Facebook may just be the undoing of the traditional internet as we know it. Barter is even moving in the direction of an app on Facebook. And with 500+ million users, Facebook has the user base to perhaps pull it off. This app is much like any of the other swap sites we’ve seen so [...]
After a year’s trial period, OurGoods.org, an online barter network for designers and artists in New York City, is open to the public. The site promotes the swapping of skills, space, labor and art objects; designers on a budget will find an expanding list of offerings, including custom wallpaper, vintage fabrics and lessons in soap [...]
From an email from the owner, Ruxana Mahdi. Barter Angels is based in the North East of England. The business operates nationwide with a Sales Director in London and the South East who is building a team nationwide. Barter Angels allows part barter/part cash transactions and clients pay no joining fee until they do their [...]
A new barter website, tourboarding.com, is using a direct barter method to hook up travelers that speak different languages with people in places like China to help them perfect their language skills. From the press release: Travelers who plan to visit China can use TourBoarding.com’s bilingual communication interface and travel barter platform to arrange a [...]
Women Who Barter, an online networking association created to support women business owners or women who want to launch a new business, posted a new video yesterday touting the group atmosphere and comeraderie that accompanies a Women Who Barter meeting.
The media industry, after being blasted by the last two years of “underperforming” media assets, has launched a number of web services designed to help facilitate barter transactions. The latest in the foray is a company called Midas Exchange, sponsored by GroupM. WPP said The Midas Exchange will initially operate in the U.S., and that [...]
New internet barter exchange, BarterSphere.com, does not live up to the initial goodness I thought it would have. First, they made me listen to music when I went to the home page, which just makes me mad. Then, they asked for three dozen different pieces of information regarding my business, and a W-9 form. Pretty [...]
Starting a new business requires investment of money, time and expertise. During the initial setup a lot of capital is required. In some cases, entrepreneurs may seek outside investment to get the necessary capital to get there business off ground. Attaining cash investors is not an easy task. It is a risky proposition to invest [...]
At the request of the owners of JavoTrade.com, whom I mentioned here a little while ago, I am going to spend some time today digging around their site and at the same time write a play-by-play here. The site is done up in a bright blue, which is an internet standard…for me it’s a little [...]
Superfluid.biz is a new entrant in to the business to business barter realm. According to their web site, “The superfluid concept is informed and inspired by diverse thinking in alternative currency. –Everything from online game currency to Paul Glover’s Ithaca Hours. Conventional barter exchanges are of a bit less interest to us, and while superfluid.biz [...]
