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Several weeks ago we hinted to a project we nicked named Taurus. Now it’s time that we can tell you about Taurus, when we’ll launch it, and what you can expect!

Taurus is our affiliate system and is here to help you make some money at the same time you help us grow. When becoming an affiliate of Value Target you have a choice of banners to choose from and when you place the provided code on your site, email, tweet, etc we immediately begin recording clicks, views, and sales. You will be able to view these statistics in your affiliate area as well as view your sales / payment transactions.

There are two ways for you to trigger a sale on Value Target. Both record each new member that you have brought us. When that member releases their very first listing subscription you will receive 10% of the total fees. When the member releases their very first on-site advertising then you receive 10% of those total fees as well.

We will be launching the affiliate system on Saturday, July 11, 2009. More details will follow after the launch!

In an effort to help you stay informed about items and services listed for barter or sell we have created a special twitter account just for this purpose. @valueitems By following this account you will be updated when a listing goes live.

The added benefit to members listing on Value Target is that by using Twitter we can utilize the every increasing Twitter population to build interest in your listing. Value Target is always dedicated to using every marketing channel to help you find a barter trade quickly and will always continue to do so.

Ok the boring news is that we will be releasing some small changes on the 20th about 6:00 am EST. It won’t take but a minute to restart the servers for the changes that didn’t get in this Wednesday.

Now for the totally great news. We launched Value Target knowing full well we wanted to add a ton of helpful features. However we also wanted to launch and begin helping our members. So we’ve been here watching and making a few tweaks to the system as needed. Tomorrow will be the last of the tweaks!

Over the next couple of weeks the dev team will begin implementing a project that we’ve code named Taurus. After which Taurus will go through extensive qa, along with beta testers. Because Taurus is a way for our members to make a some extra money (Did I say too much ) we owe the perfect system to them.

We welcome all our new members over the past two weeks and welcome you all!

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Value Target will be down briefly on Saturday June 13 at around 8:00 am EST while we launch some new features. Here’s some of the changes.

You don’t have to use the sub-categories any more. Currently the listings must be placed in a sub-category if the first category has one. We felt that was a bit too restricting, so now the sub-categories are merely suggestions to help you place your listing in the best possible category.

If you don’t use the sub-categories then you run the risk of having your listing post in a sea of others and the member may not find what interests them. You can always suggest a category.  Just create your listing and let it go live (or wait for us) and send us a support ticket. Once we receive it we will create   and re-assign your listing.

The next feature added will be of great value to you advertisers out there. Ads can be targeted to categories, as well as search terms! By specifying a category your ad takes precedence when a member is in the related category. Not finding the right category, go ahead and submit a support ticket and we’ll fix it right up.

Ad search terms are matching your search terms with the members interests and presents those ads that are relevant to them. This algorithm is uses everywhere outside of the categories area and is there to help you give you a better cost per impression.

There are also going to be a number of smaller changes, such as re-sending your activation email if the internet ate the first one. Resetting your password is another one.

Thanks for using Value Target and more to come.

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We are proud to announce Value Target has been launched! Not only that the first 250 paid listings are on us. If your listing is one of the 250 then you can add highlighting, as many pictures as you wish, and make it featured, for FREE!

What is Value Target you ask.

If you are looking to strictly sell your goods and/or services Value Target may not be for you. If you are looking to gain something from something then Value Target is for you. Users list their items as for trade and/or sell.

When a user marks a listing as trade then they would expect to get a fair service or item trade for what they are offering. An item that is marked with sell, the user then expects a payment for that item. Of course there is the option for “Trade / Sell” to really increase the chance of connecting two users.

Apart from creating an item listing there are two other listing types that a user can create, and these are totally free. A wanted listing and a “free” listing.

If there is something that you’ve always been wanting that you can’t find on the site, you can go ahead and create a wanted listing. When someone comes along and sees your listing they can then get in touch with you.  This is totally free on your part from start to finish.

If you have something you just want to give away then the “free” listing is just the ticket as well. Just create one at no charge and someone is sure to get a hold of you.

User privacy is key. As a user you have a messaging center to retrieve all your questions, offers, etc from other users. As long as you don’t place contact information your descriptions then we will never give it out.

Other users contact you via Value Target by leaving messages, or asking questions / making offers on our site. If you’ve elected to receive emails then you be notified that a user has contacted you; otherwise check the site. When you have found your match then certainly you can divulge any information you need to.

For brevity that’s just a little about Value Target. Get a user account and come check out the other features included!

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Contact: Scott Krutsinger

Cell: 386.717.9840

Email: scottk@valuetarget.com

BEST OF BREED SELLING ATTRIBUTES COMES TO THE ONLINE BARTER WORLD

Stepping up the on-line bartering world to the power of the selling world.

Value Target will be launching its on-line bartering services on Sunday, June 7, 2009 as a predominately on-line bartering system. Value Target is a place where users list those items or services that they want to trade for other items or services. Value Target has included many of the member features, such as distance from, that allow its users to quickly locate those goods and/or services of interest.

Whether it is a good or a service it’s not difficult to find sites that allow you to pay for a “for sell” listing. However, currency is only one form of commerce; an equal trade of services is another. There are many “trading” sites available to the on-line user, but they can be limited to the regional areas or lack the fine grained user functionality of locating within a close proximity.

Value Target at launch will be offering the first 250 item listings at no cost to the user. Two types will be available, and always for free. Users that want to just give away goods are welcome to create a “Free” listing. Users that are in need of a service or good but haven’t found a listing to trade with are welcome to create a “Wanted” listing.

Value Target allows users to create paid item listings that covers items and services. When it comes to vehicle, real estate, and watercraft listings we have taken it further to incorporate specific descriptions of each. For no charge users are allowed to create “Free Listings” and “Wanted Listings” in hopes to accomplish trades. Even the on-site advertising is user generated to boost any users success at generating interest.

Great selling sites offer users the ability to see all products, yet fine grain searches down to the most relevant as well as closest. Value Target recognizes that; while a web developer may be able to trade programming services all over the world, a dentist may only trade services in the next city. Value Target has included geo location to help users find items by proximity to their location.

Communication between users is key as well. With accounts, users are allowed to send messages between their accounts, or questions and offers on a submitted listing. When a user registers they can elect to receive notification of their message, question, or offer via email. Additionally they can elect to receive an email for those new items activated that interests them.

Value Target is a place that fully recognizes that money doesn’t make the world go round. Everyone has something that they can trade for something else.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Scott Krutsinger, please call Scott Krutsinger at +1.386.717.9840 or e-mail Scott at scottk@valuetarget.com