Barter
Market transaction based on direct trading of 2 goods, rather than via a separate Medium Of Exchange like Currency/Money.
Craigs List has some barter activity.
The ultimate story: One Red Paperclip http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
- another example - using Craigs List
Sept'2010 series by No Lo author Janelle Orsi
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Surkle very little action http://www.surkle.com/
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the Market Place FaceBook app has an "items wanted" category: vast majority of listings are books.
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there are 91 Classified Ads apps in FaceBook
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and lots of apps that include "trade" in the description
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