As part of a customer service segment, the THV news in Little Rock, Arkansas reports on the best use of barter, specifically U-Exchange. Check out the video for the full story.
I’ve been milling over whether to write a piece on the current trends in the barter industry and my predictions for 2010 and the industry for a couple of weeks. It seems there is enough movement in the industry right now to write something not only coherent, but informative, and perhaps be a little prophetic […]
On January 15th I published a story as part 2 of an experiment to trade a brand new computer and some furniture to anyone that wanted it. I posted the items on Craigslist, U-Exchange, BarterQuest, SwapTree, and PayMeWithAChicken. I used the same descriptions, the same pictures, even in the video I tried to post to […]
I am uncomfortable calling this part 3, so part 2.7 of the battle of the internet barter sites it is. This is an update to part 2. In part 2 I posted items available for trade on four different websites. One week later, I have this to report: Craigslist generated no responses aside from the […]
Debbie Lombardi, president, Barter Business Unlimited, received the International Reciprocal Trade Association’s (IRTA) “Legends Of Barter Award” this past weekend at the barter industry association’s 34th Annual International Convention in Las Vegas, NV. “I’ve been a barter industry professional for over 30 years now and I am still challenged each day by the changing business […]
At the annual Barter21 users meeting during the IRTA Convention, new features were rolled out for Barter21 software. Barter 21 provided a live demonstration of the features to attendees of the conference, and they are described below. Limit Items Purchased The Trading Floor will have the capability of limiting the number of items any one […]
I was informed of another internet direct bartering website start up, My Trade Cart, a couple of days ago. While I wasn’t able to access the site in any meaningful way (the login I created never worked), I did like one of the features described in the press release I received. My Trade Cart is […]
