As reported by Boston.com, Swap.com started their 18 city promotional event by inviting locals to attend a LITERAL swap meet. Participants were encouraged to bring their stuff and swap. “You never know when someone else’s trash is going to be another man’s treasure,’’ said Jennifer Lula, a seasoned swapper who volunteered at last Thursday’s event […]
Coolswop is a Thai internet barter website that is following the same vein as BarterQuest and U-Swap. Remember back in grade school when your mom put an apple in your lunch but you really wanted a banana so you traded it with your friend? Coolswop.com is based on that model, allowing users to barter with […]
4 Seasons Home Crafters of Norton Shores, Michigan, is generating a significant amount of buzz about their yearly promotion, the “Swap-A-Rama”. In conjunction with big sales on siding and other products, 4 Seasons accepts direct trades as part or all of a bid. Each September for the past 10 years, 4 Seasons runs ads for […]
July, 26, 2010: Citadel Media signs a marketing and sales agreement with mSnap, which will provide mobile marketing capabilities to stations on a barter basis. mSnap already provides a text messaging to Citadel Broadcasting stations and will now offer the same services to stations for barter instead of cash. “The barter program presents stations the […]
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…)