Barter News Weekly

Businesses in Tallahassee now have the opportunity to keep some cash in their pockets by bartering for services.

Nubarter is a new way to trade services for goods nationwide. A branch opened in Tallahassee last March.

“When people think of bartering, they think of one-on-one trading,” said Tony Miller, owner of the Tallahassee Nubarter. “But we are an alternative currency business.”

He added that Nubarter helps company owners conserve their cash, expand their business and in so doing, maintain or improve their lifestyle.

“It works just like cash at a bank,” said Renee Miller, Nubarter corporate broker and Tony’s wife. “When you open up an account with Nubarter, you are trading services for credits that are cash value. It doesn’t cost a dollar to make a dollar.”

With Nubarter, business owners can build up “barter dollars” by offering their services to other businesses in the Nubarter network. In return, the business that supplied the service can use those “barter dollars” at any business within the network, meaning the money is not coming out of pocket.

Renee Miller said there are 1,500 businesses nationwide in the Nubarter network; 45 of them are local.

Kristen Wofford, owner of Action Attraction Party Rental, has been in the Nubarter network for about a year.

“I like that there are so many companies on the network, not just in Tallahassee but nationwide,” Wofford said. “I’ve had communications with people in South Florida. I think it’s helped to get business we wouldn’t normally get with doing regular advertising.”

Wofford added that most of her company’s dollars spent have gone to local restaurants.