Regularly we receive requests for advice on trading with CES users from or in other exchange groups, either in South Africa or abroad. This has several angles: providing goods and services to CES users from ‘out-of-town’ receiving goods and services while ‘out-of-town’ trading with users on other exchange networks 1. ‘Selling’ to users not from […]
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Category: Talent Exchange Tips
Tips on how to use the Talent Exchange
Tip: How to make “payments” on CES
There is actually no such thing as “making a payment” on CES because there is nothing to “pay” with! On the CES platform all we do after a transaction has taken place is to record the details of it. Normally this is done by the provider of the goods or service (the “seller”). The reason […]
Tip: How to check user balances
When you are providing something, especially something of considerable value, it is good to know beforehand if the member who will receive it is a responsible trader. By ‘responsible’ we mean someone who is not a ‘taker’ and who gives back to the community more or less the same amount as they receive. It is […]
“I have too many Talents and can’t find
How many times have you heard members report that they have removed or hidden their offers because they “have too many Talents” and can’t find anything to spend them on? In other words, they are now inactive and have decided to defer their claim against the community until “the community” offers something worthwhile. While this […]
The Talent Exchange’s Magic Number: Zero
In the conventional economy there is no magic number. The object of the money game is to get the highest number possible — to get rich! Being rich is described as “successful” and when we are rich we can engage in some ostentatious spending so that our friends and neighbours can see that we are […]
What Can I Offer?
Many potential members, when applying to join the Talent Exchange, have a problem when faced with deciding what they will offer the community. “I don’t have anything to offer”, “I’ve got nothing that anyone wants”, “I don’t think anyone would want what I do at work”, “I don’t have any useful skills” or “I’m pretty […]
CTTE Exchange Options
The Talent Exchange is not just about Talents. The recording of transactions involving the crediting and debiting of Talents is just one of several exchange methods offered by the CES online platform. Others exchange methods are: Swapping/exchanging: This is the exchange of one explicit service or good for another. Examples are: doing the accounting for ongoing medical […]
Use Your Phone to Take Pictures of Offer...
The CTTE mobile site has been upgraded to allow you to take and upload photos directly from your mobile device (smartphone, tablet). You can now take pictures of offerings, wants, announcements and yourself directly from the web app. No longer do you have to take pictures with your camera, transfer them to your PC and […]
Tip: Add your photograph
Add a photograph of yourself to the CTTE web site and brighten up the display for all. If you have no picture, a boring, generic face-shape will be shown. Now that the CTTE mobile site has been upgraded it is more important than before to ensure that you upload a photograph of yourself. Members like […]
Print Your Membership Card
A new function has been added to allow you to print a sheet of personalised CTTE membership cards for yourself. Such cards are useful at markets, where you should present yours to the seller to enter onto the trading sheet. Too often members forget their account numbers and then give someone else’s. This creates problems […]