The Barter Network partners with the 85th East-West Shrine Game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children
Winter Park, Florida, September 24, 2009 – The Barter Network, a nationwide leader in business-to-business barter services, has partnered with Shriners Hospitals for Children to assist in reducing costs, which will benefit its patients.
• The 85th East-West Shrine Game, America’s Premier [...]
As found on YouTube, The Barter Network of Florida, featured in a barter segment on the WKMG news program. Originally posted to YouTube on May 9th, 2009. A great segment on barter and a great feature on The Barter Network. Congratulations to TBN.
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In a prior report on the status of sign up fees within the barter industry, I had mentioned, off-hand, that I had heard that ITEX had ended the practice of sign up fees for new ITEX members. This, in conjunction with the recommendation of the experts at the IRTA conference, suggested that two major players [...]
Continue →Business Week, who has been quoted on this website in the past, published a piece about barter in April of 2008, well before the brunt of the economic crash occurred. The article mentions ITEX, IRTA, NATE, and goes on to explain trade exchanges and their use. The tone of the article is one of instruction, [...]
Continue →A follow up story from Business Week starts outlining the general thinking of the current barter industry: barter exchanges are an absolutely viable alternative to banks where financing is concerned.
Read the full story here: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2008/sb20081111_235070.htm
Barter Exchanges Catch On as Credit Tightens
Small businesses find that trading for goods and services not only conserves cash; it can [...]
As found on SmallBusinessNotes.com
Before signing up for a trade exchange, here are some common sense steps you should take:
Make a list of what you want to trade and the items you would be willing to accept in return. Choose a barter organization that deals in the items you are interested in trading.
Ask for [...]
In an amusing example of attempting to barter for a tax bill, a UK reporter phoned up the local tax office, the council, and offered ties, baked goods, or work in exchange for a clean tax bill. The council employee turned him down, with a response that his proposal was novel but not worth exploring. [...]
Continue →In my on-going search for anything barter related, I stumbled upon an article on How Stuff Works.com that attempted to explain the concept of barter, and moving on to more modern explanations of barter, including trade exchanges and community currencies. A paragraph on the first page struck me as odd:
Pure forms of the bartering economic [...]
An article published in the Boise Weekly essentially documents the exploration of one reporter in to the subtle world of barter. She exchanges a home cooked meal for a decorative cake, meets people who have traded service for cats, goes over the caveats of sound barter transactions, and mentions Craigslist, Trashbank, and U-Exchange by name. [...]
Continue →There are more and more articles every day that tout the use of barter, and more often than not the articles are targeting people that don’t own businesses, that have no formal barter experience, and that haven’t consumated their first trade. For many, that can be a daunting task, and unless there is some heavy [...]
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