George Wells, a veteran barter exchange owner has decided to ride off into the sunset.  At the young age of 78, George has sold his Tradia ® Franchise to newcomer; Ron Paul and his wife Katie.  Ron has a ton of sales and customer service experience and we're excited to see this transition.  It's always a little scary when we go through a change like this but it usually brings new energy and growth with the change-over.

We're always looking for a true entreprenuer and we are certain to have found it in Ron.  Tradia ® in Boise will be hard to beat with the addition of the Pauls as franchise owner / operators.

Ron & Katie Paul will be trained as a Tradia ® Franchise in the month of May 2008.  We'll see them in Portland and then schedule the first of 2 in-field trainings.  Tradia ® has recently increased the amount of training offered to a new Tradia Franchise.  The more a franchisee knows about Tradia ®, the faster and stronger they grow as a business.  This is a very positive step in the growth of Tradia ® in Idaho.

Tradia® is increasing the amount of hands-on training for all our Franchise and Regional Offices.  We are already good at training and feel the need to enhance the current training system to better service the existing Franchise Offices as well as their support staff.  The more time we spend with a franchisee, the better they become at building their Tradia® Franchise business.  This increase in the amount of training we offer is included in our Tradia® Franchise Agreement.

In the first week of April, 2008 Tradia® is shooting a full-length Video Training Series to dramatically change the amount of training available to all Tradia representatives.  The Tradia® DVD Training System will be useful to beginners as well as seasoned Barter Professionals.  It will feature 3 separate DVD's covering barter basics, history and business information, sales training & overcoming objections and building large trade volumes using many real examples.

With a home-based Franchise System, Tradia® keeps the expenses down while providing a huge opportunity to the personality that can handle working alone for the first few months while building a local membership.  This new Training System will literally teach every aspect of the barter business in a step-by-step format and at your own pace.  Along with this DVD Series, Tradia® also spends a large amount of time on a hand-held basis with each Tradia® Franchise, both at Tradia® Corporate in Portland Oregon and in the Franchise Territory.  The more you know, the more valuable your Tradia® Franchise becomes.

Following our training techniques and suggestions, your return on investment (ROI) is greatly increased.  Why would anyone buy a franchise and not take advantage of the training and systems available?  Bartering is a simple concept.  Building a business using barter as a business strategy and Trade Exchange is like any business opportunity.  It requires real effort and follow-through.  It's amazing to watch how much trade volume a person can do with the right coaching and support system.  Tradia® expects to lead the way with this new and improved Training System and we hope to see exponential growth in the number of Franchise inquiries we receive.

Salt Lake City Utah - I spent two days offering sales training as continuing education for the SLC sales team.  We find that regular training visits pay exceptional dividends.  Tradia® is in a constant evolution of Franchise training & support.  We believe in a hand-held system of training where we see the Franchisee and their staff frequently.  The more they know, the better they serve the Tradia® Membership.

Our SLC Franchise Group owns all three (3) Tradia® Franchises for the greater Salt Lake City area.  New member growth is consistent in SLC and we anticipate an increase in new member development for all of 2008-2009.  Tradia® is already the largest barter exchange in SLC Utah.

Tradia® expects to sell 3 more franchises in the state of Utah before the end of 2009.

Tradia ® Commerce Network, Inc. announces the launch of the most sophisticated software available within the barter exchange industry.  This new database is the culmination of 2 years effort made by the Tradia ® IT Department and is the foundation of the Tradia ® Exchange Membership.  We track everything with this software, from barter transactions to barter auctions and classifieds to travel bookings, cash payments, email broadcasts, local events, member directories, blogs, edits, updates, reports, automated merchant services, member-driven transactions & listings, contact management software, a prospect database, cash discount opportunities, franchise inquiries & training, and an enormous amount of small business training.

As Tradia ® founder and President, and with 28 years experience in the retail barter industry, I have never seen software capable of performing at this level.  I really thought I had seen it all but our IT Team working in tandem with current MicroSoft® technology is writing break-through automation that will change the way barter is viewed, marketed, managed and performed.  We believe the name Tradia ® will become the branded name for barter or cash-less transactions in America.

Tradia ® will sell more franchises then any barter company in US history and we can only guess the number of new members we will attract and serve with this amazing technology.  It will support thousands of entreprenuers simultaneously in multiple languages, countries and currencies.  Tradia ® is building a training system to support 500 Tradia ® Franchises and 5000 Trade Directors in North America.  We estimate that each Trade Director can serve a minimum of 300 Tradia ® Members each.

Why Pay Cash When You Can Tradia? ®