No Money Down: Give-and-Take Sites and Bartering Exchanges

No Money Down: Give-and-Take Sites and Bartering Exchanges
Sites that let people give away things they no longer need have grown in popularity. So have barter sites among businesses. Transcript of radio broadcast:

07 August 2008

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

Whoever said you cannot get something for nothing has not searched the Internet lately. An increasing number of Web sites offer users a chance to give things away and get things for free. The goal is to keep useful things from being thrown away. This helps people and keeps waste out of the environment.


The largest give-and-take Web site is Freecycle.org. Deron Beal started Freecycle as a non-profit organization in two thousand three. The site says it has more than five and a half million members in more than seventy-five countries. Joining is free. And all the goods offered on the site are free without any conditions.
Each group is supervised by a small number of moderators. They enforce the rules. For example, members can only make a request for something once a week. And everything on the site must be for all ages.

We spoke to a moderator in the Washington, D.C. area. She told us that there were about one hundred members in her local group when she joined in two thousand three. Now there are more than fourteen thousand members. In addition to Freecycle, there are many similar Web sites such as reuseitnetwork.org and freesharing.org.

Other Web sites let users exchange goods and services, or barter. In this ancient form of trade, no money changes hands.

At first, bartering took place as an exchange between two people. But modern bartering is more complex and is commonly done between businesses. It uses a third party -- a trade exchange company -- to help carry out the barter deal. Trade exchanges permit users to trade goods or services for credits. Businesses can trade these credits for other goods or services. Trade exchange companies usually make money from fees paid by members and by receiving a percentage of the value of barter deals. Bartering helps companies save money, move unused products and connect with new buyers.

Two main trade groups serve the barter exchange industry. They are the National Association of Trade Exchanges and the International Reciprocal Trade Association. Both have separate systems of credits that make bartering easier. It is estimated that more than four hundred fifty thousand businesses use bartering in some form.

And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. I'm Steve Ember.
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没有钱下来：给予和采取的网站和以货易货的交流
网站让人们放弃的东西，因此他们也就不再需要有所增加，人气。因此，有易货交易的网站之间的业务。全文电台广播：

2008年8月7日

这是美国之音特别英语经济学报告。

谁说，你不能获得的东西是什么并没有搜查，互联网最近。越来越多的网站为用户提供一个机会，给的东西，离得到的东西是免费的。目标是要保持有益的东西，从被丢弃。这有助于人民和不断废物出于环境。


最大的给予和采取的网站是freecycle.org 。德隆比尔开始免费，作为一个非营利组织，在2000 3 。该网站说，它已五年多，一个半多万党员，在以上75个国家。加入是免费的。和所有的货物提供在网站上是免费的，不受任何条件限制。
每个小组的监督由少数版主。他们执行的规则。举例来说，大家只能提出请求，一些每星期一次。和所有在该网站上，必须不分年龄人人共享的。

我们以一个主持人在华盛顿特区的地区。她告诉我们，有大约100成员在她的本地组时，她参加了2000 3 。现在有超过1.4万成员。在除了免费，也有许多类似的网站，如reuseitnetwork.org和freesharing.org 。

其他网站可以让用户交换物品和服务，或以物易物。在这个古老的贸易形式，没有钱的变化手中。

在第一，以货易货发生了，作为交换两个人之间。但现代以货易货是更复杂和更是普遍这样做是企业间的。它是用第三党-一个贸易交流公司-帮助进行易货交易。经贸往来允许用户以贸易货物或服务的学分。企业可以贸易，这些学分，其他商品或服务。贸易交流公司通常赚钱，从支付的费用由成员和所接受的一个百分比的价值，易货交易。以货易货，有助于公司节省金钱，动议未使用的产品和连接与新买家。

两个主要的贸易团体服务，易货业的交流。他们是全国协会的贸易交流和国际互惠贸易协会。都有单独的系统的信用，使交易更容易。据估计，超过45.0万企业目前使用的以货易货，在某种形式。

这是该美国之音特别英语经济学的报告，书面，由马里奥里特尔。我史蒂夫ember