Bartering has been used for centuries and only went away from common use within the last century or so. These days many people feel uncomfortable with the concept of bartering (not ALL people as many communities have thriving underground bartering networks). Among the issues: they think they lack anything to trade, they are uncomfortable with the whole process, they don't know how to approach people about a trade, etc.
While much of the bartering process simply requires a bit of nerve and people skills, you will also need something (or many somethings) to trade. Note that trading things--like a rifle or a car or something smaller--is perfectly fine for bartering but once the item is gone, it's gone. With skills and services you can barter these things repeatedly. Here are 100 barterable skills and services that many people are happy to trade for:
- Car repair
- Sewing
- Computer repair
- Computer setup and networking
- Construction
- Plumbing
- Electrical work
- Finish carpentry
- Tree trimming/cutting
- Butchering
- Food production (meat, vegetables, fruit, etc)
- Cooking/baking
- Babysitting
- Elderly sitting
- Dog walking
- Website design
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Home health aid
- Home improvement (build deck, clean gutters, etc)
- Yard maintenance
- Fire wood
- Legal services
- Dentistry
- Logging/lumber
- Hair cutting
- Party/wedding planning
- Tutoring
- Teaching (dance, music, English, etc)
- Furniture making
- Reloading ammo
- Artist (painting, sculpting, etc)
- Animal husbandry/animal breeding
- Well drilling
- Heavy equipment operator
- Foraging/dumpster diving
- Wine making/beer brewing
- Defensive skills training (karate, tactical shooting, etc)
- Welding
- Gunsmithing
- Veterinarian services
- Food procurement (hunting, fishing)
- Small appliance repair
- Electronics repair
- Watch repair
- Soap making
- Candle making
- Photographer
- Musician
- Writer
- Video making/editing
- Midwifery
- Herbalist
- Educator (how-to on any of these listed topics)
- Land surveyor
- Tax preparation
- Accounting
- Architect
- Sports coaching
- Fitness trainer
- Software/app developer
- Aircraft mechanic
- Heavy equipment mechanic
- Dental hygienist
- HVAC repair
- Interpreting
- Locksmith
- Parts machinist
- Blacksmith
- Residential/commercial painting
- Sheet metal working
- Iron working
- Transportation (driver, boat captain, etc)
- Auto painting/body work
- Mining
- Masseuse
- Nail tech (manicure/pedicure)
- Private detective
- Security guard/body guard
- Houskeeper/maid
- Bicycle repair
- Ministering (conduct weddings, funerals, etc)
- Graphic arts
- Flooring installer/cabinet installer/appliance installer
- Glazier services
- Masonry
- Tool and die maker
- Pet grooming/boarding
- Screen printing
- Hauling/moving
- Reselling
- Bee keeping
- Cheesemaking
- Septic system design/installation
- Security system design/installation
- Spinning/textiles/making cloth/quilting/kniting
- Canning/smoking/other food preservation
- Producing electricity from solar/water/wind
- Bee keeping
- Skilled clean up (crime scenes, mold, after a disaster, chemical spill, etc)
well drilling is listed twice....
ReplyDeleteExcellent list! I will definitely share this one!
ReplyDeleteGood catch WS...list has been updated.
ReplyDeleteGreat options! I would love to think about painting my calgary deck and hope the list can help me a lot
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