One red paperclip

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One red paper clip is a website created by Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who switched his way from a red paper clip to the house in a series of fourteen online trades for one year. MacDonald was inspired by Bigger's childhood game, Better . His site receives many notifications to track transactions. "Many people ask me how I have raised so much publicity around the project, and my simple answer is: 'I do not know ' ", he told the BBC.

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Trading timeline

MacDonald made his first trade, a red paper clip for a fish-shaped pen, on July 14, 2005. He achieved his goal of trading home with a fourteen deal, trading the film's role for a home. This is a list of all transactions created by MacDonald:

1. On July 14, 2005, he went to Vancouver and traded paper clips for a fish-shaped pen.
2. He then traded the pen on the same day for hand-made door handles from Seattle, Washington.
3. On July 25, 2005, he went to Amherst, Massachusetts, with a friend to exchange the door knob for the Coleman camp stove (with fuel).
4. On September 24, 2005, he went to California, and traded a stove for Honda generators.
5. On November 16, 2005, he went to Maspeth, Queens, and traded the generator for an "instant party": an empty barrel, an IOU to fill the barrel with a beer of choice, and a Budweiser neon sign. This is their second attempt to trade; the first result was a temporary seized generator by the New York City Fire Department.
6. On December 8, 2005, he traded an "instant party" for Quebec's comedian and radio personality, Michel Barrette for the Ski-Doo snowmobile.
7. Within a week, he swapped a snowmobile for a two-person trip to Yahk, British Columbia, scheduled for February 2006.
8. On or about January 7, 2006, he traded second place on a Yahk trip for a box truck.
9. On or about February 22, 2006, he traded a box truck for a recording contract with Metalworks in Mississauga, Ontario.
10. On or about April 11, 2006, he redeemed a contract to Jody Gnant for a year's rent in Phoenix, Arizona.
11. On or about 26 April 2006, he sold this year in Phoenix for an afternoon with Alice Cooper.
12. On or about May 26, 2006, he exchanged an afternoon with Cooper for the KISS motorized snow world.
13. On or about June 2, 2006, he traded a snowball to Corbin Bernsen for a role in the movie Donna on Demand .
14. On or about July 5, 2006, she swapped the movie role for a two-story farmhouse in Kipling, Saskatchewan.

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See also

• Straw Millionaire

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• "One Red Paper Clip Site" Official Red Clip Official Website.
• Red Paperclip Story on Kipling's website

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