New England Trade brokers millions of dollars in sales and purchases for its members each year without the use of cash. Our local members receive the benefits of trading regionally, nationally and internationally.

Forget the old fashioned "I have what you want, you have what I want" concept of trading. With your own Certified Trade Broker (CTB) you can trade what you have for anything in the trading network by means of the Trade Dollar. Trade Dollars are used as our Barter Currency, and are accepted at over 50,000 businesses around the world.

1. Who uses barter?
Barter is a practice as old as mankind. It is a way for people to trade what they have or what they do for the other goods and services they need. In today's economy, barter has reached such a level of sophistication and acceptance that most major Fortune 500 corporations engage in millions, even billions of dollars in barter yearly. You may be amazed to find that more than 60% of all businesses utilize barter to increase their business and their bottom line. Any business that is looking to move excess inventory, generate new sales, and conserve cash can benefit from New England Trade.

2. How does barter help your financial bottom line?
Anytime you can pay for something you want with something you have (inventory, excess capacity) instead of writing a check, you have helped your bottom line. For example, a local restaurant owner was writing a check every month to pay for his exterminating service. Once he joined New England Trade the restaurant switched to an exterminator that is a member, now he is paying for this service with food and beverage, leaving the cash in his checkbook.

Since becoming a member of New England Trade he now trades for HVAC service, carpet cleaning, employee incentives, printing, and even his accounting services.

3. How does it work?
Barter is simple; you use Trade Dollars to make new sales and purchases. Your CTB will assist with an evaluation of what you have to trade and what you are looking to trade for. New England Trade then promotes your offerings among a huge member base and helps connect you with businesses offering what you need. You pay commissions to us only when you make a trade. As you make new sales the Trade Dollars are deposited into your trade account (similar to a commercial bank account), and purchases are debited as they are made. Every month you receive a fully itemized statement of all your monthly trade activity.

4. Why choose New England Trade?
If you have past experience with Barter, or wonder if all barter networks are alike, you will be pleased to know that customers consistently rate New England Trade as the most successful and active network of any type they have been in. Our personal involvement, high integrity, employee training, and past record of business dating from 1980, all help make New England Trade the largest and best barter network in the region.