Meet the person behind everything you buy.
Local, handmade, harvested. From anywhere in the world.
International Barter is a marketplace where you choose the regions you want to shop from. Meet local sellers, makers and growers, see how their goods are made or harvested, hear their story, and have it shipped directly to your door, wherever you are.
Local products, handmade goods and fresh harvests, from every region you choose. Everything is paid for in your currency.
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- Languages on this site
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- Maker applications read by a person
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- Payments taken on this page
Not a catalog. A conversation with the maker.
Most marketplaces show you a photo and a price. We start with the person.
Video first
Every product starts with a short film of the craftsman at work, in their own workshop, in their own words.
Live from the workshop
Join a live stream, watch a piece come to life, ask a question, and buy it while the maker is still talking.
Ratings both ways
Buyers rate makers, and makers rate buyers. Respect and good faith are built into every order.
See the concept preview
Two sides, one relationship.
For buyers
- Buy from a real person, not an anonymous listing.
- See the workshop and hear their story before you pay.
- Pay in your own currency; your order ships directly from the maker.
- Created for buyers in all parts of the world.
For makers
- Reach buyers abroad without a middleman taking your story.
- Explain your craft on video and bring your art to life. Sell your pieces live.
- Get paid for finished and delivered orders.
- We onboard each maker personally, so applications are reviewed one by one.
Try the concept preview.
Walk through the buyer and maker experience: choose a country, pick a city, meet a maker, and see how a live stream and an order would feel.
An early design, not the store.
The makers, ratings, reviews and orders in the preview are invented examples to show how the product will work. They are not real people or real sales, and nothing in it can be purchased.
Open the previewLearn from makers too
Classes in pottery, weaving, cursive, languages and coding, taught live by people from around the world. A second concept preview, with invented teachers and classes.
International-Barter EducationBe first through the door.
Tell us who you are and we will write to you when International Barter opens. If you are a maker, we would love to hear about your craft.
Privacy, in plain words.
What we collect. Only what you choose to put in your waitlist email: your name, where you live, whether you are a buyer or a maker, and, for makers, what you make. We also see your email address because you sent the message.
How we use it. To write to you about the launch and, for makers, to talk about joining. We do not sell your details or share them for advertising.
Your choices. Email us at any time and ask us to remove you or delete what you sent, and we will.
This page. It takes no payments and uses no advertising trackers. If you agree, a simple visit counter tells us how many people stopped by. Nothing is bought here.