BCL Soft Announces Barter21 Enhancements
Industry-first upgrade designed to substantially increase trade volume
Phoenix, AZ, April 28, 2010 --(PR.com)-- BCL Soft (http://www.bclsoft.com) has released a major update their popular Barter21 barter exchange management software. A complete change from the barter industry standard software, these enhancements are designed to help increase trade volume. "We are making it easier for members of the exchanges using our software to find not only the products or services they were looking for, but also to find complementary products and services," said CTO and Lead Programmer Luther Monson. "Whether searching through the Member Directory or looking on the click-to-purchase Trading Floor, the new layout and design associates similar items, leading to increased barter activity." In addition to those layout and functionality changes, barter exchange owners now have the capability to select and rotate featured items throughout their website, enabling them to move and promote items that could otherwise sit idle.
A Different Way to Think About Business Categories
Barter21 has always been an industry leader in their approach to business categories. They were the first software to match Member Directory and Trading Floor categories, making it easier on both members and exchange brokers to place businesses into the Directory and items and services onto the Trading Floor. And in a new twist, rather than adding more categories that are very specific, Barter21 has substantially reduced the number of categories and made each heading much broader. This is contradictory to the industry norm for barter exchange management software. "Placing a member into a broader category rather than multiple categories that are very specific gives them the greater exposure. Rather than a specific category like 'Italian Restaurant' we've put all the restaurants together into one category. So for the exchange that does not yet have an Italian Restaurant perhaps their member will choose another place to eat in the same category. Instead of a lost sale, all the members will get greater exposure. Greater exposure leads to more sales and trade volume. More trade volume means greater profits for the barter exchange.” said Barry Cohen, COO of BCL Soft.
Catherine Cohen, CEO of BCL Soft, continued, "The combined power of a redesigned Trading Floor, a more robust Member Directory that shows not only the member information but items that member has on the Trading Floor, and a more intuitive category structure is sure to have a positive impact. The members will have greater ease of use and that will reflect well on the bottom line of barter exchanges using the Barter21 platform."
Launched in February, 2009, Barter21 is the fastest growing barter exchange management software in the modern Barter & Trade industry. Barter21 specializes in assisting start-up exchanges as well as being able to handle the greater trade volume of established exchanges.
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For more information, press only:
Catherine Cohen
623-242-2537 x101
cat@bclsoft.com
For more information on BCL Soft:
http://www.bclsoft.com
info@bclsoft.com
A Different Way to Think About Business Categories
Barter21 has always been an industry leader in their approach to business categories. They were the first software to match Member Directory and Trading Floor categories, making it easier on both members and exchange brokers to place businesses into the Directory and items and services onto the Trading Floor. And in a new twist, rather than adding more categories that are very specific, Barter21 has substantially reduced the number of categories and made each heading much broader. This is contradictory to the industry norm for barter exchange management software. "Placing a member into a broader category rather than multiple categories that are very specific gives them the greater exposure. Rather than a specific category like 'Italian Restaurant' we've put all the restaurants together into one category. So for the exchange that does not yet have an Italian Restaurant perhaps their member will choose another place to eat in the same category. Instead of a lost sale, all the members will get greater exposure. Greater exposure leads to more sales and trade volume. More trade volume means greater profits for the barter exchange.” said Barry Cohen, COO of BCL Soft.
Catherine Cohen, CEO of BCL Soft, continued, "The combined power of a redesigned Trading Floor, a more robust Member Directory that shows not only the member information but items that member has on the Trading Floor, and a more intuitive category structure is sure to have a positive impact. The members will have greater ease of use and that will reflect well on the bottom line of barter exchanges using the Barter21 platform."
Launched in February, 2009, Barter21 is the fastest growing barter exchange management software in the modern Barter & Trade industry. Barter21 specializes in assisting start-up exchanges as well as being able to handle the greater trade volume of established exchanges.
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For more information, press only:
Catherine Cohen
623-242-2537 x101
cat@bclsoft.com
For more information on BCL Soft:
http://www.bclsoft.com
info@bclsoft.com
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www.bclsoft.com
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