Barter site incorporates features allowing users to form their own barter clubs

NEW YORK, July 8, 2009 – BarterQuest (www.barterquest.com), a website that supports the cashless exchange of goods, services and real estate, today announced it has incorporated various features to allow its users to form their own trading clubs. The trading clubs will bring together friends and family or people with similar interests in social networks built around barter.

Clubs can be organized by geographic region, by types of services, by an interest in environmental conservation (green), by lifestyle, and by the types of items its users may be interested in. Clubs can be sponsored by businesses that have trading affinities. Organizations that represent special interest groups can form clubs for their memberships. Major club categories include artists and entertainers, books, collectors, gamers and hobbyists, moms and dads, music, seniors, sports and exercise, students, technology, and travelers.

Whether users organize their own clubs or join an existing one, they will be able to easily find what other members have to trade. Membership in certain clubs will be only by invitation of the club’s sponsor (for example, those organized around a user’s friends), and other clubs will be available for anyone to join. Each club will have its own dedicated forum in which members can discuss their trading experiences and related issues.

“While our platform has always provided trading alternatives that are organized by the type and location of the item, now our users will be able to easily find these trading alternatives with friends and family or people with similar interests,” said Bianca Han, Executive Vice President of BarterQuest. “Trading clubs will allow our users to find trades within a community to which they naturally belong and in which they feel comfortable.”

About BarterQuest

BarterQuest supports the cashless exchange of all types of goods, services, and real estate. BarterQuest provides a trading platform based on proprietary, patent pending technology that instantly matches the haves and wants of users for two party and multi-party trades. Barter is encouraged by a user friendly Web design. BarterQuest is headquartered in New York, NY and is owned and operated by JPM Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation. For more information, visit www.BarterQuest.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, this news release may contain forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties.
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Bianca Han, Executive Vice President
BarterQuest
231 West 29th Street
Suite 906
New York, NY 10001
212-279-0070
[email protected]

Media
Gutenberg Communications
Stephen Stewart
646-775-6310
[email protected]

NEW YORK, NY, November 05, 2008 – Gutenberg Communications, a global, strategic communications firm offering public and investor relations services, today announced it was selected as the public relations agency of record to represent BarterQuest, a consumer trading platform that supports the cashless exchange of goods, services and the use of real estate. BarterQuest is owned and operated by JPM Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Gutenberg Communications will help raise global awareness of BarterQuest as a virtual marketplace that will enable millions of individuals to trade goods and services. By drawing on international brand consulting and media relations experience, Gutenberg will support BarterQuest through its current beta phase, official launch and expansion into the multi-billion dollar market for barter.

“Most current activity in the electronic barter market occurs between businesses. The consumer market has remained largely untapped. We want consumers around the world to understand the benefits of trading as a way to save money and be environmentally responsible and, as the electronic market for consumer barter grows, to recognize BarterQuest as the premier trading platform,” said Michael Satz, Chairman and CEO of BarterQuest. “With a global communications model and strong experience with entrepreneurial companies, we feel Gutenberg Communications shares our vision and will place BarterQuest in front of the right audiences. We look forward to working with Gutenberg to successfully build our brand.”

“BarterQuest has made consumer trading a real alternative to paying cash through its unique technology that allows users to easily find trading partners,” said Harjiv Singh, Co-founder and CEO, International of Gutenberg Communications. “We are pleased to support BarterQuest’s journey as it becomes the leader in online barter through our international network, creative public relations approach and commitment to exceptional client satisfaction.”

About BarterQuest
BarterQuest provides a consumer trading platform that combines a user friendly Web design with proprietary, patent pending technology to instantly match the haves and wants of users for two party and multi-party trades. BarterQuest supports the cashless exchange of all types of goods, services, and the use of real estate. BarterQuest is headquartered in New York, NY and is owned and operated by JPM Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation. For more information, visit http://www.BarterQuest.com.

About Gutenberg Communications
Gutenberg Communications is a global full-service, strategic communications firm offering public and investor relations services. The firm leverages communications to key audiences across a global landscape for clients in numerous industries including technology, real estate, financial services, healthcare, academia and conference marketing. Gutenberg Communications is built upon a foundation of services that include executive thought leadership, media relations, crisis communications, executive speaking, event planning, and investor relations services. Gutenberg Communications is headquartered in New York and has offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, London, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

BarterQuest
Bianca Han
212-279-0070
[email protected]

Gutenberg Communications
Stephen Stewart
(646) 775-6310
[email protected]

New York, NY – April 4, 2008 – BarterQuest.com, a Web site under development, announced that its parent company has initiated the process to establish international patents related to its proprietary trading and matching systems. BarterQuest.com will be a trading platform for the individual consumer that automatically matches the haves and wants of potential traders.

Dr. Paul Bocheck, the President of the Company, stated that “this will importantly extend the protection that is afforded by the U.S. domestic provisional patents filed in October 2006 and the three non-provisional patents filed in July 2007. BarterQuest will be a global site that supports trades in goods, services and real estate. The site will provide users with the unique ability to automatically navigate their trading alternatives to identify potential trades that respond to their specific preferences, whether such trades are between two parties or require multiple parties for their successful completion.”

BarterQuest.com is owned by JPM Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation. BarterQuest.com will be an interactive Web site for the cashless exchange of goods, services, and the use of real estate between individual consumers. Key word searches and the automatic matching of the haves and wants of users will facilitate two-party and multi-party trades. The Web site is undergoing alpha testing and will launch in 2008.

Except for historical information contained herein, this news release may contain forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

Contact:
Bianca Han, Executive Vice President
JPM Global, Inc.
231 West 29th Street
Suite 906
New York, NY 10001