Operate a professional exchange
service. Contact businesses and professional people with an offer
of exchanging goods and services with each other. Now, we will
show you how you benifit in two ways: you make money operating
the exchange, and you also get all the things you want free of
charge.
Start on a small scale. You first
send a sales letter outlining the exchange system to business
and professional people. You explain that they can exchange their
goods and services with other business or professional people
in the area. Each member is set up with a numbered account, and
each pays a small fee such as 2% fee on the total amount of the
deal.
Here's how it works: if one member
wants an appliance for his home worth £400, he gets the
appliance through you with an appliance firm whose account you
also have. You list the £400 as a deduction on the professional
mans account. Give the appliance firm a credit on their account
for the £400. The person receiving the appliance pays you
in cash a fee of £8 (if you work on the 2% exchange fee).
The purpose of the exchange is to try to interest as many local
businesses, operators and professionals as you can. You might
even charge a small membership fee if you feel you can.
You may also get free merchandise
or services for some memberships if you wish. Also, if members
dropout with a credit balance in their accounts (which will happen)
you can take the balance they have not used in merchandise for
yourself.
Another method of gaining free merchandise
is publish a weekly advertising shopper. Simply convince some
of the local businesses to exchange goods/services for placing
ads in your advertiser. It seems most business people are willing
to pay their advertising bill in merchandise rather than in cash.
The printing and distribution revenue will come from inderviduals
who advertise.
