The Barter Company | Business to Business Barter Network

Imagine a party for Metro Atlanta Business Owners, where the conversation becomes dry, dull and heading toward politics. There’s the inflated know-it-all ready to divulge his latest diatribe at the guests. You step in, ready to diffuse. How would you steer the conversation? Perhaps you would focus on common ground: their businesses. You can invite stories on how these individuals developed and grew their businesses.

Organized barter exchanges help businesses get new clients. Barter exchanges are sophisticated independently-owned companies, designed to promote businesses using alternative currency. They help members conserve valuable cash flow; increase exposure in the community; expand purchasing power; and adhere to Internal Revenue Service guidelines in the United States, thus elevating the standards of and beliefs about bartering.

Historical documents prove that, people all over the world have bartered as part of the human condition. Today, in the U.S., there are more than 1100 Business to Business Trade Networks that exchange $800 billion worth of goods and services. Some have joined nation-wide umbrella organizations, such as the National Association of Trade Exchanges, (NATE) in the U.S., or The International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA), serving barter exchanges globally.

Here’s how members of our Metro Atlanta Business to Business Trade Network obtain new business:

Barter members become friends, and, in exchanging business transactions, a bonding occurs, loyalties emerge, and referrals exchange, as, people like to do business with people they know and like. A key study on referral programs by Philipp Schmitt, PhD marketing student, and professors of marketing, Bernd Skiera and Christophe Van den Bulte, at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, found promising results for business owners. The study notes, “Tracking approximately 10,000 customers of a leading German bank for almost three years, we find that referred customers (i) have a higher contribution margin, though this difference erodes over time, (ii) have a higher retention rate, and this difference persists over time, and (iii) are more valuable both in the short and long run.” The study also concluded that the average value of a referred customer is at least 16 percent higher than that of a non-referred customer with similar demographics.

Business to Business Trade Network Members may participate in a lifestyle they would not have had without bartering for goods and services. If a member of a local barter exchange that belongs to NATE, wants to do business with another company in barter exchange elsewhere that also belongs to NATE, the parties can enjoy that trade. New, cash-paying customers don’t always arrive due to members doing “business,” however. For example, a plumber in an Atlanta exchange vacations in New York. He may seek a hotel that belongs to a New York barter exchange. If both barter exchanges belong to NATE, the transaction occurs. How does “cash” come into play? The New York hotel may offer the room in trade, but the visitor pays cash/credit for dining, valet service, room charges, laundry, or health and beauty amenities. The New York hotel just received trade dollars and cash. The plumber returns, tells his friends in Atlanta about his fabulous vacation hotel, and they book a trip to NY. Those members may or may not be part of the exchange. Either way, the Atlanta member has generated new business for the hotel and had the pleasure of using alternative currency.

Social media spreads the word globally. Members tout the great service they received from a company and in a click of a computer key, local, national and international viewers can learn about that company. Business to Business Trade Networks bring in new business that could never have been acquired in any other way. A person on the other side of the world may not be able to physically use that business. But the viewer may know someone in the location of that business and pass along a cash-paying referral.

Rapid client turnover or seasonal businesses, such as hotels, restaurants, theaters and housing rentals fill their vacancies with barter members or their families, or friends. Instead of relying on heavy discounts, these businesses accept barter currency, and the non-members become new cash customers.

With hundreds of cardholders locally and over 500,000 businesses through our network, The Barter Company in Metro Atlanta is helping local businesses increase sales, build customer loyalty and tap into new markets while conserving cash — All by bartering goods and services within the The BARTER COMPANY membership network.

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The Barter Company is locally owned and proudly serving local businesses the entire Metro Atlanta Area including the following communities:

Atlanta GA | Acworth GA | Alpharetta GA | Roswell GA | Marietta GA | Kennesaw GA

Norcross GA | Sandy Springs GA | Stone Mountain GA | Duluth GA | Johns Creek GA

Peachtree City GA | Dunwoody GA | Cumming GA | Buckhead GA | Vinings GA

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Here’s how members of our Metro Atlanta Business to Business Trade Network obtain new business:

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