How to Barter Before Buying

You do not always have to pay for everything. The option to barter for the things you need or want provides an easier way to save money. Listed below are several ideas and areas to barter instead of pay for things.


Information products are a good thing to barter with by offering ebooks, magazines, informational newsletters, and courses on how to do thing in place of paying for something else.


Advertising space such as banner ads, ezine ads, magazine ads, tv ads, and online classified ad are another good barter tool in exchange for paying for services or materials.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Information Products
• Advertising Space
• Business Cards
• Brochures
• Website

1. First, offer to advertise within your website the information of a web hosting service to get a reduced rate for you website. Software is another bartering area, there are many softwares that will give their services or software in exchange for you promoting their products on your site or within your emails.

2. 
    
   write, edit, and accounting services

   Second, offer to write or do editing for web sites, press releases and other forms of writing services for the company. In exchange for accounting services, offer to advertise within your website for free in place of paying for their services.

3. 
    
   offer free consulting services for free advertising

   Third, Offer free consulting services to get free advertising on their website in exchange. Printing services such as business cards or brochures you could offer to advertise the business on the website instead of paying for the services.

Tips & Warnings

• Merchant accounts used on a site cost for the services used. Offer to advertise the merchant account service within your website in exchange for the fees of using the services of the merchant account they charge.
• For free internet services, offer the internet company an ad within your site for no cost to them in exchange for free or discounted internet services.
• Avoid costly fees for advertising, just simply contacting professionals can reduce your out of pocket expense.

Resources

• Turning Your Words Into FreeTraffic
• How To Effectively Advertise For Free

[langleycornwell]

on 12/10/2009 Great topic, especially these days. I've got to get better at bartering, thanks for the tips.

[jenng]

on 11/5/2009 great article on How to Barter Before Buying 5*

[rkremer]

on 10/27/2009 When each side feels like they came out ahead, this works great.

[gabbygirl007]

on 10/23/2009 My mom and I were talking about this very topic just yesterday. Bartering is a great thing..especially to save money these days! great article!

[Alrady]

on 7/31/2009 Had to come back to this.. negotiating a bunch of stuff now.. great tips thanks