Niles, Illinois – Karen Zaur – IMS Barter Broker

In November of 2009, I was given a new account whose owner was a one-person contractor. I wanted to get him business as soon as possible, and since another member of mine was looking for someone who could do construction work at his office, I put the two together. The results were great! Not only did my contractor do the original job, but because of the excellent quality of work, he was contracted for additional remodeling at the same office and at the owners home. Now my contractor has made $6,700 in sales to date, and spent $2,019, with plans to spend even more. He’s on a roll and loves IMS!

New Berlin, Wisconsin – Steve Lamp – IMS Regional Manager

An IMS member who had a sports-wear clothing store changed his format and no longer has an actual retail location. The client had asked If IMS would display some items in our office on consignment during the holiday season. We explained that we needed to get his products out in front of a much larger audience and the venue for that is the IMS online Marketplace. The Marketplace sells thousands of dollars worth of items each and every day. He agreed, and once his pro sports team jackets were posted on the Marketplace, the website sales started coming in. This client was able to move more than $4,000 in products in just two weeks. Then he refreshed his ad on 4 specific jackets that were available, and within 24 hours they were sold.