In my second video review this week, I went through the SwapRight.com website. They have a bit better user interface than Barterian did, the option of logging in with Facebook Connect, and an easier sign up process, but have the same problems that most of these barter startups have: no tools for hooking people up, […]
I finally had a chance to sit down and review Barterian, a new online barter service. The logo is nice, the interface is stark and boring, the usability factor is very low. I gave them a C overall because they are just average in the scale of what internet barter has become. Not great. Not […]
In another in our series of video reviews, we take a good look at tribarter.com, one of the newest barter sites. Our findings support a theory we are discovering: most people don’t take the time to figure out how to get customers to barter before building a web site. We’ll show you what we mean […]
This is our video review of ApplesForOranges.com, a new buy, sell, and trade website with free classified listings.
I found a link to a site that offers free Quickbooks advice. It had this to say about recording a barter transaction. Recording of Barter ExchangesIf you have customers who are also vendors you may decide to trade some or all of your services / products in exchange for payment. To record such a barter […]
There are many ways barter can be used to renovate or restore a home. You can use barter to purchase building materials and hire contractors. Many suppliers such as tile, carpet and stone companies have huge excess inventories or items that have gone unsold. They would welcome the opportunity to get full value for the […]
Most businesses suffer from the issue of bad debts (accounts receivable that will most likely remain uncollectible and will be written off). These debts appear as an expense on the company’s income statement, thus reducing net income and most companies make a bad debt allowance since it is unlikely that all of their debtors will pay them in full. (more…)