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888-568-5680www.tradebank.com
1000 LavaL bouLevard, LawrenceviLLe, Ga, 30043-7191
© copyright 2006 Tradebank International Franchising Corp.
OPEN THE DOOR TO A WHOLE NEW FINANCIAL FUTURE.
This is an opportunity that could change your life and your financial future – dramatically. This is the Tradebank
Franchise – a chance to own your own business and to be part of one of the fastest growing, most dynamic
industries in the world: the barter industry.
Barter – the trading of goods and services for those of another – has grown to over a $20 billion-a-year industry. Currently, 92% of Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of thousands of other businesses
around the world barter. Trade has become a highly valued business method in world commerce and
Tradebank International is a world leader.
Your Tradebank Franchise will provide you instant income, as well as important residual income. You’ll be fully
trained and provided the tools you need to be successful. You’ll be guaranteed a protected territory. Plus, you’ll
be on the cutting edge, part of a company that is using the Internet and state-of-the art proprietary technology
to revolutionize a multi-billion dollar industry.
This is Tradebank. The opportunity of a lifetime is now.
O P P O R T U N I T Y, A N D A $ 2 0 B I L L I O N
I N D U S T R Y, A W A I T
A W H O L E N E W F I N A N C I A L F U T U R E
“Experts estimate that millions of companies, especially young ones, employ barter as a
regular or occasional business tool.”– Entrepreneur.com
“If you’re low on cash and up for new business, bartering for goods and services can be a
shrewd business move.” – Business Week Online
• Own your own business
• Control your own destiny
• Instant income
• Residual income
• Comprehensive Training
• Protected territory
• Proprietary technology
• Personal barter benefits
Tradebank is your chance to be involved in a
dynamic industry that is projected to grow at
a phenomenal rate – over 500% in the next
decade. This exponential growth is easy to
understand. Barter is a business tool that can
be used by virtually every business owner or
professional – anyone who wants to conserve
cash and increase profits. The market is basically
limitless – and the same can be said for your
financial potential.
A DYNAmIC DAY
A Tradebank franchise also proves attractive
because every day is different. The ho-hum
routine of getting up each day and trudging to
the office, doing the same repetitive tasks, having
someone always looking over your shoulder – it
doesn’t exist with Tradebank. Ours is a dynamic,
ever-changing business, where each day you’ll be
energized by fresh challenges and an opportunity
to continually think outside the box.
B A R T E R : A D Y N A m I C , G R O W I N G
I N D U S T R Y
A DYNAmIC LEADER
Tradebank International Inc. is an International Barter Exchange headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia,
with offices across the U.S., Canada and Europe. We began doing business in 1987 when our first trade
moved excess inventory for a client, enabling that company to trade for many business related expenses.
Since then we have completed millions of trade transactions, each substantially benefiting our clients.
Today, Tradebank is one of the largest barter exchanges in the world. Ours is a successful, rapidly growing
corporation that offers an excellent opportunity for franchise ownership in a creative and unique industry.
“Barter gives clients a competitive edge. Barter network clients tend to shop within the system first, and satisfied barter customers make referrals to cash customers.”
– Kiplinger’s
“Bartering serves as an attractive solution for business owners because it enables them to get fair market value for excess inventory and underperforming assets.”
– Entrepreneur Magazine
“Tradebank is a no-brainer decision for both business owners and perspective franchise owners alike. In fact, I believe that the future of
Tradebank is so bright that I got my family involved and recently purchased my
third franchise.”
– Steve Watson Regional Owner
Tradebank of Atlanta Southeast, Southwest & Atlanta-Dekalb
500%growth over the
next decade
TRADEBANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE VOLUME GROWTH
35,000,000
30,000,000
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
TRAD
E VOL
UME (
T$)
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
PROJECTED INDUSTRY GROWTH
CURRENT
IN TEN YEARS
In barter’s simplest form, two businesses or professionals trade
items of equivalent value. Tradebank, however, opens up a whole
new dimension in trading. Now a company doesn’t have to find
another company that simultaneously needs its product or
service. Only one trader’s need is required to start the process
and with the help of a trade broker, everyone comes out with
something they need.
HOW TRADEBANk WORkS
Tradebank completes trades for its clients much like a
commercial bank does for checks, or a brokerage firm does for
stocks. As an intermediary, Tradebank receives a commission
on each trade transaction and saves all parties the trouble and
process of collection, exchange of goods, or matching needs
exactly with those of another party.
The transactions between companies are actually converted
to barter credits or “trade dollars” (one trade dollar is equal to
one U.S. dollar in value) and are reflected as balances in each
trading company’s “trade account.” The accounts are maintained
and serviced by Tradebank. The transactions are credited
immediately, so there are no receivables, collection efforts, or
bad debts involved.
H O W B A R T E R W O R k S
“Bartering allows goods that would otherwise have to be bought with hard-earned cash to instead be acquired at wholesale price or the value of a product when measured in
overhead costs.”
- Business Wire
“Tradebank is just another opportunity for business owners and professionals to take on additional business. I view this as revenue that I would not have if not for Tradebank.”
- Larry Baum Owner
OK Transfer & Storage
“Tradebank not only helps us conserve our cash, but also brings in additional
cash business as well.”
- David Hill Owner
Sunshine Enterprise Services, Inc.
Vacations Real Estate Technology Healthcare
Tradebank Classic Card
While many franchising opportunities are confined to niche markets,
that’s not the case with Tradebank. It would be hard to think of a business
or professional who could not benefit from the services of Tradebank.
Step out your door and the world is your market – nearly every single
business owner is a candidate for barter.
THE “WHY” OF BARTER
Smart traders trade for those things, which they need or want and would
normally spend cash on in the marketplace. By bartering, a company is
able to:
• Leave cash in the business
• Buy other products or services at its own wholesale cost
• Pay for its purchases with its own products or services
• Spend “trade dollars” from new customers whose business the company would not have received otherwise
• Convert excess inventory or unused capacity into tangible assets
B A R T E R I S S m A R T E R
1. New business on a continuing basis
2. Conserves cash flow
3. Increases profits
4. Buy at your wholesale cost
5. Lowers overhead costs
6. Referrals from clients brings new cash customers
7. No accounts receivable
8. No bad checks or bad debts
9. Itemized monthly statements
10. Valuable new business contacts
11. International trading privileges
12. Guaranteed new business or money-back guarantee
T R A D E B A N k : A D O z E N A D v A N T A G E S
“The biggest benefit we have realized from Tradebank was the immediate, incremental business that probably would not have come to us as cash customers. It was a big boon to our sales and that additional revenue has been used to purchase business
and personal needs that were once paid for with cash.”
- Steve Billings Owner
Oreck Factory Showroom
“From the start, Tradebank has brought us a tremendous amount of new business and has provided invaluable word of
mouth advertising that has resulted in both new and repeat business.”
- Sam Jamal Owner
Marco’s Cantina
Restaurants Tickets/Entertainment Office Furniture Contractors
“I enjoy the feeling of knowing that I am helping my clients grow their business and enhance their lifestyle.”
- Shea Bailey Regional Owner
Tradebank of the Upper Cumberland
“As the first employee of Tradebank International, Inc. I have worked as a broker as well as the National Training Director for the past twenty years. I am now
fulfilling a dream of many years by obtaining my own Tradebank franchise.”
- Faythe Willis, CTB Regional Owner
Tradebank of North Georgia
Y O U R T R A D E B A N k O P E R A T I O N
YOUR TRADEBANk BROkER
To maximize the opening of your Franchise Operation, a highly trained professional Tradebank Broker will
be assigned to provide the broker services until you attain your first 50 clients, allowing you to concentrate
your efforts on building your business. Your Trade Broker is the key to your success as a Franchise Owner.
The function of the Trade Broker is to help facilitate the sale of your client’s goods and services throughout
the Tradebank system and locate the goods and services your clients wish to purchase.
YOUR TRADEBANk ADvANTAGE
In addition to managing and running a profitable Tradebank franchise, you’ll assist your clients in a number
of ways. You’ll help them increase sales with new customers and business referrals. You’ll help them
be more profitable by converting excess capacity or inventory into products and services their company
needs. Also, you’ll show them how to conserve cash with trade dollars for both personal and business use.
It’s all easily done. Tradebank provides a step-by-step procedure to set up your Tradebank Regional Office
and provides complete training for you and your staff.
As a Tradebank Franchise Owner, or what we call a Regional Owner,
you’ll be building your Tradebank business with the thousands of
businesses in your territory. Business owners and professionals may join
Tradebank for a one-time fee of $495 and begin trading for business
and/or personal needs.
YOUR TRADEBANk TRANSACTIONS
Each time one of your clients makes a trade purchase, a 12% - 14%
cash transaction fee is charged to the buyer at the time the transaction
takes place. Transactions are processed on a 24/7 basis through
the corporate office and a credit or debit is posted to the appropriate
accounts. The Corporate office does all the “back office” bookkeeping and
updates the accounts. All clients are provided with monthly statements
reflecting each transaction and may also view their account in real time
on the Internet.
Franchising dates as far back as the Middle Ages, when franchises were
granted to tax collectors. In the 19th century, franchising was used to
distribute Singer sewing machines; it was later used by General Motors
and other companies to expand the retail end of their businesses. Today,
franchising plays a vital role in the economic life of the western world.
• According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, franchising is
statistically less risky than starting a new business
• In the last 10 years the number of franchises in the U.S. has doubled
• 96.9% of franchise units opened in the last five years are still in
operation today; 85.7% are still operated by the original owner
• There are currently more than 3 million franchised businesses around
the world with over 750,000 in the U.S.
W H Y A F R A N C H I S E ? W H Y B U Y A F R A N C H I S E ?
“It’s an amazing feeling you get when you see the difference that Tradebank can make for
businesses big or small. It’s phenomenal.”
- Matt Fowler Regional Owner
Tradebank of Omaha
“With Tradebank, I know that I have a business model that has a true, built-in value that actually helps people succeed in business while enhancing their lifestyle.”
- John Schott Regional Owner
Tradebank of Wichita
• Proven business model
• Control your own destiny
• Substantially higher success rate
• Mutual financial interests
• Cutting-edge technology
• 24/7 network system
• National & international training seminars
• Marketing programs and strategies
• Greater purchasing power
• Brand name recognition
• Financing options
• Recognition for achievement
A B O U T YO U R T R A D E B A N k F R A N C H I S E :
Q & A
The following are some of the questions (and the answers) that are
most often asked about the unique Tradebank opportunity.
Q: How much of an individual investment may be required for a
Tradebank franchise?
A: There are many variables. However, the base cost of a
franchise is $30,000. Remember that you will need sufficient
funds to maintain you and your family for approximately six to
nine months as you build your client base. In addition,
franchises with a population base exceeding 500,000 have
a higher cost.
For the specific costs for your territory, see the enclosed insert.
Q: Do I receive training by Tradebank International
Franchising Corporation?
A: Yes. Each Franchisee will receive an intensive training course
at our corporate headquarters in Lawrenceville, GA. Also one
or more of our marketing representatives will spend a week in
your territory assisting you in getting a quick start. The cost of
this initial training is covered in your franchise fee.
“If you are looking for a business that provides both financial and personal rewards, I would highly recommend looking into the
Tradebank franchise opportunity.”
- Mark Caldwell Regional Owner
Tradebank of Nashville
Q: Who can join Tradebank in my territory?
A: Any business owner or professional who has a product to sell or a service to render. During the start-up phase,
you will need to concentrate your efforts on signing clients in about 30 different frequently-asked-for business
categories.
Q: Do I have to have an office?
A: You have the option of operating as a home based business until you build a client base of approximately
50 clients.
Q: What size businesses trade?
A: Clients range from small one-owner operations to large corporations. Each decides and controls how much
trading they will do.
Q: What about tax reporting requirements?
A: There are no tax advantages or disadvantages to trading. The IRS recognizes barter/trade transactions
as a standard method of doing business and Tradebank provides all the proper recording and reporting
of those transactions. Under the guidelines of the “Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act,” barter exchanges
now rank on equal footing with banks, credit card issuers, credit unions, security brokers, and others as third
party record keepers.
H O W D O I G E T S TA R T E D ?
TELL US ABOUT YOU
Please complete the confidential information form in its entirety. A
resume may be included in lieu of filling out the business information
and education sections. Three personal references are required. All
requests for specific franchise territories are considered on a first
received basis.
YOUR FRANCHISE TERRITORY
Applicant must live in the territory that the franchise is granted
for. The territories that are available have population bases from
150,000 to over three million; they are normally based around one
predominant business center. That center should be the primary
site for your operation.
YOUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
Your financial obligation should be one that would enable you to
handle a minimum down payment of $10,000 or more toward
the $30,000 base cost of the franchise. Territories with over a
500,000 population carry an additional franchise fee of $5,000
per each 500,000 in population. Tradebank will provide financing
for the remainder of your franchise fee or you may utilize your own
resources. You may also need enough working capital and living
expenses for up to six months.
YOUR COmmITmENT
A full-time commitment is required by a key individual to operate a Tradebank franchise, whether purchased by a
corporation, partnership or a sole proprietorship.
While it appears unusual for a franchise to outline requirements as limiting as those listed above, please
understand that Tradebank has the responsibility to all individuals associated with Tradebank International and
its clients to function in the same disciplined and responsible manner as other financial institutions conduct
themselves in the marketplace.
“I was a Tradebank member for several years and realized a tremendous amount of benefits to bartering as it pertained to my business. When the opportunity came to me to purchase
the Tradebank franchise, I knew I had to jump on it.”
- Jurgen Mootz Regional Owner
Tradebank of Chattanooga
T H E T R A D E B A N k O P P O R T U N I T Y – F I N D
O U T m O R E
More in-depth information about the operations and background
of Tradebank International, Inc. is included in a document called
a UFOC (Uniform Franchise Offering Circular). This document is
required by federal law and the laws of some states to be provided
to you if you meet the Franchisor’s qualifications and are interested
in exploring franchise opportunities with this company. If you’d like
to take advantage of the Tradebank opportunity, please fill out the
accompanying Confidential Information form and mail today.
Mail your application to:
Tradebank International Franchising Corp.
1000 Laval Boulevard
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
If you have questions, or would like more information, please
contact Tradebank’s President of Franchising at 888-568-5680
ext. 119. Just say that you have found the door to a whole new
financial future – and you’re ready to open it
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