| Question | Answer |
| How big is barter in the United States? | The International Reciprocal Trade Association estimates that $16 billion worth of products and services were bartered in the United States in 2009. Sixty-five percent of the Fortune 500 companies barter their goods and services. The worldwide barter industry, by some estimates, exchanged as much as $65 billion worth of goods and services. |
| How much does a business pay to participate in Nubarter? | NuBarter charges a nominal registration fee, an administration fee and a cash commission on each buy transaction. |
| Is barter a way for companies to liquidate inventory at fire sale prices? | No. There are businesses whose sole purpose is to relieve companies of distressed inventories by taking ownership of those inventories using various forms of non-cash credits. That is very different from what NuBarter does. The NuBarter Network offers businesses of all sizes a full-value marketplace of thousands of companies eager to spend trade dollars and a non-cash distribution channel into which they can move merchandise, making it available for sale to all the companies that belong to the NuBarter Network. NuBarter is not a discount channel. We offer businesses a sensible, non-cash option they have never had before for selling merchandise at full value. |
| Is business to business barter just another form of auction? | No. In an auction, sellers are unsure what value they will receive for their merchandise. In a barter transaction, the price of the products and services is determined by the seller and must be met by the buyer. Thus, companies realize the full value of the products and services they barter. NuBarter represents a distribution channel that companies can use to increase sales at full value. |
| Why do companies barter? | Nearly every business faces the daily dilemma of cash management and perishable inventory -- newspaper pages without advertising, airline seats that fly empty, production facilities that run below capacity. Modern barter involves the creation of a market in which available products and services can be offered at full value to thousands of potential business buyers in a trading network, or a barter exchange. These sales use a non-cash currency which participating companies can use to buy anything listed within the exchange. In this way, a barter exchange delivers two benefits to business: sales at full value and the ability to acquire valuable products and services while conserving cash. |
| Why use trade credits instead of cash? | Maximizing cash flow is a top priority of all businesses, small and large. Using trade dollars, sometimes called trade credits, is an alternative to using cash, which helps businesses conserve cash. You can earn trade by selling available inventory or staff time, and you can spend your earned trade dollars to pay for products and services you need to run your businesses. |