Over 750 Strong And Growing Fast
Over 750 Strong And Growing Fast
You want to barter. But you can’t find people to work with. It’s messy. It’s complicated…until now.
(and yes, it’s free)
30 SECONDS OF
AWESOME
The Problem
If you’re here, there’s a really good chance you are itching to find like-minded folks who want to barter, and who love their freedom.
You want to go back to the simpler times when people connected face-to-face, but you can’t find a way to do that.
Everyone wants to barter, but they can’t find people to connect with.
What if there’s a solution?
Introducing Barter It®
A marketplace web-app that connects Canadians with a community of like-minded people so they can find each other and barter in an organized way.
A Few Simple Steps
Click ‘Join Now’ and follow the simple instructions to get started.
There’s an option to set up a personal account or a business account.
Step 1
Offer up your skills or stuff (like carpentry, eggs or dog-walking) and earn BITS™, which are simply points.
It's one for one.
1 BIT™ point equals 1 Canadian Dollar for valuation purposes.
Step 2
Step 2
Use your BITS™ (your points) to obtain goods and services with anyone else in the Barter It® Community. And the best part is, you'll meet lots of people just like you!
Now you can barter your carpentry, food, piano lessons or whatever you want. No money, just BITS™!
Step 3
Why Create Barter For People?
Founder & CEO, John Porter, on stage at ‘Kid Carson & Friends’ in Calgary, Alberta talks about Barter It®, how it all started…and why Canadians don’t just want it, but need it.
Create Offers & Find Other Members
Upload your stuff or services onto the platform, and start connecting with people you want to barter with.
Connect with like-minded people, get notifications, make deals.
Message other members one-on-one or talk to multiple people in a group chat!
Start Chatting & Making Deals
Use The Business Directory
We support freedom-loving businesses. Our extensive search feature enables you to easily find businesses you want to support, the ones that align with your values.
Community Meet-Ups
This isn’t just an app. It’s about connecting with others right in your hometown, face-to-face. Organize meet-ups, BBQs, coffee dates, hikes, whatever you want.
It’s about finding your peeps and doing life together!
Join As A Person, A Business, Or Both
(and remember, it’s free)
Personal
Connect. Barter. Thrive.
With a Personal Account on Barter It®, you’re part of a growing network of Canadians choosing abundance over scarcity.
It’s more than a marketplace. It’s a movement. Be part of a community that’s rewriting the rules.
Find Your People – Connect with like-minded members who value freedom, integrity, and community.
Trade Without Limits – Barter your skills, goods, and services directly…no fees, no gatekeepers.
Support Values-Aligned Businesses – Discover and shop with freedom-loving businesses in the special, searchable directory.
Unlimited Offers
Offer as many products and services as you want onto the platform - the more, the better!
Invite-A-Friend BITS™ Rewards
Invite a friend to become a member and BOTH of you will win BITS™ as a reward.
Unlimited Access to Groups
Groups are possible right in the chat feature. Like homesteading? Like to run? Love animals? Obsessed with politics? You can create private groups with many people right away. It works like WhatsApp where groups are private and you can invite anyone you want to join. Awesome, eh?
Cancel Anytime
We can’t imagine why you’d ever want to cancel! But if you do want to, it’s very easy. Feel free to cancel anytime and come on back whenever you’re looking for a really cool barter family again!
Unlimited Barter Deals
There is no limit on how many barter transactions you can do - the sky's the limit.
Unlimited Chats
The chat feature is where you can find other members, message them, set up barter deals, get to know each other, figure out where you’ll meet for lunch - ultimately use this feature to find your people and build your tribe.
Unlimited BITS™ Gifts
Send BITS™ to friends and family as a gift, instead of typical gift cards, for any occasion.
Unlimited Access to Business Directory
We want to support freedom-loving businesses. The directory will help members find businesses in their city, province, country-wide they can use BITS™ with AND also support with regular money. Let's build them up and give them as much business as we can!
*free until at least July 2026
Business
Get Found. Get Paid.
Not every deal can be done in barter, and that’s okay. When Barter It® members can’t find what they need in the barter marketplace, they will spend their cash with you, not some random business that doesn’t share their values.
Your business will:
Be Seen on the Map – Get a pin on our national, searchable business directory.
Show Up in Search – Make it easy for like-minded members to find you by category, location, or keyword.
Win Values-Aligned Customers – Attract people who believe in community, freedom and ethical business, just like you.
Be more than just another business.
Be the business they choose first. This is about supporting all the businesses that choose freedom.
Listing In The Directory
Your business is listed on the searchable national directory of like-minded businesses. As outlined above.
Unlimited Offers
Offer as many products and services as you want onto the platform - the more, the better!
Invite-A-Friend BITS™ Rewards
Invite a friend to become a member and BOTH of you will win BITS™ as a reward.
Unlimited Access to Groups
Groups are possible right in the chat feature. Like to run? Create a running group. Like to garden? There will be a gardening group. If there isn’t, create one. This will be another way to build your community of like-minded friends. It works like WhatsApp where groups are private and you can invite anyone you want to join.
Cancel Anytime
We can’t imagine why you’d ever want to cancel! But if you do want to, it’s very easy. Feel free to cancel anytime and come on back anytime you’re looking for a really cool barter family again!
Unlimited Barter Deals
There is no limit on how many barter transactions you can do - the sky's the limit.
Unlimited Chats
The chat feature is where you can find other members, message them, set up barter deals, get to know each other, figure out where you’ll meet for lunch - ultimately use this feature to find your people and build your tribe.
Unlimited BITS™ Gifts
Send unlimited BITS™ to friends and family as a gift, instead of typical gift cards, for any occasion.
Unlimited Access To Business Directory
We want to support freedom-loving businesses in anyway we can. The directory will help members find businesses in their city, province, country-wide they can use BITS™ with AND also support with regular money. Let's build them up and give them as much business as we can!
*free until at least July 2026
Join The Revolution.
BITS™ Gifts
Instead of giving typical gift cards, you can send a BITS™ Gift to a friend for their birthday, holidays or for no reason at all…except that you can!
Have Questions?
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You get:
1) Unlimited barter deals - there is no limit on how many barter transactions you can do - the sky's the limit.
2) Unlimited offers - offer as many products and services as you want onto the platform - the more, the better!
3) Unlimited chat - the chat feature is where you can find other members, message them, set up barter deals, get to know each other, figure out where you’ll meet for lunch - ultimately use this feature to find your people and build your tribe.
4) Invite-A-Friend BITS™ Rewards - invite a friend to become a member and BOTH of you will each win BITS™ as a reward.
5) Unlimited BITS™ Gifts - send unlimited BITS™ to friends and family as a gift, instead of typical gift cards, for any occasion.
6) Unlimited access to Groups (coming soon!) - Groups will be added to the app quickly after we launch. Like to run? Join a running group. Like to garden? There will be a gardening group. This will be another way to build your community of like-minded friends.
7) Access to a robust Business Directory so you can easily look up any business on the platform.
8) Cancel Anytime
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NO! We fundamentally, and we mean FUNDAMENTALLY, believe in your privacy and freedom, so you can set up your public-facing profile however you like. If you want to put your real name on your public profile, that’s fine, but you can also create a username like ‘hockeymom’ or ‘fishfanatic’ or ‘jennylovesdogs’...we don’t care.
So when you send 50 BITS™ to a guy named Bob for mowing your lawn (just work with us here - pretend for now that some guy named Bob mows your lawn!), all Bob will see is that ‘hockeymom’ (for example) sent him 50 BITS™. You don’t even have to say it was for lawn-mowing. We don’t care. If, however, you want to know in the future that you sent Bob 50 BITS™ for mowing your lawn, you might want to put ‘lawn-mowing services’ in the description when you’re sending the BITS™ to Bob’s wallet.
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BITS™ are simply points that you use to ‘pay’ for items or services you want. They are sent from person to person from an electronic ‘wallet’ on the web app. BITS™ are a short form of ‘Barter Its’ 😀. Have you ever used Canadian Tire ‘money’? It’s the same idea.
To keep it simple: the movement of BITS™ will work much like an e transfer. If Bob cuts your lawn and tells you it will cost 50 BITS™, you will simply send 50 BITS™ from your wallet to Bob’s wallet. Both of you will receive confirmation that the BITS™ moved from your wallet to Bob’s and you go on with your day. It’s that simple.
NOTE: you don’t even have to put anything in the description if you don’t want to just like when you send an e-transfer you may often choose to not put a comment about what it’s for. If you want to say ‘lawn mowing services’, that’s great, but you don’t have to.
The Team
Over 100 years combined experience in barter
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John Porter
FOUNDER & CEO
25 years experience in the Barter Payment Space growing BarterPay, a B2B barter system, into the largest exchange in Canada.
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Debbi Porter
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF STORYTELLER
Brand strategy, video production, graphic design, social media content creator. We gotta look good, right?!
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Royce Lando
FULL-STACK DEVELOPER
Full-stack software developer who takes pride in building, maintaining, and testing the site to ensure a smooth, secure, and reliable experience for all our users.
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Joel Sauve
FULL-STACK DEVELOPER
A quick learner, dedicated to developing, and maintaining the Barter It™ platform.
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Seema Durrani
DEVOPS SPECIALIST
Helps build and maintain the systems that keep our application reliable, secure, and running smoothly every day.
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Jennifer Hannon
ADMINISTRATION & BOOKKEEPING
Years of experience in bookkeeping, administration, and general support, so we rely on Jen to keep the office humming!
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Bilal Shahid
SYSTEMS ANALYST
Systems Analyst and Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 14 years of experience in developing consumer banking, issuer payment processing, and card industry systems.
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Shawn Wise
FULL STACK DEVELOPER
Almost 20 years experience with close to 10 years building and managing our proprietary software
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Kayla Rulys
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Many years experience with graphic design, Kayla has an incredible eye for branding
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Andrej Litvinjenko
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW
Managing director and lead counsel at TAAG Law. Bringing over a decade of senior experience to our mission
This isn't just a marketplace to offer up your skills or stuff and get what you want in return. It's so much more!
This is your tribe.
It's a community of people who are passionate about shopping local, freedom of choice, free speech, sharing with each other and working closely together to forge deep relationships, all while creating new pathways for the future we’ve always wanted.
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