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Held in June 2016, the Bartercard New Zealand Mid-Year Trade Show welcomed over 100 exhibitors from around New Zealand to the ASB Show Grounds in Auckland.
https://youtu.be/0QaDT443HOc
Held in June 2016, the Bartercard New Zealand Mid-Year Trade Show welcomed over 100 exhibitors from around New Zealand to the ASB Show Grounds in Auckland.
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Bartercard is quarter of a century old this month! Its doors officially opened on 1, November with its first transaction being processed the very next day with, still active member, Kennedy Furniture.
Founded in 1991 on the Gold Coast, Australia, Bartercard is the world’s largest trade exchange, attracting new customers and increases sales. The concept allows businesses to exchange goods and services without the use of cash. It has 6,000-member businesses across New Zealand, approx. 15,000 cardholders, 13 local branches, 110 staff and trades more than $150million worth of goods and services outside the cash economy each year.
Over the years Bartercard has made advances in technology, and innovation is key to their longevity and success. In 2016 they partnered with the popular Entertainment™ Book and have many affiliations with charities and sponsorship deals.
In 2010, the Bartercard Foundation was established as a registered charity to support those charities requiring wider national prominence for their great cause.
Unlike most charities who aim to pass on 80% of their donations to the cause, with 20% to cover expenses and other costs, 100% of the donations raised by the Foundation go to the chosen charity. Bartercard New Zealand pays for all the costs of operating the trust.
Bartercard aims to become the sales growth network of choice and we can see why.
Bartercard has been a great addition to our business, we use it for all manner of business expenses as well as the odd luxury item that pops up. Once we figured out how it would best work for us everything just fell into place. I would highly recommend Bartercard as a means of increasing your business income. The assigned territory trade brokers give you one point of contact and they are worth their weight in trade dollars, they make everything very easy.
– Gary Rainey, Manawatu region
Happy birthday Bartercard!
Since its inception in New Zealand in 1992, Bartercard has become a familiar household name growing to over 6,000 member businesses across New Zealand and trading over $150 million worth of goods and services outside the cash economy each year.
Bartercard provides business opportunities to members by converting unutilised trading capacity and excess inventory into business opportunities with new customers. It’s world-leading, innovative trade exchange system allows over 24,000 member businesses in nine countries worldwide to benefit from the cashless economy of bartering.
While Bartercard may be a familiar name, you may not yet have heard about Ask Bartercard. Ask Bartercard is a new online hub dedicated to capture frequently asked questions about the network. It is an open and honest forum allowing anyone to ask anything about Bartercard. It’s also a great resource providing more information about what Bartercard is and isn’t, how to use it for business networking to build your business and how to trade effectively.
Once registered, users can submit their question and expect an answer within 48 hours. TheAsk Bartercard panel of staff review each question and will notify you before your question is published with an answer.
You can check out their FAQ page first, in case your question has already been answered. If it hasn’t, simply register/log in and let them know what you’d like to know! If your question is deemed offensive or not constructive, the Ask Bartercard staff will let you know that it will not be published, however your question will still be answered.
So, if you’re asking yourself, “Where can I spend Bartercard dollars, what is Bartercard, how does it work, what is the tax treatment?” or you’re unsure how to use it for business networking to build your business, just Ask Bartercard.
For further information on business networking, where can I use Bartercard and where can I spend my Bartercard dollars, please go to http://askbartercard.co.nz.
Ask Bartercard focuses on the impact of brand, when answering questions about Bartercard. As the dedicated resource in answering your questions regarding Bartercard, Ask Bartercard presents a transparent system of gathering and acting upon feedback, and at the same time, providing constructive comments.
Many people seem to have the same queries regarding what Bartercard is, and what it isn’t, and Ask Bartercard ensure that people have the correct information so that they can make informed decisions when seeking to join the Bartercard community. Ask Bartercard will also help spread the word about the Bartercard network and the benefits it can bring to your business.
Ask Bartercard was set up to allow people to ask questions and, in turn, to receive prompt answers. All you need to do is register, then type in your question, and you will receive a response within 48 hours (with the exception of weekends and public holidays when it may take longer to respond). You can also check out their FAQ’s to see if your question has already been answered. These have been compiled from the most common queries Ask Bartercard have received previously.
Ask Bartercard consists of a panel of staff, and Bartercard members, who review and assist with answering your questions. Once your question is submitted, it will be reviewed by the Ask Bartercard panel, and you will receive notification of the answer before it is published. Not all answers will be made public. Ask Bartercard recommend users register to use the site, using a social login. Social login, also known as social sign-in, is a form of single sign-on using existing information from a social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+.
For more information on how does Bartercard work, what is Bartercard and where can I use Bartercardplease go to http://www.askbartercard.co.nz.
Rather surprisingly, Ask Bartercard has been asked, “Is Bartercard a pyramid based model or a Ponzi scheme?” This is surprising, only for the fact that Bartercard was founded on the Gold Coast, Australia, in 1991, and has been enjoying rapid growth ever since. The three founding Directors shared a dream and vision, to make Bartercard the world’s largest trade exchange, expand globally and sustain a brand identity with a street presence.
Following its creation in 1992, Bartercard New Zealand became the first international licensee, through the development of a sophisticated licensing model that has been efficiently replicated throughout the globe. So, no,
Bartercard is not a pyramid based model or a Ponzi scheme. As any business does, they seek to bring on new members to expand the network and provide new trading opportunities to their members, as well as replacing business operated by members that may have sold, closed or are otherwise unable to continue operating. There is no hierarchical setup where existing members gain rewards from new members further down a ‘hierarchy’ using the network. Their philosophy, business model and pricing structure are based on members making transactions, rather than merely becoming a part of the network.
To explain, the Bartercard concept uses an alternative, electronic currency (Trade Dollars) that is exchanged between members to pay for goods and services to improve cash flow (cash be conserved for other business expenses), reduce cash expenses (by using Trade instead) and attract new customers. Trade Dollars are a well-recognised and accepted method of payment in New Zealand, and one Trade Dollar is equivalent to one New Zealand Dollar for all accounting and taxation purposes.
Bartercard is a registered Financial Services Provider and operates in a bartercardsimilar way as a credit card or another bank account. When it comes to accounting, there is no difference between cash and Trade Dollars, with sales being recorded as income and purchases being recorded as an expense or asset, so for more information on how does Bartercard work, Bartercard members and getting new customers please go to http://askbartercard.co.nz .
Ask Bartercard celebrates the fact that Bartercard has been in operation for over 25 years now, and here they answer the question, “What are the benefits of a trade exchange?”
The Bartercard concept uses an alternative, electronic currency (Trade Dollars) that is exchanged between members to pay for goods and services to improve cash flow (cash be conserved for other business expenses), reduce cash expenses (by using Trade instead) and attract new customers. Trade Dollars are a well-recognised and accepted method of payment in New Zealand. One Trade Dollar is equivalent to one New Zealand Dollar for all accounting and taxation purposes.
Bartercard is a registered Financial Services Provider and operates in a similar way as a credit card or another bank account. When it comes to accounting, there is no difference between cash and Trade Dollars, with sales being recorded as income and purchases being recorded as an expense or asset.
You can promote your business to thousands of local, national and international businesses who are all potential customers. Bartercard has over 6,000 member businesses in New Zealand and over 36,000 member businesses around the world using Bartercard to grow their business.
There are so many benefits to joining Bartercard, and the first is you will attract new customers with Bartercard’s large referral network. Secondly, you can reduce your cash costs by paying with Bartercard trade dollars.Similarly, you can build business contacts, as Bartercard is a membership-based network, with many local and national networking events.
You will also clear excess stock without the need to discount, and finally, you can access interest free funding with Bartercard’s interest-free line of credit, which allows you to make purchases immediately upon joining the Bartercard network, so for more information on what is Bartercard, Bartercard members and how does Bartercard work please go to http://askbartercard.co.nz .