Swap.Reuse.Close the loop.
Barter is Quebec's first AI-matched exchange platform — turn your idle things and services into Barter Credits, then spend them on what you actually need.
Magic-link sign-in · Hosted in Quebec · No password required.
Three moves. The AI does the rest.
No auctions. No double-coincidence problem. List what you have — the algorithm finds the right counterpart and settles in Barter Credits.
List your stuff or services
Photo, description, asking value. Our valuation model suggests a fair price in Barter Credits — you keep the final say.
AI finds the right match
The matching engine scans thousands of needs in real time and surfaces the best partners — even matches that cross multiple hops.
Swap in Barter Credits
No forced 1:1 trades. Sell in credits, spend when you want. Like a community currency — without the tax paperwork.
An economy that stops throwing things away.
Every swap diverts material from the landfill. Here's the impact the Barter community is aiming for in our first year of service.
of materials diverted from landfill
Equivalent
≈ 350 elephants
In circulation rather than buried in landfill
of emissions avoided through reuse
Equivalent
≈ 2,600 cars
Off the road for an entire year
AI-matched between neighbours and SMEs
Pace
≈ 1,250 / week
Averaged across the first 12 months
pilot-program satisfaction rate
Benchmark
Top 5%
Among Quebec consumer platforms
Targets are derived from RECYC-QUÉBEC circularity indicators and Environment Canada emission factors. Measured and published quarterly from launch onward.
One common unit. A thousand possible swaps.
Rather than forcing every trade to be 1:1, Barter credits your account in neutral units. A bike delivered today can become piano lessons six months from now.
Designated exchange network
We're filing for ETA s.181.3 designation — once granted, Barter Credits won't carry GST/HST between registered members. The tax friction of traditional barter disappears.
Transparent valuation
Our AI compares recent comparable sales, declared condition, and local demand. You see the math; you can adjust if you disagree.
Community custody
No crypto. No speculative tokens. Barter Credits are a stable unit of account, audited by a Quebec-licensed accountant.
Turn idle inventory into productive capacity.
Too much seasonal stock? Unused machine hours? Swap them for the services you actually need — without touching your cash flow.
Q3 2026 pilots — limited to 25 Montréal-area SMEs.
Free up working capital
Settle professional services — accounting, translation, design, logistics — in Barter Credits generated from your surplus. Cash stays where it earns most.
1 : 1.4
Average surplus-to-need match ratio
11 days
Median time to first swap
The most useful AI is the kind that keeps something out of the landfill.
Quebec generates more than 13 million tonnes of waste each year, and 60% of what gets discarded still has real-world use. Barter applies deep learning not to yet another shopping feed, but to an older problem: finding the person to whom your surplus is genuinely useful.
"We don't need to invent scarcity. We need to organize abundance."