Collabotrade.com is a free online social marketplace that provides a trustworthy platform for individuals and groups to:

• Buy, Sell, Giveaway, and Swap Used and New Items
• Provide and Seek Individual or Shared Services
• Inform and Promote Community Events
• Search and Build Communities

Collabotrade allows its members to post free items and services classified ads, and event notifications within a growing network of communities. Collabotrade aims at developing trust among the members of these communities by providing them a platform to socialize, collaborate, and build private communities. Members could join communities of their interest and trade with confidence without worrying about dealing with an outsider, whose identity and background are unknown

Member of the private communities are authenticated before they could join the community. This preserves the trust among community members and creates an environment for safe buying and selling

Member can also build public communities or special interest groups, which are specific to their requirements. Where private communities provide the members an extremely trustworthy platform to buy, sell, or exchange items and services, the public communities are open to all and attract likeminded people.

Registration on Collabotrade is FREE and takes only 2 minutes to complete. You would be able to start posting FREE classified ads, service ads, and event notices immediately after the registration

Registration is a short, simple, and hassle-free process. Please visit our Registration page and follow the steps listed below:

1. Enter an E-mail address that you wish to use for receiving emails from Collabotrade(This will serve as your Collabotrade user name)
2. Enter a strong password twice (For security purposes, choose a difficult, but easy to remember password)
3. Enter your First and Last name (Helps other community members to recognize you)
4. Enter your residential ZIP code (Essential for you to search within your neighborhood )
5. Enter the code shown in the image (Helps prevent automated registration)
6. Read and Accept the “Terms and Conditions”
7. Click the “Register Now” button
8. Check your e-mail and click the link sent in the e-mail to authorize and activate your membership

Bingo!!!!!! You are part of the growing network of Collabotrade communities. You can now start using Collabotrade’s simple and easy to use platform to post FREE Classified ads and run them as long as you wish.

As a registered member of Collabotrade, you can start posting free classified ads. These ads postings can be divided into three major segments:

• Post “For Sale”ads
• Post “Services”ads
• Post “Events” notices

• Make your classified ads look more effective and powerful by uploading a photo of the advertised item or service. In addition to this, you may also add a title and description, and include other information about the items or services. Collabotrade employs a search tool, which automatically calculates the distance from the interested member’s location. What’s more? The buyers or seller can even use the ZIP code to map your location or print driving directions (courtesy: Google Maps).
• Post and renew your postings any number of times without worrying about any posting fees or other hidden transaction fees. Collabotrade doesn’t charge any transaction fee on your sale or purchase.
• All you have to do is to renew your postings once in every 60 days. You’ll be sent a reminder e-mail 5 days before the ad expires. If you have not sold the item or stopped providing the specified services, you may login to your account and renew the posting. Remember, there is no limit on how many times you can renew your posting. It’s FREE for the life of the posting.
• Once you post an ad, it’s visible to all the members of Collabotrade – including members of your own communities.

Buy or sell whatever you want. No credit cards required. No hassles of shipping items. No hassles of security breaches.

Login to your Collabotrade account and start posting your ads in the “For Sale” section. You can buy or sell any types of items or stuff -- whether used or unused. It’s easy to search for a buyer on Collabotrade, as our aim is to connect people living within the same zip code. To make your trading experience safe and pleasant, Collabotrade doesn’t allow payment over the Internet. Other than posting an ad for sale, Collabotrade provides you with an option to swap items with other members or giveaway to a charity or the people in need.

To search for a buyer or a seller:

• Enter your search criteria in the “Search For” textbox (for example, cell phone or car etc.)
• Enter your ZIP code to find someone near your location or in your neighborhood (For example, if you live in NY City, enter 10017)
• Specify the distance within which you would like to find a seller or a buyer (For example, 10 miles)

If you want to filter your search results further, you may use the advance search, wherein you can:

• search within all your communities
• specify Category of the items or service
• select the desired price range
• choose to view “Ads with photos” or “Ads Without photos” or both
• specify the delivery mode for the items

Collabotrade aims at connecting people within the same community so that a level of trust is established between the buyers and the sellers. A transaction done within a community not only helps you get a fair price of the item, but also ensures that the item is in good condition. Other than this, you can instantly get in touch with the buyer or seller in case there is something wrong with the item.

Looking for some help with your assignments, someone to car pool with or a nanny?

To make it easier for you to find service providers and seekers, we have divided the services in three different categories:

• Service Providers

You can provide services in number of areas, such as child care, tutors, computer programming, and legal or financial services. Collabotrade helps you connect with the individuals, who require such services.

• Service Seekers

At Collabotrade you can find people, who can help you in your daily tasks, such as mowing your lawn, movers, computer technicians, and other services as per your needs.

• Shared services

Under Shared services, you may find services that are shared between you and other individuals. For example, you can search for car pool, roommate, game or dance partner, vacation home swap, and volunteer services under this section.

Searching for services is quite simple on collabotrade.com. Follow the steps mentioned below to search for the best service provider in your community within seconds:

• Click the Services tab on the search box on the main page.
• Select the type of service you are looking for -- Providers, Seekers, or Shared
• In the “Search for” textbox, enter the keywords related to the service you are looking for.
• Select the applicable category. If you are not sure about the category, you may choose “Do not know / All / General”.
• Enter your ZIP code to find someone in your neighborhood (For example 30303 for Fulton county in Atlanta).
• Specify the distance within which you would like to find a service provider or seeker (For example, 10 miles).
• Click the “Search” button to display the results.

Ever wondered how did you miss your favorite events in the town? Or, why did the event you organized did not get the expected turnout? Post your events on Collabotrade and end your worries.

Collabotrade allows you to search for any upcoming events in your area. You can get all the details of the events and can even post events organized by you or your group. Some of the common examples of the events are: conferences, exhibitions, fairs, concerts, garage sales, and games. The event list is updated regularly by various Collabotrade members.

If you enjoy music concerts or baseball matches, Collabotrade is the place to find them. At Collabotrade you can search for all those hot and happening events, such as music concerts, games, in a very simple way:

• Select the period of the event -- whether a month or a week away, or even the same day
• Select the category you are looking for. There are several categories available and more are being added on regular basis on the requests and demands of our members.
• Enter the ZIP code to find events near your location or in your neighborhood (For example, 60606 for Cook county in Chicago)
• Specify the distance within which you would like to find an event (For example, 10 miles)
• Click the Search button, and you get a list of events you were looking for.

Similar to the other postings, the information about various events is also updated continuously, whereas outdated events are purged from time to time. One can use Collabotrade as a means to promote their group events as well.

Collabotrade stands unique amongst the available e-commerce websites by virtue of its socially-oriented business model. Collabotrade connects local individuals by using the technology and reach of web. The site encourages individuals in an area (normally within the same zip code) to exchange items and services so that the security risks of the Internet transaction are reduced significantly. Moreover, if the service provider belongs to the same area, the shipping costs and lead time for delivery comes down to a large extent.