In the Modern Economy, Money is a medium of exchange, a unit of account and a way of storing value. What all these definitions mean is that money is what you need to pay for a product or service to acquire it. However, on the other side of money, there is a service or product that actually gives you the opportunity to convert your product or service to money.
It is not the money, but your services and skills that can earn you money. So what is the point here?
The point is that service and skill are the kinds of things that can’t be finished, lost or stolen. What you know and what you have learned can also be exchanged with other users. How?
For example, say you are a PHP Developer and you need an internet marketer to work on your eCommerce website to promote it.
- Option no.1 is to hire an internet marketer and pay for it.
- Option no.2 is to find an internet marketer who needs a PHP Developer for his new project and is willing to provide you with his internet marketing skill in exchange for your developer skills.
Both users can pay each other via their skills instead of cash.
Now the question is, where can you find a user who has the skill you need, and at the same time needs a skill that you have?
QuickHaggle – A Modern Online Exchange Community
Here comes Quickhaggle.com, where you can find someone who can exchange with you. It is a user based community where people can exchange anything. Post an offer and get replies from other users who are interested in getting your service, skill or even product in exchange for what you need.
At QuickHaggle, you don’t need to pay cash to someone; instead you can use your skills or services to pay other users. Of course users can haggle for the terms. For example, if one of the user’s service is more expensive than the other’s, both can agree on paying for the price difference.
What are the advantages of trading skills and services?
- You don’t need to spend money.
- You don’t need to pay taxes to the government.
- Trading your skills enables you to build relationships with potential clients.
- You get work all the time, as no one needs to pay in terms of cash.
I know there are some limitations to the barter system, for example finding the exact person, evaluating each other’s skill or service value and time factors.
However, you can always haggle and define the terms before the exchange deal is made. At difficult times, you can find someone to pay via skill or service, thus you save money. Let me add a few more examples so that you can understand how a modern barter system can work for you.
- Logo Designer can exchange his/her service with a content writer
- SEO Expert can trade with a Social Media Expert
- Affiliate Marketer can trade with a PHP Developer
- Email Marketer can trade with a Photoshop expert
- The list can go on and on. Anything can be exchanged!
This is how a modern barter system can help you by eliminating the “money” and introducing a new form of payment— a form of payment which can actually get you more work, more clients and more exposure. The only thing you are paying is “time,” and of course in modern society “time” is considered “money.”
Money itself has no value, but the products that can be purchased have given a value to it, and that is why it is acceptable in all parts of society. It provides convenience to the user by giving them the ability to acquire anything they need in less time.
However, in the modern era people have different skills and services, but they can’t find work (especially the newbies). Those who are unable to find work can easily find work through QuickHaggle.com and can get the services and skills of others without paying in terms of money.
It doesn’t matter if you have no money. If you have a particular service or skill you still are the richest person in this world. It is that you need a person with whom you can exchange with. So what are you waiting for, access the community and post your first offer.
Website:- http://www.quickhaggle.com
Drop your comments and suggestions below.
Mike M. February 18, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Interesting service. I hadn’t really thought of bartering for professional services online, although it is certainly something that works on a local level and provides the benefits you mentioned. What sort of success has the website had so far?
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Mohammad Ismail November 10, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Bilal ahmed You are doing great job in blogging.and i am one of your big fan, a very nice idea you have.
Thanks
George Phillip October 9, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Great ideas. Thanks for telling us where we can find people to work with as well as network. I should be using that site pretty soon to work with people with skills that I may lack.
Harshit Singhal October 8, 2012 at 3:44 am
Congrats on starting this service Bilal. Nice concept I must say. Though it may need a bit of initial buzz to get it to higher grounds and get more reach.
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Bilal Ahmad October 8, 2012 at 8:17 am
Yes Harshit it needs initial buzz and that is why i am bringing this idea first in the the bloggers attention because i know they can benefit from exchanging their skills and services.
It will take time but i am sure it will get attention soon. Thank you for your followup, hope to see your first offer on Quickhaggle.
Anton Koekemoer October 5, 2012 at 3:45 am
Hi Bilal,
Great post – Like the concept mentioned in the title and the post. Thanks for the update. Will be sure to do some research and analysis of my own.
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Bilal Ahmad October 5, 2012 at 3:54 am
I am glade that you liked the idea. Hope to see you at QuickHaggle posting a offer that you can offer in return for what you need.
Perochak October 4, 2012 at 9:16 pm
This seems to be a good idea. We can exchange services easily.
I am a developer and I have no idea about graphic designing, then I can offer my services of development to get some graphic designing tasks done.
Bilal Ahmad October 5, 2012 at 3:52 am
Hope to see you soon on the board to find a graphic designer who can exchange with you for getting your developing skills.
Herman October 4, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Nice website bilal unfortunately I dont think I have a skill to exchange, I usually just use fiverr I think its the cheapest option to get stuff done.
Bilal Ahmad October 5, 2012 at 3:50 am
Fiverr is good for outsourcing average work but if you need some quality work which is very expensive then you can try finding a partner who may be willing to provide what you need at the cost of what he/she need and you can provide to him.
Bilal Ahmad October 4, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Zach, here is the point, On internet whenever we talk about a Service it is always associated with someone who is professional and have some credibility in the respective field.
So in our case both parties are service providers, one will need to deliver in order to get in return. The credibility is on the stake if one fails to deliver. (I know this can’t help both parties to make the exchange deal 100% successful)
But this factor can help both parties to deliver for what they are trading.
The 2nd factor is that both parties know who is the other party because a service provider always has a online visibility on social media websites or on a website/blog.
(I know you and you know me so lets trade.)
(You know me but i don’t know you. So what guarantee you can give me?)
(I know you but you don’t know me, i will have to provide you a kind of guarantee to make you sure that i will not cheat.)
These 3 equations will always help a trader to decide whether to go for a particular trade with a particular party Or not. The ultimate decision will be yours.
At the end if you end up trading with a cheater then still you did not lose your money but “time”. I know time is also money but Hey it is better to lose time when you are about to lose money. (let me know if you disagree..)
Zach October 5, 2012 at 10:33 am
Bilal,
This makes sense. I failed to realize the impact not delivering your service could have. It could easily ruin your reputation online.
This is for sure incentive enough to make sure that you uphold your part of the deal.
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Zach October 4, 2012 at 11:44 am
Wow this seems like a great idea. Now if only I was proficient enough in something to offer it as a service!!!
One concern…if you’re not paying money but only a service, what is there to guarantee the other person will deliver on what they say they’ll do? It’s kind of hard to refund a service.
I could see someone being upset because the other person did not perform as well as they had promised, or it turns out the other person doesn’t even know what they’re doing.
Does this ever happen at this site?
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