Bartering, i.e. trading what you have for what you want without using money, is the world’s oldest form of commerce and pre-dates all currency. Today Bartering has become the modern and innovative way to do business by using your surplus inventory, unsold goods or just simply your spare capacity to purchase essential goods and services that your company would have paid hard earned cash for! Approximately 90% of the World’s top 500 businesses are directly involved in bartering on a massive scale. Involvement with Bartercard gives smaller businesses access to the same benefits with no risk.

Imagine employing a team of marketing, sales and purchasing professionals and paying them for their efforts ONLY when they produce tangible and measurable results. That is precisely how our members think of us and exactly why they use us. A unique arrangement we’re sure you will agree.

Now in our 17th year of operations, Bartercard is an International company with 100+ offices in 13 countries, 16 of which are in the UK, our Dorset office in Bournemouth being based at St Peters Road.

Officially recognised as the WORLD’S LARGEST TRADE EXCHANGE, our member’s global Bartercard trade turnover exceeded Ł762 million in 2007 and the great majority of our 75,000+ business card holders are SME’s.

Bartercard benefits are many and include the following essential elements:

1. Conserving cash and improving cash flow.
2. Complete record keeping service via monthly paper statements, also viewable online.
3. Doing business in a market that virtually all of your competitors cannot reach.
4. Access to an extensive business based, membership network of local, national and international companies.
5. Using the power of Bartercard to win lucrative cash business.
6. No bad debts GUARANTEED, using our 24/7 transaction authorisation hotline or online instant EFTPOS authorisation.
7. Purchasing with an interest free line of trade pound credit, conserving your cash resources.
8. Purchasing with a discount equivalent to the gross margin of your goods or services.
9. Financing purchases out of additional new Bartercard sales.
10. Access to our 24 hour on-line member’s portal including e-market place, auction site, real estate, travel, and membership directory.
11. A risk free method of trading backed up by our unique 100% Satisfaction & Results GUARANTEE.
12. Bartercard staff acting as your purchasing agents, sourcing products on your behalf.
13. Free local, national and international advertising.
14. Involvement with the World’s Largest Trade Exchange and it’s Łmulti-million annual trade turnover.
15. Bartercard staff acting as your sales team promoting your company.
16. New cash customers from word of mouth Bartercard clients.
17. Motivate and reward key staff members with a Bartercard “staff card”, further protecting your hard earned cash resources.
18. Bartercard allows your business to operate more efficiently by bringing you sales that assist in filling downtime, spare capacity or moving surplus stock.
19. Receiving TŁ300 for every referral that results in a new member.
20. Bartercard trade pound transactions are treated and accounted for in exactly the same way as cash pounds negating the need for specialist accounting systems or training.

Bartercard is the ONLY strategic business tool that can create new business, increase sales, reduce cash expenses and use profit margins as a discount for purchases. It is a truly global business network packed with local, national and international trading and marketing opportunities for our members.

CALL OR E-MAIL US TODAY TO ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION AND TURBO CHARGE YOUR BUSINESS POTENTIAL.

Keeley Leader & James Allingham — Sound Connexions

We are a wholesale business that buys and sells stock in bulk from small shops to huge multi nationals. Bartercard has enabled us to sell to a retail market which gives us a better margin in our product and also the ability to make new business contacts. Since joining we do a large amount of sales and purchases every month buying stock from other Bartercard members

We then sell this stock back to our cash contacts and successfully convert every trade pound into a cash pound, not forgetting the new contacts we have made that widen our network and allow us to have a stronger foothold in our industry.

If you have an open mind and will work hard at making Bartercard work then there is no doubt you will save money, increase your sales, network with new people and ultimately get to where you want to be in business faster than before.
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Cosimo De Paola — Davinci's Ristorante

I have been a member of Bartercard since 2003 and it has been a great tool for growing my business, in the last year I have opened a second restaurant using Bartercard to purchase Catering and Refridgeration equipment, Carpets, Kitchen Lino, Tiles, Printing, Menus and a fantastic Maple Staircase which joined the newly opened second floor of the premises, then this month I bought a brand new bar whcih has been hand made for the new bar/cafe area.

Just in direct costs with my refurbishments Bartercard has saved me over Ł30,000 in cash which I have been able to pay back with future business as and when my restaurant has had the empty seats to repay.

And there are the ongoing costs of the business such as cleaning products and a fruit & vegetable supplier which have saved me over Ł10,000 between them already!

So long as you work with Bartercard it can really be an amazing tool to use the spare capacity of your business and increase your bottom line profit, as well as the word of mouth referral that drives more cash clients to your business.
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Gavin Fisher - The Dorset Children's Hospice — Julias House

My apologies, I have written to thank everyone else for donating their Trade Pounds, but not to Bartercard Dorset, so thank you so much, not just for your donation but for organising everyone else's too.

Thanks to the generosity of members of Bartercard Dorset we have raised enough trade pounds to purchase various items for our garden appeal as well as various items for fundraising events, such as prizes. As you know, we have recently opened our children's hospice at Corfe Mullen, which is the only one in Dorset and we are keen to complete the work on the back garden in time for the children to enjoy the lovely sumemr weather outside.

As well as the hospice, we have around 50 nurses and carers travelling the country, caring for life-limited and life-threatened children in their own homes. Clearly this work costs a great deal and without government funding we are wholly reliant on the local community. Consequently, the goods and services that we are able to buy through Bartercard make a big difference to our ability to care for these children, so thank you very much for your significant part in this.

With thanks again and best wishes
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