Author: ctte

One of the most difficult concepts that new members have to get their heads around is that you don’t need to have anything in your account before you can start trading. Talents, the name of our ‘currency’, is a unit of measure like a kilogram or a kilometre. Instead of measuring weight or distance it […]

If you place an offering ad on the CTTE web site and several people respond to it, don’t just sell it to the first who phones or emails you. It is very important for the health of the exchange that the members themselves discourage “free loaders” and encourage those who trade honestly and regularly. The […]

History has shown that there is an inverse relationship between the growth of alternative ‘currencies’ and the health of the conventional economy. When times are ‘good’ and the money is flowing, alternative currencies tend to take a back seat, but when money is scarce alternative forms of exchange become more attractive. Before that happens, however, […]

Have you ever entered a Recommendation about a seller after receiving a service or some goods? It is important that we express our gratitude and appreciation if we receive something that impresses. This way we can help each other build up our trading reputations. A trader with a good reputation helps others decide which provider […]

New offerings are being added to the Offerings List all the time. The most amazing offerings are often there for a very short time as they get snapped up and removed almost immediately. If you seldom log into your account or rely only on the weekly Newsletter, you are likely to miss the best offerings. […]

While most members are familiar with how to enter their transactions, many new members are puzzled when it comes to recording their first trades. The first thing to remember in the Talent Exchange is that it is the seller who enters the transactions. For many this is counter-intuitive as we are so familiar with the idea that buyers pay […]

Every month after the monthly statements have been sent out, a number of people write in pointing out errors in their statements, usually blaming the administrator and demanding that the errors be corrected immediately! Buyers: What you can do to get account errors fixed If you spot an error in your monthly or online statement, […]

How many times have you phoned someone in response to their offering ad, only to be told that they are no longer selling for Talents, or that they are now selling for part Talents and part Rands, or they quote you a price in Rands only? This seems to happen far too frequently. One gets […]

Do you sometimes find it difficult to find a trader’s name and account number in order to enter a transaction with them? A new feature has been added to help you find and enter transactions without having to search our massive drop-down list of traders! Click on the [Trading] button on the menu bar at […]

In the regular money economy, the object of the game is to earn as much money as possible. Every business focuses on maximising profitability so it is important to sell as much as possible of whatever it is that the business sells. It is the old M-C-M+ equation: start off with money, create a commodity […]