While most members are familiar with how to enter their transactions, many new members are puzzled when it comes to recording their first trades. The first thing to remember in the Talent Exchange is that it is the seller who enters the transactions. For many this is counter-intuitive as we are so familiar with the idea that buyers pay […]
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Category: Talent Exchange Tips
Tips on how to use the Talent Exchange
Tip: How to correct errors in your state...
Every month after the monthly statements have been sent out, a number of people write in pointing out errors in their statements, usually blaming the administrator and demanding that the errors be corrected immediately! Buyers: What you can do to get account errors fixed If you spot an error in your monthly or online statement, […]
Tip: Selling to Traders who Advertise wi...
How many times have you phoned someone in response to their offering ad, only to be told that they are no longer selling for Talents, or that they are now selling for part Talents and part Rands, or they quote you a price in Rands only? This seems to happen far too frequently. One gets […]
New Feature: Easy Transactions
Do you sometimes find it difficult to find a trader’s name and account number in order to enter a transaction with them? A new feature has been added to help you find and enter transactions without having to search our massive drop-down list of traders! Click on the [Trading] button on the menu bar at […]
Tip: How to Not Earn Too Much!
In the regular money economy, the object of the game is to earn as much money as possible. Every business focuses on maximising profitability so it is important to sell as much as possible of whatever it is that the business sells. It is the old M-C-M+ equation: start off with money, create a commodity […]
Inadequate Debit and Credit Limits?
Your credit limit above zero and your debit limit below zero define the band in which you need to trade. So long as you are giving and receiving in equal measure you should not find it too difficult to manage on the default limits, because it is actually a band T5500 wide. However, if you […]
Use Your Mobile Phone to ‘Pay’ a Seller
In the CES it is normally the seller who enters the details of a transaction. This is because there is no such thing as ‘pay’ or ‘payment’ in the CES: there is no currency to ‘pay’ with. After a transaction has taken place, all that needs to happen is that a record is made of […]
Tip: How to Keep your Offerings Alive
Have you noticed how your offering(s) attracted a lot of initial attention and then died off? This is natural, for when your offerings are added they start at the top of the list and are immediately visible to those users who check regularly for new offerings. Also, many users go to the Offerings page and […]