A Croc's Tale

Croc Donovan joined Smarter Barter five months ago. With increasing competition from high street car wash/cafes, Croc wanted to use the trade income to pay for things to save cash and boost his cash business. 

Income $3070

• Generated from 14 x Car/ 4WD details

Spend $2857.60

• Car detailing cleaning products from Chemical Cleaning Solutions $787.60

• Website, design and hosting $600

• Printing – business cards, brochures and flyers 970 Minuteman Press and COB Printing

• Advertising $500

Next on the shopping list is a commercial car steam cleaner to replace the current one. Tony from Britec has organised Croc a brand new model on full trade. I asked Croc how much it cost to generate his Smarter Barter dollars. His reply was typical Croc: “Well, I fit in the trade jobs between my cash jobs, so I haven’t lost any cash sales. In fact, I’ve had three new cash jobs from fellow Smarters’ referrals!

“Croc detailed my car - he did a great job! He is coming back to do Christies. He worked on my car for 9 hours; full detail, amazing job” – Shirley, The Hair Shack

Smarter Barter charges Croc $0 for their services. On July 1 we will introduce a 3% T$ fee to Members. This will mean we will not charge cash; but our own currency will be used to pay the Members that run Smarter Barter.