Become a member of the Bartercard ecosystem and buy and sell your products with motivated customers.

Gain more customers, sell excess stock, enhance visibility and increase brand awareness, access marketing tools, preserve cash, boost cash flow and build a strong network across Australia.

Bartercard has a strong membership base across Australia and New Zealand.

There are over 700 categories of businesses, from A (accommodation) to Z (zoo).

Check out our Member Directory to understand what businesses are in Bartercard.

You can sell almost anything through Bartercard. Besides your own products and services, there is nothing stopping you from selling something from home or even buying from a manufacturer or wholesaler at cost and then on-sell through Bartercard. Your trading is only limited to the efforts you are willing to put in to be successful.

There are many ways to use Bartercard to build your business and improve your lifestyle. Upon joining, you will have access to video tutorials and case studies on unique and creative ways to solve common business challenges. A dedicated Trading Specialist will also be available to discuss the opportunities that best suit your business and lifestyle needs.

There are many ways to use Bartercard to build your business and improve your lifestyle. Upon joining, you will have access to video tutorials and case studies on unique and creative ways to solve common business challenges. A dedicated Trading Specialist will also be available to discuss the opportunities that best suit your business and lifestyle needs.

Yes, you can control the amount of trading you do. We suggest Bartercard members trade up to 10 to 15 per cent of their total business turnover. We understand there are times when you may be operating at full capacity for a period or seasonally at your peak. Working with your Trading Specialist, you can work out a plan for the amount of trading that best suits you and your business. You can start slowly, and as you work with us to bring on more suppliers of your choice, you can increase the amount of trade you do.

If there are insufficient suppliers available to suit your business requirements, Bartercard will work with you to bring on additional new members to satisfy your needs. Many of Bartercard’s top trading members have successfully improved their business profitability by being proactive in their recommendation and referral of new suppliers to provide them with the products and services they need to run a successful business.

By purchasing products or services with your trade dollars, you have already saved cash and kept that cash in your business. You can also buy items with your trade dollars and then on-sell them in the cash economy, therefore converting trade dollars to cash. For example, a restaurant purchases wine on Bartercard and then sells it within the restaurant for cash.

Trade dollars are not transferable for cash by Bartercard or any other Financial Institution.

You decide what percentage of trade you are willing to accept in a transaction. Products and services with higher trade dollar components will be more attractive and faster to sell. We encourage Bartercard members to make offers and negotiate the same as you would in the cash economy.  When you complete your directory listing, choose the days and times you welcome Bartercard customers and the cash/trade split. Transparency and flexibility are key to building a successful ecosystem where all members benefit.  

A trade dollar is the trading currency Bartercard members use to transact with. For tax purposes, the ATO considers one trade dollar (T$1) to be equivalent to one Australian dollar (AUD$1). See Taxation Ruling No. IT2668 as amended by IT2668A. For more information, visit www.ato.gov.au.

Yes, a tax invoice is required for a barter transaction as it is for any other business transaction. Where a member makes a taxable supply, and the consideration is expressed in trade dollars, the tax invoice must comply with all the usual requirements for a tax invoice.

No, Bartercard is not a pyramid-based model or a Ponzi scheme. There is no hierarchical setup within the network.

As any business does, we seek to bring on new members to expand the network and provide new trading opportunities to our members, as well as replace businesses operated by members that may have sold, closed or are otherwise unable to continue operating. We encourage members to introduce new suppliers to the network that they want to do business with or know of other business owners who could benefit from being a Bartercard member.

Barter transactions are assessable and deductible for income tax purposes to the same extent as other cash or credit transactions.

When an entity that is a member of a trade exchange makes a taxable supply to another member, there is a tax liability, including goods and services tax (GST).

GST is paid and received by members in trade dollars.

The consideration paid for supplies between members of a trade exchange is the debiting of the recipient’s account, and the consideration received is the crediting of the supplier’s account.

For tax purposes, the ATO considers one trade dollar (T$1) equal to one Australian dollar (AUD$1).

To manage any form of overpricing, Fair Trading plays an important role in the ethos of Bartercard.  We advocate that prices must be consistent with that of a cash purchase; just because a transaction is being done in trade dollars, it shouldn’t be more expensive than a cash transaction.  Just like you would normally, we recommend that you get quotes from a variety of businesses before you decide to make a purchase. 

Cash fees are payable to service our administration costs.  Not all aspects of running a business can be paid for using trade, and we wouldn’t encourage anyone to solely run their business using trade dollars.

No, your trade dollars do not expire if you are a Bartercard member.

Please cut up your physical Bartercard card!  These have now been replaced with digital cards and transactions occur using MyBC.