We launched the site as expected on December 25th and we are really excited at the response so far! Everyone loves the idea and we are getting many new users. Below is the "official press release" with more information. Coming soon, tales from the great beyond -- case studies and examples of successful bartering transactions.
PRESS RELEASE
Skills2Barter.com launched on December 25, 2009 and is a skills marketplace for anyone who would like to trade (barter) their skills for someone else's. The idea is simple, we are providing a place where people all over the U.S. can register and search for skills they have and need based on zip code. We provide two ways to search 1. skill only and 2. barter skill for skill, both based on US zip code. You can save your favorite bartering buddies and select multiple skills when registering. People tend to think the only skill they have is the one they earn money with – NOT. Everyone has multiple skills or talents and maybe it’s time you started using all of yours to get what you need! You have a knack for decorating… maybe you can stage someone’s house to sell in exchange for a having a new deck built… we are sooo excited about this!
We started the site with a vision and two enthusiastic people who just happened to know how to build a website. We believe and history has shown that the American people will connect (that’s where the site comes into play) and will work together to continue to get things done and succeed in any way possible during challenging times. Our strength isn’t necessarily in our present economy or how much the dollar is worth. It’s in our people – their skills and experience. So when your insurance doesn’t pay for crowns or acupuncture or physical therapy or in-home nursing… somewhere out there, probably in your area, is a dentist that needs a website, a acupuncturist that needs her car worked on, a PT that needs someone to set up his books, and sure enough there is a nurse out of work that needs a music teacher for her daughter or a place to live. We would like to bring these people together so that we can all continue to live and get things done - the barter way.
We are just getting started and right now the biggest challenge is getting the word out and getting people to register on the site so we increase our community. We need more people, people like you to make it work. So please have patience if you don’t find the skills in the area you want right away, sign up, send your friends and family to the site encourage them to do the same and maybe the next time you go and do a search, you will find the perfect barter buddy.
