A few kind words from authority figures we don’t know…
Daily Candy
The Facebook app is a totally different sort of trading floor. You offer a talent or product and see if someone with a corresponding need can provide something you want in return. Swap…hors d’oeuvre recipes for Krav Maga instruction, hand-loomed potholders for prepaid phone cards. Who knows? You may even make a new friend or two. No matter what, it’s a win-win situation.
MSN Money
As spare cash becomes harder to come by for many families, bartering is an increasingly attractive alternative to putting expenses on credit cards. You might start with folks you know–friends, family and co-workers [at] Trade A Favor.
Regina Lewis
With the U.S. economy on shaky ground, it’s good to know ‘life is more than cash.’ At least that’s the theory on web site Trade a Favor, where you can trade anything with anyone and everyone. I suspect in this economic climate, you’ll see ‘trading’ sites spike along with do-it-yourself resources. Have been in meetings with people discussing this concept for years. Think these guys may have nailed it. Hats off.
Better Homes & Gardens
The idea of bartering with strangers can be downright scary. Fortunately, online brokers are here to help. Check out who’s offering services and stuff–and jump in yourself–at TradeAFavor.com.
Rachel Botsman
I think 2011 is the year of favor and skill exchanges taking off. First up: http://tradeafavor.com/ #CollCons #Shareable
Los Angeles Times
Every recession triggers bartering…but the Internet has given the practice unprecedented reach. TradeAFavor.com cater[s] to the cost-conscious.
SocialMediocrity.com
I was disappointed though to find that the [features of another website] came with, typically, a not insignificant charge on them. Probably a misunderstanding in the way I had read the words, but I was expecting a Trade A Favor type of service, where we disposed of cash, and offered each other favors, or well-intended offers of help or service in return for the same. You can imagine a person to person version of this (such as TAF’s) being incredibly successful, though like most things it perhaps awaits a killer application. Amongst friends and partners, of course the shackles can come off somewhat in terms of what can be offered, and perhaps private and closed groups is what the [other] service needs.
MadeMan.com
All you investors out there hurry up and get aboard, as this is perhaps the greatest Facebook application ever written.
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