International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB: ITNM), one of the worldwide leaders in business-to-business barter, announced that its series of barter expos, along with sales from its online marketplace, are providing a strong finish to 2009. Some highlights: The 14 barter expos and holiday gift shows generated more than $2.7 million in sales this year. The [...]
Paul Garrett of IMS was interviewed, along with a number of IMS clients, for a barter expose in the New York Times over the weekend. Along with the normal explanations of barter currency and exchanges in general, the article highlights some member experiences with IMS like this… With trade dollars, she said, she has bought [...]
In response to the throngs of crowds in shopping centers around the United States, the Houston Simplicity Network is sponsoring a barter and/or free shopping event called, “Buy Nothing Friday”. According to the press release, the event is free to the public. All that is required to participate can be contained in whatever you bring [...]
In this week’s episode of the Barter News Weekly we announce Christmas Trade Fairs, and talk about Inc Magazine and a contest they are holding.
BCL Soft and Barter21 recently added a “Live Help” feature to their website. This allows you to browse the site and immediately request live help if you have a question about the software, switching from your current platform to Barter21 or if you want to start a barter exchange and don’t know what to do [...]
Originally posted by Barry Cohen of Barter 21. There has been a lot of talk, rumors, and grumblings in the Complementary Currency world regarding a Guidance Memo release by FinCEN – the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury. The subject of the memo was “Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Persons Administering, [...]
IRTA wants to make the upcoming September 19th thru 21st 2013 Las Vegas Venetian Convention the best ever. The need some input on how they can make the programming for the convention be fresh and engaging. If you are interested in helping with that, take a few minutes to answer the five short questions at: [...]
