From the barter desk of Bob Meyer…March 18, 2008

Community Barter In Montana

Have a skill, a service, some goods or some free time you’d like to turn into “community money?” If you’re in the area, contact flatheadbarterhoursExchange@yahoo.com, or P.O. Box 3423, Kalispell, Montana 59903.

China Expects E-Commerce Boom

China has surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest internet market by number of users. The U.S. web population was 216 million at the end of 2007. China’s higher percentage of growth coupled with its 210 million Internet users at the end of 2007, leads estimators into believing it has replaced the U.S. as #1 globally.

E-Commerce is expected to be the next boom sector in China, as businesses take advantage of the mass market of consumers already online.

Google Eyes Display Ad Market

Tim Armstrong, Google’s president of advertising and commerce for North America, says the company would be “disappointed” if it doesn’t attain a “very significant position” in the display ad market over the next two years. Google considers YouTube as the “brightest light” for the company’s display-advertising potential.

YouTube Soon To Be On Television…

TiVo Inc. has revealed that it would deliver videos - from Google Inc’s popular web site YouTube - directly to television screens via its digital video recorders.

TiVo disclosed the service would be available later this year for high-speed Internet subscribers who have TiVo Series3 DVRs. It said that users would be able to log onto their YouTube accounts directly from their TiVo boxes.

Per Capita Income In Vietnam Growing

Last week we reported on the average global per-capita income. While some countries are obviously much higher than others, in Vietnam the economy has been expanding an average of 7.5% yearly since 2000. Their average per-capita income (84 million people) increased to $900 last year from $600 in 2005.

SwapStyle.com Where Cosmetics & Name Brand Fashions Can Be Bartered

SwapStyle.com describes itself as an online fashion swap party where you can barter, sell and buy fashion, accessories, cosmetics, shoes and lots more with people from all around the world at any time, day or night. It can save its members money on the name brand fashions and cosmetics that are normally purchased at retailers at high markups.

Members can also participate in forums and discuss the latest fashion trends and sales. Members are only responsible for paying the actual shipping costs associated with the items that they have traded or sold. Membership is free and required.

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