Frequently Asked Questions

Smart Barter is a peer-to-peer bartering app that lets you trade goods, skills, and services with people near you. No cash required.

Yes. Smart Barter is free to download and use. Premium subscriptions start at $2.50 per month and unlock extra features like an ad-free experience, boosted listings, and more.

Tap the Post tab at the bottom of the screen. Pick your listing type (Goods, Equipment Rental, Skills, or Experiences). Add a title, description, and photos. Choose whether it is available locally or for shipping. Publish. It takes less than two minutes.

Smart Barter is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Smart Barter is available anywhere the App Store and Google Play operate. Listings show items from users near you based on your location.

You can trade goods, equipment rentals, skills, and experiences. Prohibited items include drugs, weapons, and sex-related listings.

Goods are traded permanently. You give the item and the other person keeps it. Equipment Rental is temporary. The borrower uses it and returns it after an agreed period.

Browse local listings, propose a trade with something you have to offer, chat with the other user, agree on terms, and complete the exchange. Both users leave a review after.

Yes. When proposing a trade, you can describe what you are offering in text, attach one or more of your own listings, or do both.

Before a trade is accepted, you can withdraw your proposal. If you want to adjust the terms, use the counter offer feature to modify what is being offered.

If someone proposes a trade and you like the idea but want to adjust the terms, tap Counter. Modify what is being offered and send it back. Go back and forth until you both agree.

Users may choose to include cash as part of their arrangements. Any financial details are negotiated and handled entirely between users. Smart Barter does not process, hold, or facilitate payments of any kind.

After an exchange, each person can leave a 1-5 star review with optional tags and a written comment. Reviews are visible on your profile and help build trust in the community.

Share your referral code with friends. When they sign up with it and complete their profile, you both earn an entry. Each period runs from the 25th at 12:00 PM Mountain Time to the next 25th, and the winner is drawn when entries close and announced by 8:00 PM MT.

Yes. If you enter a friend's referral code during signup, you get one entry into the Monthly Giveaway once you complete your profile. Your friend gets one too.

That is fine. You just will not get a giveaway entry from signing up, but you can start earning entries right away by sharing your own code with friends.

Find your referral code in your profile or settings within the app.

Yes. Your email address, exact home address, and phone number are never shown to other users. Only your display name, general city or area, and profile photo are visible.

Your activity and reviews are visible on your profile to help build trust. Private details remain private and only you can see those.

You can report a user, a listing, or a chat message at any time. Tap the flag icon or the three-dot menu on any profile, listing detail, or chat message and select Report. The team reviews all reports.

When you delete your account, it is immediately deactivated and hidden from other users. You have 7 days to change your mind by logging back in and tapping Reactivate. After 7 days, your account and all associated data are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.

7-day trial with full access to all Premium features. No ads, boosted listings, see who viewed your listings, list in any city, up to 6 profile links, and saved favorites. You will not be charged until the trial ends. Cancel anytime before then and you pay nothing.

Cancel anytime through your device settings. iPhone: Settings > your name > Subscriptions > Smart Barter. Android: Google Play Store > Subscriptions > Smart Barter. After cancelling, you keep Premium access until the end of your current billing period.

All your listings, trades, messages, and reviews stay exactly the same. Existing listings keep their custom locations. You will just see ads again, your listings will not be boosted, your profile will show only 1 link instead of 6, you will not be able to list in new cities, and you will not be able to save new favorites.

No. Listing, messaging, posting, leaving reviews, the referral program, and everything else that is free today will stay free forever. Premium is just a nicer experience on top of that. It is totally optional.

Premium members can see exactly who is checking out their listings: the viewer's name, photo, and when they visited. Free users can see the total view count but not who specifically viewed. This lets you reach out directly to interested traders.

Your listings automatically get priority placement in the discovery feed and search results. They appear higher than similar listings from free users. No "Promoted" label. It just quietly helps more people find what you are offering.

Premium members can tap the heart on any listing to save it for later. Build a list of things you want to trade for and come back to them anytime.

Yes, bartering is legal. The IRS may consider the fair market value of bartered goods and services taxable income depending on the situation. Consult a tax professional for guidance.