Truequi.com - Online Exchange and Trade of Goods

Truequi allows you to trade things that you no longer want or are no longer interested in for something that you do want with other users. Simply upload a photo of the good you want to trade and provide a brief description about it and then either wait for others to make an offer or search other goods and try and make a trade. The site is intended for trading only, and therefore money is not exchanged. You can find similar-minded people and build a network of friends with similar interests to make exchanging easier. Also post things that you would like and see if people respond with an offer. The idea of the site is to give a new home for your used goods and to give those goods a life.

“Our objectives are: to promote object exchange at a global level, try to make the platform friendly and accessible, as well as safe and fast, don't treat objects as simple things: bring them to life, give them feelings, situations... move and follow them around the world, find out what they have turned into through numerous exchanges, establish relationships through objects, collections or hobbies, proliferating groups of people with the same tastes and interests. Bartering offers you an alternative power, one of equality and solidarity in the hands of your own community.

In today’s consumer world, people often lose interest in the things that they have bought very quickly. A site that enables people to trade these goods for other goods could end up being successful.

There isn’t any information on the site about how transportation costs will be handled. Who will pay to ship the goods from one place to the next? The site is based in Spain and therefore if you don’t speak Spanish you will find it difficult to read about the products. Will they be trying to market this in the US?