New York, New York – Adam Lodynsky – IMS Barter Broker

An IMS member, who owned a very large day camp in New York City, was able to purchase 30 tickets to a hot Broadway show. The event was held to celebrate his 3-year-old’s birthday. Using trade, the member was able to accommodate 30 children, and was absolutely thrilled.

Columbus, Ohio - Mark Lindeman - IMS Barter Broker

Here is a great success story about how a member used their trade dollars to buy media that lead to new customers and new cash business…

I have a member here that offers heating and cooling services. They joined IMS because they wanted to attract new business. They made a sizable sale to another member (new customer #1!) and then used their trade dollars to produce a TV commercial and also utilized the media broker (me) to place the ad on the local NBC affiliate (also paid for with trade dollars). The ad started running and a customer who was still on the fence about using this company for his project (he had shopped around and hadn’t decided), determined that the TV commercial was the ’sign’ he was looking for and called the heating and cooling company and told them to go forward with the $9,000 project! So, a trade dollar investment yielded new customers and new cash business. And they are still receiving calls and new business from the ad.

San Jose, California - Rebecca Lucas, IMS Barter Broker

I love it when a good barter purchase leads to others…

I have a member here who owns two high-end restaurants in downtown San Jose. Only one was a member of IMS, but he recently used his trade dollars to buy flower arrangements to decorate for a big reservation that had booked at his one location. Not only was he so impressed with the flowers that he purchased (his guests were too, BTW), he realized the power of using trade dollars instead of cash to make his customers come back. So, he signed his second restaurant to IMS.

Niles, Illinois — Rhonda Marcus, IMS Barter Broker

A member here in Illinois called me - he sold a COPIER (nice sale!) and wanted me to post the sale to his account. When I looked-up the member who bought it from him, I saw that they were in New York! When I asked him how he made a sale to someone in NY, he said he had posted the copier for sale on our online Marketplace and a member in NY replied that they want it. It will ship this week. The member is happy about the sale…I’m happy I showed him the marketplace!