Comments on: BarterCard offers SMS-based POS solution to cashless trade exchange members

By: David Baptiste

David Baptiste — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:46:42 +0000

Helpful article, thanks. I've switched over to bartering recently for most of anything I can get without having to shell out cash. There are a couple sites out thereto use, to connect with people who are looking to barter trade/swap items or even services (carpentry work for auto work, etc). One of the sites I use is Baarter - http://baarter.com

By: Guillaume Lebleu

Guillaume Lebleu — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:25:52 +0000

Indeed. Barter networks are like trading clubs or closed wall marketplaces. By artificially restricting the number of merchants accepting the currency, they create demand for these merchants.

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:25:52 +0000

Indeed. Barter networks are like trading clubs or closed wall marketplaces. By artificially restricting the number of merchants accepting the currency, they create demand for these merchants.

By: Robert Hahl

Robert Hahl — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:43:56 +0000

These barter systems seem to be just loyalty programs combined with discount coupons. Assume you are a service provider with spare capacity. By agreeing to provide your services in exchange for barterbucks, you may attract some members of the group as new clients (loyalty function). Because buyers are paying with services of their own, which are presumably done at a relatively low cost to themselves, these payments feel like discounted prices to the buyers (discount function).