We don’t need more. We need each other.💚 We’ve been conditioned by systems built on greed to believe we’re lacking. But we’re already consuming more than this planet can sustain.🌍 We have everything we need when we turn to one another.🤝✨ @barterloo beta opens in 2 days. A people-powered, ad-free community. Link in bio.↖️ . . . #barterloo #circularliving #overconsumption #shopsmall

@barterloo is finally open.🥹✨ Barter is back, and we’re live in beta! I can’t even explain how much this moment means. Thank you to everyone who showed up early, and for your patience as we continue building, adding features, and rolling things out. This is all being built in real time. So many ideas… but for now, just two humans.🙃 We chose not to go the investor route so we could keep this people-powered, and you being here means so much.💚 🎉 To celebrate, I’m doing a giveaway on the app for this one-of-one Upcycled Barterloo Edition Bag. The winner will be chosen and announced next Friday on Barterloo. If you’re a member, posting on the app earns you entries, up to 10 per person. Full details are on there. 💫 This is just the beginning, and so excited to be growing this community.🌱 We’re improving things every day and building this with you in real time. Feedback is everything.🗯️ No corporate ads, no noise… just real people. Small businesses are the new ads. Not random brands or questionable sourcing, just verified humans. They can post directly to the feed as often as they want and actually be seen, not buried on platforms like Etsy where you have to hope people find you while mass-produced drop shippers take over. If someone connects with what they offer, they can click straight to their link and support them directly. No transaction fees, no middleman. Just real people, directly supporting each other. If you’re in, go introduce yourself, post something, and start connecting… that’s how this network thrives.🤝 If you love what we’re doing, you can also share your link (even on our free tier) and earn 30% reoccurring on subscriptions. It’s also another way to be part of building this. We’re just getting started. Thank you for being part of it.✨ Link in bio or join.barterloo.com↖️ . . . #barterloo #communityexchange #barter #bartering

✨Update✨ Many of you have been following along since the beginning, and I wanted to share where things are right now.💚 Building a brand new platform from scratch has been an incredible learning experience. There has been a lot of testing, problem-solving, and refining happening behind the scenes as we work to get everything ready. The exciting part is that we’re getting very close.🚀 Barterloo is being built by a small independent team, and with support from partners like Boston University, the platform is continuing to take shape week by week. The next step is the one we’ve been working toward.🌱 At the end of March, we’ll begin opening Barterloo to our Founding Members.🎉 The first invitations will go out to people who have pre-registered, and this early group will enter the platform during a beta testing phase. This is where the first members explore the platform, try features, make exchanges, and help us fine-tune everything before the full public launch. We’re not building this for the community. We’re building it with the community.🤝 Which means the people who join early will genuinely help shape what this marketplace becomes. It’s exciting to finally be getting to this stage.💫 If you want to be part of this… 👇 Pre-registration is open until March 29th, and is everything right now because the people who join early will be the first invited into Founding Member Access. 🔗Join.Barterloo.com (or link in bio) Thank you to everyone who has supported this idea and followed along on the journey so far!💚 . . . #Barterloo #CommunityEconomy #Barter #SupportSmallBusiness #CircularEconomy

Community feedback time!🌱💭 Your thoughts on this REALLY matter to us while building Barterloo, especially from our existing community already on the platform.🤝 I’ll also be emailing current users directly because we genuinely want feedback as we grow and evolve this together:) One thing I also want to note: verified users will likely have increased trust/interactions on the platform simply because people may naturally feel more comfortable exchanging with verified members.💫 Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts on verification/community safety.👇 . . . #barterloo #barter #smallbizlove

At the end of the day, I’m gonna keep focusing on the positive because the work me and my business partner have put into Barterloo over the last year+ is something I’m genuinely really proud of.💚 Login/onboarding issues have been our number one priority these last few days, and we’ve been working around the clock to simplify and improve everything in real time during beta. Everyone who signed up should have received the new simplified login/access link, and I truly appreciate everybody’s patience while we grow and improve this together.🌱 Honestly, it’s frustrating I even had to spend time addressing something that is so clearly false, but I also wanted to explain the situation instead of ignoring it completely. Anyway ✨ back to building community, barter, small business support, and getting Barterloo ready for the App/Google Play Store very soon!🤝

I got tired of watching people struggle while giant corporations profit off overconsumption and disconnection… so I built a barter/community app where small businesses also take the place of traditional ads.🌱 @barterloo is LIVE in beta.💚 Link in bio↖️✨ #barter #community #anticonsumerism #deinfluencing #smallbusinesssupport

Do you want more people in your area on @barterloo ?🌱 Do you love what we’re building and want to help spread the word while earning recurring cash?🤝✨ Even on the FREE tier (just a one time $1.99 verification/security fee), you’ll get access to our Community Rewards dashboard + your own unique referral link to share.💚 Earn 30% recurring cash every month from subscriptions you bring in while helping grow the network/community.🌎 This is how grassroots movements grow… word of mouth.🗣️💫 Join us while we’re still in beta to also snag your username before move into the Apple/Play Store next month. 👉join.barterloo.com

What lead me to @barterloo #barter #barterloo #communitylove

Update🤝🌱✨ #barterloo #barter #smallbizlove

Reposting this response video here from TikTok because it’s really doing its thing over there and helping circulate the conversation around Barterloo.🙏💚 I keep seeing this question come up in my messages here as well so wanted to share. I’m honestly so grateful and excited by how many people are ready for a new way of exchanging value, supporting small businesses, and turning back toward community.🌱 We already have more than enough resources when we start exchanging with each other instead of constantly outsourcing everything to major corporations that do very little for people or the planet.🌎✨ . . . #barterloo #barter #smallbusinesslove

Barter anyone? The corporate greed and the push to overconsume while we have enough clothing (more than half made from plastic) on this planet to last the next 6 generations is getting really old. The system stinks so I built a new one. #barter #communitylove #supportsmallbiz

Congrats to the giveaway winner!!🎉🤝 Thank you to everyone who joined early and is helping grow this community.🙏🌱 If you’re already a member and haven’t set up your account yet, make sure to jump in!✨ I’ll be adding a bunch more stuff this weekend including creative unblock sessions over Zoom and digging through the back of my closet. 👀 If you want to join the fun, link is in bio!💚 . . . #barterloo #bartersystem #barter #supportsmallbusiness