1.       You can sell your spare production capacity, time, accommodation, or unsold stock for Trade Dollars and use these trade dollars to buy things that you need or luxuries that you otherwise might not be able to afford.

2.       Buying other businesses products and services costs you less - In the case of consultants or time-based professionals you are effectively buying goods with Trade Dollars that you have made selling your previously unsold time! For retailers and wholesalers you are buying goods cheaper (because you are swapping your goods at full retail price when they cost you far less to buy/make).

3.       Barter helps in times of recession -  In times of financial hardship businesses can trade their goods or services and still get what they need. The more they trade the better off they become.

4.       Barter is an economic tool that helps to build community wealth and is a good way of meeting a businesses need to get what they want and gain assets through their the exchange bringing them new customers.  

5.       Loyalty - People who barter with one another will find out more about each others business and, if the trade was successful, often engage in future trading with the same business or individual.

6.       Reduce the competitions business - If you are gaining extra customers to buy your previously unsold time, inventory or space, the competition is loosing customers to you. Your business grows and their business shrinks.

7.       New money is easily generated - Today's method of earning money is simply a transfer of ownership of printed currency, not the generation of new currency from the labors of the population.

8.       If you are short on cash you can buy the things you need now.

Ozone will extend you an immediate "trade dollar" overdraft which you can use to purchase goods and/services from other members.  You repay this overdraft through selling your surpluses. No need to repay in cash!