrettably, that rules out quite a few swap partners with equally small lists as mine as lots of them tend to to offer a certain type of CB product whose categorisation shall remain nameless.

Next, I'll do a couple of solo ads to see how that goes. If my maths is correct that ought to pay for itself easily, and that then would be a fast and very doable way of growing my list. After that, I'll report back.

Max

100bucksaday

I got safe-swaps before a couple of months, I am thrice happy, safe-swaps has permitted me to build a reactive mailing while building a major base of like minded persons that want to build a mailing list together.

MarketingChad

Thanks for the feedback everyone, safe-swaps is something I've been looking at for awhile. What's the pricing like on the solo ads? Is it the $25 monthly fee + your solo buy or is the monthly fee only there if you're "swapping?"

xxxJamesxxx

There's a package deal for $25 and you have to buy solos on top. The adswaps are free of course.

I fully recommend it... One of the best investments I've made in fact.

James Scholes

Mike Hill

Everyone really needs to be doing their own testing because every marketer is at a different level, therefore conversions will depend on your own marketing abilities.

This is why it pays to read Gary Halbert newsletters, anything by Dan Kennedy, Joe Sugarman, John Carlton and a whole bunch of other world class copywriters.

Get your copy right and you'll see a good conversion.

Mike Hill

PS. I wonder how many people on Safe-Swaps conduct A/B Split tests on their landing pages and email copy?

Patrick Batty

I'm very happy with Safe Swaps.
Solo Ads and (targetted) Ad Swaps can really be a good addition to your list building strategy and Safe Swaps seems to me to be the best site to do both.

I wrote about it extensively as part of my free "50 Names a Day" free list building WSO, and am actually in the midst of creating an extensive list building WSO. In it I've done a case study using safe swaps as the source for solo ads and swaps. I'm also interviewing some advanced users of the site.. so it should be real interesting to anyone considering.

Mike Hill

The other thing you have to be careful of with any adswap is where the traffic is coming from. Some new marketers that do not have a list are swapping and sending traffic from adfly. Adfly is junk traffic in my opinion and will not convert.

So when you think you are building a list because the numbers in your autoresponder are climbing you should double check the IP addresses of the traffic your getting for any similarities or a lot of duplicates.

Ken_Caudill

My bad.

Glancing at your headline, I thought it said wife-swap reviews.

Chronic IM

Hello!

Yes it is very easy to use and makes work easier. It has less hustle and is very handy. You should try it if you want to. It's ok. You should at least give it a try and see if it also suits you or if you find it as a big help. It's really a big help.

Best of Luck!

kurttasche

Thanks for the video Keith. I was thinking of joining Safe Swaps, but now I definitely am.

GoBlog

Hi Keith,

Thank for the video review. I think this is a good start to build responsive list.

timfleagle

I am currently testing safeswap and i have purchased 4 soload campaigns. I have gotten about a 25% opt-in rate to my e-mail list but no buyers yet. seems to be a good bang for the buck.