For some items such as vinyl records or vintage jewelry, only pre-used products are available. Barter is environmentally sound practice as well, allowing us to reuse resources that might otherwise be thrown away. Think of the trees you'll save if you trade books away when you're finished instead of storing them in the attic for 20 years. Rather than sitting in the garage and slowly disintegrating, suppose you were to list it on a barter site and exchange it for some CDs you want, books, or maybe a snowboard. You've gained space in your garage, received items you want and will use, and you haven't lost anything.
Most sites offer barter at a lower price than auction sites.
Business to Business is another very hot area. B2B barter networks help small businesses build a bigger client list by reciprocal trading. The barter facilitator will use a system of rating value and assigning barter currency to that value, allowing trade between disparate parties who may not normally have anything they would directly exchange with each other. In the services markets region matters. For instance, you can't trade gardening services from a California Landscaper for roofing services from a company in New York.