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Terms of Use

Last updated November 12, 2026

These terms are the agreement between you and Barter My Business for using bartermybusiness.com and the app. By creating an account you agree to them.

1. What the service is

Barter My Business is a directory and messaging tool that helps local business owners find each other and arrange to swap services. We introduce businesses. We do not provide, supervise, guarantee or take part in any service that members trade. See the Barter Disclaimer, which is part of these terms.

2. Who can use it

• You must be at least 18 and able to enter into a contract.
• You must own the business you list, or be authorised to act for it.
• The information on your profile must be true and kept up to date, including what you offer and what it is worth.
• You are responsible for holding any licence, permit or insurance your services require.

3. Your account

You sign in with a code or link sent to your email, or with Google. Keep access to that email secure; anyone who controls it controls your account. Tell us promptly if you think someone else has used your account.

4. Free accounts and membership

• Free: a business profile, browsing, search, the map, and replying to offers you receive.
• Membership: starting new offers and conversations. The current price is $29 per year, shown before you pay.
• Membership renews automatically each year, charged to your payment method through Stripe, until you cancel.
• You can cancel at any time from Me > Manage billing. Cancelling stops the next renewal; your membership continues until the end of the year you have paid for.
• We do not refund part of a membership year, except where the law requires it.
• If we change the price, we will tell you before your next renewal. A founding-member rate stays the same for as long as that membership continues without a break.
• A free month earned by inviting a business is a courtesy with no cash value.

5. Offers, agreements and the Barter Summary

An offer is not binding. When one business accepts an offer, the app creates a Barter Summary that records what the two businesses said they would exchange. Each business then chooses whether to agree to it. The Barter Summary is a record made for the two businesses' convenience. It is an arrangement between them only. Barter My Business is not a party to it, did not draft it as legal advice, and does not enforce it. You are free to use your own written contract instead.

6. Sponsored barter cards

• A sponsored card is a paid placement on Discover and the map for the number of days you choose.
• We review each card before it appears and may decline one for any reason. A declined card is refunded in full.
• Once a card is live, the fee is not refundable.
• We do not promise any number of views, taps or trades.

7. Reviews

Only a business that took part in a barter can review it. Reviews must be honest and about that barter. A review appears once both businesses have reviewed, or after 14 days. Reviews cannot be edited after posting. We may remove a review that is abusive, false, off-topic, or posted to gain an advantage.

8. Invites

The invite tools create a message and a link for you to send yourself. Only invite businesses you have a genuine reason to contact, and follow the laws on commercial messages that apply to you. We do not send invitations on your behalf.

9. Things you must not do

• List a business you do not own or represent, or pretend to be someone else.
• Offer anything illegal, or a service you are not licensed or permitted to provide.
• Harass, threaten or discriminate against other members.
• Send spam, or use the service to sell things unrelated to bartering.
• Copy, scrape or resell the directory.
• Interfere with the service or try to get around its security or its paywall.

10. Your content

You keep ownership of what you post: your profile, offers, messages and reviews. You give Barter My Business permission to store and display it as needed to run the service, including showing your profile and published reviews to other members. Information about your business that comes from your public Google listing, such as rating and address, is shown as Google provides it.

11. Reports, suspension and closing an account

Any member can report a business. We review reports and may warn, suspend or remove an account that breaks these terms, with or without notice. We do not decide disputes between members. You may close your account at any time by contacting us; we will remove your profile from the directory. Records of agreed barters may be kept for the other business and as the law requires.

12. Taxes

In the United States, bartered goods and services are generally taxable at their fair market value. You are responsible for your own tax reporting and for any taxes on what you trade. Any summary we provide is for your convenience and is not tax advice.

13. No warranties

The service is provided as it is. We do not promise that it will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any business is who it says it is, that any member holds a licence or insurance, that listed values are accurate, or that any trade will be completed or will meet your expectations. A “Verified” badge means only that we took a step to confirm a connection between an account and a business; it is not an endorsement or a guarantee.

14. Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Barter My Business is not liable for any loss arising from dealings between members, including services not delivered, delivered late or delivered badly, injury, property damage, or lost profit. Our total liability to you for anything connected with the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose.

15. You stand behind your own conduct

If someone brings a claim against Barter My Business because of services you provided, content you posted, or your breach of these terms, you agree to cover our reasonable costs of dealing with it.

16. Changes

We may update these terms. If a change is significant we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect. Continuing to use the service after that means you accept the updated terms.

17. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, and disputes will be handled by the courts located there.

Contact

Questions about this page: hello@bartermybusiness.com.