Joel Carlton

IconBuffet is a cool icon trading site where members can collect and trade icons. There are new icons sets that are released for free all the time, and each month a member will receive one free set which he can trade among his friends. It takes a little while but over time icon fanatics can collect up to almost 200 free icons.

There are two things to watch for when trading icons.  The first is stamps; stamps are earned each time members receive and icon set.  In order to send icons to a friend, members must have stamps; run out of stamps and there won’t be any more trading. If a friend spends stamps sending icons to another member and the member declines the icons, then the stamps will be returned. The second thing in consideration is tokens; each month the users tokens will be reset to 10 so they have some money to buy icons: sort of like  Monopoly money. The monthly free icon set that gets sent to members will sometimes be free, but sometimes it will require 1,2,5 etc. tokens. If members run out of tokens, they cannot buy any more icons for that month. If their friends send some icons that don’t cost tokens, then users will be able to get them other than that, members will have to wait till the next month.

IconBuffet is not just for free icons but also for commercial/professional ones ranging from around $30 to $300. Icons are available in vectors and are sold as starters or full sets. Sets can be browsed in the icon library by category, style, and family.

VIP memberships are also available for about $6 a month and will benefit the member with 30 tokens per month instead of 10, $25 off any starter or full icon set, and occasional VIP surprises. With a VIP membership, starter icon sets are just 5 bucks! If a member buys three icon sets for $15 ($75 in savings), then he has paid off his first year’s VIP cost.

IconBuffet is a great site to join if you want to pick up some professional looking icons or if you just want to trade some free ones with some friends.

Want to get in on this free icon swapping? Then head over to IconBuffet and check it out for yourself.