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BarterQuest Administrator Feb 12, 2009

Media Contact

For interviews, media alerts and more, contact:


Gutenberg Communications
Kerri Hazama
555 Eighth Avenue Suite 1002
New York, NY 10018
Email: kerri@gutenbergpr.com
Phone: 212-239-8475
Fax: 212-239-8476
http://www.gutenbergpr.com
BarterQuest
Bianca Han, Executive Vice President
231 West 29th Street Suite 906
New York, NY 10001
Email: bhan@barterquest.com
Phone: 212-279-0070
Fax: 212-736-0344

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What the World Is Saying

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Trading Up?
"New York has become something of a hub for bartering services and expertise, in these cash-strapped times. Always a place where real communities form easily, the city's ideally placed to host a new era of personal exchange."
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Sign of the times: Going swapping, not shopping
"The rise of the quid pro quo possession comes courtesy of a host of reasons: budget-tightening during a persistently sour economy - swapping is mostly free!"
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Internet helping to bring bartering back
"BarterQuest.com has seen its members go beyond trading goods. Their site lists services for trade ranging from dental work to home renovations. You can also localize your search or trade internationally."
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Save a Buck: Bartering Is Back
"Whether you have unwanted gifts that stores won’t take back or just want to get something in exchange for your unused possessions, the easiest path may be to barter them away."
Wallstreet Journal
Let's Make a Deal
"(Bartering)is alive and well and serving an important function in today's economy. (A) growing number of individuals and businesses are resorting to barter as a way to secure goods and services, move excess inventory and attract new customers without laying out precious cash."
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Bartering: The Alternative to Buying
"BarterQuest , www.barterquest.com , has reported a 570 percent increase in first time users. They also drew more than 100,000 visitors in just two months after the website launched!"
CNN
New rules of Bartering
"First of all, it is a good deal and we're seeing on sites like Craigslist and that sort of thing the interest is just increasing by leaps and bounds... There are a number of them. One of them is called BarterQuest. So, people can go on there and look. But the sites are taking advantage of the interest, there's a very growing interest in this so that people can post their goods and services that they have up for barter."

The Washington Post
In Bad Times, Bartering Can Beat Buying
"(Barter) is the new national pastime. Okay, baseball still wins. But given the economic downturn, many people are reverting to this ancient form of commerce...Sites such as BarterQuest.com report a surge in interest...The reason? Bartering is addictive -- and fun."
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KXLY ABC 4 News
"BarterQuest comes with high accolades from other reputable news outlets. Registration with BarterQuest is free and the website is easy to use… my kind of site. (W)ith bartering you’ll get something in return and it’ll often be at a steal."

Examiner
Get what you need by bartering your skills
"BarterQuest.com, an amazing new (and FREE) website empowers people to make these trades and more – a perfect savior during times of economic downturn... Before man created money, the barter system was all we had to exchange products and services, and now it’s back in a big way with BarterQuest.com!"
CNN
Barter returns because of the crisis in America
"BarterQuest.com (has) grown exponentially from the deepening crisis in the United States. Users of all ages and social strata are involved. 'The crisis has prompted people to do something that is natural. It's back to the cave, where the earliest form of trade was barter,' said (the CEO of BarterQuest)."
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Puerto Rico Reinvents Itself
"Sites have been developed on the Internet in which a user…can advertise a service or good that they have and specify what they want in return. As an example, on the website Barterquest.com a user is soliciting carpentry services in exchange for plumbing and remodeling services."
Toronto Star
Bartering is back thanks to online marketplace
"...bartering is back thanks to websites that make it easier to match up people wanting to exchange their goods…(A) quick look at some of these bartering sites might leave you surprised by what you find. (On BarterQuest) someone was hoping to temporarily trade use of their Manhattan high-rise in return for use of a luxury apartment in Hong Kong."
Dallas News
To barter successfully, use contracts, caution
"Remember when you were a kid and you coveted the cool baseball glove your friend had, but you didn't have the money to buy it from him?...you may have offered to trade. You were engaged in bartering…(As a barter platform, BarterQuest supports) an ancient system that's taken on new importance among today's cash-strapped consumers."
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ORF (Austrian TV channel)
"Since the launch of the Website ‘BarterQuest’ three months ago, thousands of people were looking for trades. Designer purses for babysitting, sun glasses for jewelry, computer games for cutting the grass. Everything, nearly everything, is offered here."
Wallstreet Journal
Extreme Measures - Go Back to Bartering
"Barter is back, thanks to Web sites (like BarterQuest) that make it easier to match up people wanting to exchange specific goods and services. For families, barter Web sites offer an innovative way to get a new video game, plumbing repairs or even a vacation rental without cash."
Channel7
Trade and Save
"Barterquest.com first says it has 1000 new visitors a day. The bottom line is trading saves money."
ShoeString
Live on Less: Bartering 101, Trading Haves for Wants
"At BarterQuest.com you can unload unwanted items for something of greater value to you…After centuries of paper currency…, thousands of people are cutting out the middle man and simply making these trades themselves… 21st century barter extends from trading babysitting with your neighbors across the street to elaborate exchanges that revolve around the trading of houses."
SanDiego Union Tribune
"Other bartering sites, including barterquest.com... say interest is soaring."
KDKA
Professionals Bartering Skills For Goods
"If you’re big on skills but low on cash, perhaps bartering is for you. Bartering is a great way to get what you want. To make things easier, websites like BarterQuest…list a wide variety of professional services."
FOX29
Real Deal: Use Barter To Cut Costs
"Not only is this cheaper and less complicated than Ebay or Craigslist, it's a great way to reuse, repurpose and recycle!"

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BarterQuest on FOX My9 News
"Everyone we spoke to for this story has had a positive experience with bartering…And perhaps most importantly, it’s fun."
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eBay for barter economy?
"In bad economic times, people look to save money and get the most value for what they already own…Users can swap shoes for MP3 players, mountain bikes for business consulting services, or any number of combinations."
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Barter unwanted Christmas gifts online
"Every kid who traded baseball cards in their neighborhood knows the advantage of trading and how to weigh the marketplace."
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BarterQuest Introduces a New Way of Getting What You Want by Using the Oldest Method of Trade…
"Trading should be and is championed by the green revolution...BarterQuest is dedicated to becoming to barter what eBay is to auctions and Amazon is to consumer sales...We believe that BarterQuest is well-positioned for success."
Koreatimes
"BarterQuest seeks to establish a new concept for worldwide online barter."
Blogspot
BarterQuest: New Site Helps You Trade Your Stuff
"It will be the first trading site to fully exploit the advantages of the Internet and allow people like yourself to realize the possibilities of getting stuff for stuff, of excluding the middle man, of avoiding the need for money to get what you want."
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BarterQuest is in Beta: Regifting gets organized
"If you think of the three R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle BarterQuest is the epitome of green and in a crappy economy, it’s the startup I’d be betting the farm on."
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BarterQuest: Trade Goods, Services, and Real Estate
"Another way to shop that makes life easier, and you can clean out all that clutter too!"

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