Category: Talent Exchange Tips

Have you ever wondered what the ‘trading forms’ online trading slip, invoice and order form are for? None of these are essential to the functioning of the Talent Exchange; they are just useful additions for use in certain situations. Sending an online trading slip is a buyer action. It can be thought of as a […]

The term ‘barter’ usually evokes thoughts about times of crisis or what the ancients did before money was invented. This is completely wrong, as bartering is a natural way of exchanging things without the intermediation of money. We do it all the time, often without realising it, so is not an exchange method necessarily associated […]

Sometimes members find it daunting to locate the details of other Talent Exchange users. Once you know how to do it you will find it is extremely easy. Not only is it easy to find users of the Cape Town Talent Exchange but you can easily find any user of the CES worldwide. There are […]

Have you had enough of emails from the Talent Exchange? Well, it is very easy to unsubscribe from any and all Talent Exchange mailing lists. While we don’t recommend cutting yourself off completely, if you are no longer participating in the Talent Exchange then you might get annoyed about continuing to receive the regular emails […]

Have you ever wondered why the Talent Exchange works the other way around from the ‘normal’ Rand-based economy. In the latter, buyer’s pay sellers whereas in the Exchange it is the seller who seems to ‘take’ from the buyer. In other words, in the Rand economy the buyer is the active party and the seller […]

How many times have you responded to an offering, only to be told by the seller that they are not accepting Talents at the present time. After all, the times are hard and they have bills to pay, and Talents can’t be used to pay the rent! One’s first response is to request the advertiser […]

There are 6058 active members listed on the Cape Town Talent Exchange, yet there are only 1021 offerings listed, many of which are the second, third and fourth offerings of the same member. This tells us that most members have no offerings, even though one of the conditions of using the Talent Exchange is that […]

Have you ever wondered what the credit and debit limits mean? If you have just joined the CTTE you will find that your credit limit is +T5000 while your debit limit is -T500. If your new account starts with a balance of zero, why are the limits not symmetrical? In the beginning the debit limit […]

The core of the Talent Exchange is its Offerings and Wants lists – the adverts describing what members are willing to provide and what they require. Yet if you look at the descriptions of many of the offerings you would think that some members are not there to provide anything; they are only there to […]