Benefits for Individuals and Companies

Why do Consumers Barter

Save Cash

Convert your goods and services into FreeMate trade dollars that work like cash to purchase needed items.

Go to your garage, your closet and turn those "extra things" you've got around your home into purchasing power to improve your lifestyle and save money on things you might otherwise spend cash on.

How about that used set of golf clubs, art, clothing, a lawnmower, or just about any product that you might find you no longer need. List it on FreeMate and watch your goods sell.

List your Goods for Free

Think of FreeMate as a company similar to Ebay, but instead of buying and selling using cash, our members use FreeMate dollars, or credits.

Plus of course there are no listing fees.

List your Services for Free

Whether you are already employed full time or part time or unemployed you can offer your services for Barter Dollars and get paid for anything from data entry to house sitting. You do not need to own a business to Barter.

How about piano lessons, pet feeding, handyman services, tutoring, etc. You are only limited by your imagination.

Reporting

FreeMate serves as a clearinghouse and record keeper for its members. FreeMate tracks all transactions and provides statements online 24 hours per day for all its members. Sales are deposited into your account and purchases are deducted from your account. It's really that simple!

No Bad Debts

FreeMate takes the aggravation out of collections. All Purchases are made online 24/7 and if the buyer does not have the needed FreeMate dollars, they can transfer funds to your account and the buyer will be invited to apply for a INTEREST FREE line of credit or a trade dollar loan.

Get paid by someone that owes you money

If you have someone that owes you money FreeMate can arrange (in agreement with the other person or company) to pay you the debt in full using FreeMate trade dollars and then you can use those FreeMate dollars to purchase goods or services from other members.

Reduce the Cost of Borrowing

Rather than paying cash interest on personal loans FreeMate can extend you a credit line against your future barter sales.

Why Do Business Owners Barter

Save Cash and Improve Cash Flow

Convert your goods and services into FreeMate trade dollars that work like cash to purchase needed items.

There are two primary avenues to increase cash flow - increase sales and decrease costs. Achieve both with barter! Barter lets you to pay for what you need with what you have – permitting you to retain working capital for other needs. Using barter instead of cash to purchase needed services and products - you decrease your cash costs by paying for them with revenue from new barter sales. When you purchase a product or service using FreeMate trade dollars, it will be paid for with new business... sales that probably would not have happened without the FreeMate Exchange.

Attract New Customers

Gain exposure to thousands of dollars in new business with no additional marketing or advertising cost. Every trade through FreeMate is a new-found sale for your business.

Barter Means New Cash Sales

That's not a misprint - yes, we said cash sales. When you complete a good job for a FreeMate Trade Exchange client, they will direct their cash-paying family, associates, friends and customers to you. Growing your business will always be linked directly to referrals from your satisfied customers. FreeMate Trade Exchange continually strives to improve your overall bottom line. When you become more successful, we become more successful.

Increases Sales!

Membership in FreeMate brings you additional sales from your local community and from around worldwide... at your everyday selling price.

Imagine your products or services being seen by thousands of interested, captive and qualified customers who are motivated to spend their FreeMate trade dollars for things they need. These are sales you are not getting today.

FreeMate promotes your company to hundreds of local companies and provides a nation reach of thousands - potential customers, in addition to your steady cash-paying customers. Buyers seeking barter opportunities from inside the FreeMate network will make successive sales with your company. Businesses trade to buy what they need or want, and pay for them with the additional sales of their own product or service.

Promotion

Once you are a member, FreeMate acts like a 24 hour 7 day per week sales force for your company.

FreeMate Makes Record-Keeping Easy

FreeMate works much like a bank, providing control, keeping records, and supporting administration for your barter activities. FreeMate tracks all transactions and provides statements online 24 hours per day for all its members. Sales are deposited into your account and purchases are deducted from your account. It's really that simple!

FreeMate Means No Bad Debts

A buying member cant transfer trade dollars to you unless they have the credit to spend

Provide Credit

You never have to extend credit to your customer. Any credit extended to members is done through the FreeMate office.

Collect Slow Receivables.

When a cash buyer has consistently caused a collection problem for you, offer barter as a method of payment - there are no receivables in barter transactions - payment is immediate.

Fill Idle Production Time & Move Excess Stock with FreeMate

Every business owner encounters the dilemma of what to do with excess stock or idle production time. By joining FreeMate, barter provides a solution to put that excess to use in profitable ways. We achieve this by linking your service or product with people and businesses seeking to buy them on trade. It's a win-win situation.

Achieve a Competitive Edge Through Barter

FreeMate members seek your business over the competition because your FreeMate association is an incentive to do business with you. Barter attracts fresh clients to your business without changing the current cash sales already being enjoyed by your company.

Reduce the Cost of Borrowing

Rather than paying cash interest on working capital or capital expenditure loans, FreeMate can extend you a credit line against your future barter sales.

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