HeatingHelp.com launched a free service on its website where members can buy, sell, and/or barter items. Site founder, Dan Holohan, said, “We have nearly 35,000 registered members, and this is just ...

If you're a small-business owner and can't afford that new air conditioner, there is an alternative: barter. Barter networks have popped up all over. Mike Krane, president of Green Apple Barter ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stories abound of bartering during the Great Depression. From the doctor who got paid in chickens to the grocer who clothed his family by trading food for shoes, resourceful folks ...