(8) I have no products to trade

Many of the best traders fall into this category. Your options are limitless. A woman contacted the publisher a gift catalog made especially for independent sales agents to use in marketing. Among its inventory the full color gift catalog carried jewelry, luggage, knives, small electronics, household goods and some clothing. Retail prices were displayed in the catalog but just underneath were a small coded number that told the agent what the item would actually cost when ordered. Virtually nothing in the catalog cost more than 30% of the retail price shown and the average was 20%. With the catalog in hand for people to select from, the woman could trade for many of the things she needed, with her cost being between 16-30%. Our monthly newsletter will give valuable information on where to obtain such catalogs cited above along with other sources for acquiring attractive products for use in barter transactions. Some traders will acquire vacation timeshare units, which sometimes are available just for picking up the past due maintenance fees and trade them at developer prices, often achieving a ten to one multiple. A woman with no other business activity issues Private Trade Dollars to get services for her home (plumbing, electrical, air conditioning, painting, carpet cleaning). Her barter due bills are redeemable for making product and message deliveries around town. Another woman developed a thriving business as a buyer for her customers. Finding out what others were about to buy for cash, she offered to work a barter transaction and shared some of the cash saved with the buyer. Trading is many times easier than selling for cash and often is just as rewarding. In trading, your options are limitless.

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