US Terms of Service

Barteria is operated by Oded Moshe ("Barteria, operated by Oded Moshe"), an Israeli sole proprietor (osek patur no. 021384789), Maayan St 15, Rosh HaAyin 4853312, Israel. You can reach us at oded.moshe5@gmail.com or +972-52-478-8477.

These United States Terms of Service govern any account whose market is set to the United States. Users whose account market is Israel are instead governed by the Hebrew Terms of Service; the two sets of terms apply to different users, not to the same account at different times.

By creating an account with a United States market, or by using Barteria from the United States, you agree to these terms.

Barteria is a barter platform. Users exchange items for items; no money, vouchers, cryptocurrency or any other consideration may be requested, offered or exchanged between users for an item, and the app provides no way to do so.

The only payments Barteria processes are payments to the platform itself, where we offer them — for example, a one-time fee to unlock a chat about a verified luxury item. Business accounts and sponsored campaigns are not offered to users in the United States at this time. Barteria never acts as a marketplace, an escrow service or a payment intermediary between users.

Asking another user for money, a top-up or "a little extra" in cash violates these terms and may lead to removal of your items, restriction of your account or termination.

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use Barteria. Barteria arranges in-person meetings between people who have not met before, so we set this minimum higher than some other online services for your safety.

When you sign up, you confirm that you are 18 or older. Making a false confirmation of your age is a violation of these terms and grounds for immediate termination of your account.

You sign in with a verified email address or with your Google account; sign-in by mobile number is not currently offered in the United States. You are responsible for keeping access to that email or Google account and for all activity on your Barteria account. Tell us promptly if you believe your account was used without your permission. One person may hold one personal account; accounts are personal and may not be sold, lent or transferred.

Barteria is not directed to children under the age of 13, and no part of the service is designed to attract children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information and close the associated account. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account or provided us information, contact us at oded.moshe5@gmail.com.

Describe your items honestly, including their condition and any defects, and use recent photos of the actual item. Any value you assign to an item for comparison purposes must be reasonable and made in good faith; it is never a price or an offer to sell.

Keep your commitments: respond to matches, show up on time to meetings you confirmed, and bring the item you offered. If plans change, use the cancellation tools in the app instead of disappearing.

Treat other users with respect. Harassment, threats, discrimination, spam and unsolicited commercial messages are prohibited. Do not attempt to bypass the app's safeguards, scrape data, create fake accounts, manipulate ratings or interfere with the service.

You may not list, offer or exchange: weapons, firearms, firearm parts or ammunition; alcohol, tobacco or cannabis products; prescription drugs or other medicines; any product that has been recalled or found unsafe by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or another regulator; counterfeit goods; stolen property; or anything whose listing, sale or transfer is illegal under the laws of Texas or of the United States.

This list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We may remove any item at our discretion, and we may report illegal items or activity to law enforcement.

Besides physical items, you may list a skill or service that you personally give a neighbor (for example a bike repair, a lesson, help moving or computer help) and swap it for an item, for another service, or give it for free. Everything in these terms about items, listings, conduct, meetings and reports applies to services as well. Services are zero-money like everything else on Barteria: no one may ask for, offer or pay money for a service (Section 2).

Prohibited services. You may not offer or request: babysitting or childcare; care of elderly, ill or disabled people; medical, health, mental-health, legal, financial, investment or tax advice or treatment; any work that requires a license, certification or registration under applicable law, including electrical, gas, plumbing connected to public utilities, structural and vehicle-safety work; massage or anything of a sexual nature; weapons or firearms instruction; and driving or transporting people as a service. This list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We may refuse, hold for review or remove any service listing, including one that mentions children or overnight stays.

Age and safety. Only users who are 18 or older may offer, request or receive a service, and each of you confirms this in the app. A service in someone's home is available only when both of you meet the trust requirements shown in the app (such as a verified phone number or a number of completed swaps); otherwise meet in a public place. Section 7 and our Community Guidelines apply: meet in public the first time, prefer daylight, tell someone where you are going, and report anything unsafe.

Independent arrangements. A service is arranged directly between two users. Barteria does not employ, engage, train, supervise or control anyone who offers a service, does not perform background checks or verify qualifications, licenses or skills, and does not create any employment, agency, partnership or independent-contractor relationship between users or with Barteria. Descriptions of skills and experience are the user's own statements. Each user is solely responsible for the service they give, for complying with all laws that apply to it, and for their own safety, health and property.

Sections 11 and 12 apply to services in full. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Barteria is not responsible or liable for the quality, outcome or safety of any service, or for any personal injury, property damage or other loss arising from a service exchanged between users.

A match on Barteria is an intention to swap, not an obligation to meet. You are never required to meet anyone or to complete a swap, and you may walk away from a match at any time.

When you do meet, choose a public place, tell someone where you are going, and trust your judgment. Barteria is not present at meetings and does not verify the identity, safety or trustworthiness of other users or the safety of any location.

Follow our Community Guidelines, which contain further safety tips for meeting neighbors in person.

You keep ownership of the photos and text you upload. You grant Barteria a worldwide, royalty-free license to store, resize, display and distribute that content within the service for as long as it is listed, and in archived form as required by law.

You are solely responsible for the content you post. You confirm that you have the right to upload it, that it is accurate, and that it does not infringe anyone's rights or privacy. Do not upload photos of other people without their consent.

The Barteria name, logo, software and design are our property or licensed to us. Map data is provided by OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Barteria hosts listings, messages and other content that users create and post; we do not write it and we do not pre-screen it before it is posted. When you view a listing or a message from another user, you are viewing that user's content, not ours.

We are not the speaker or publisher of content that a user posts. We may, in good faith, review, remove, restrict or refuse to display content or accounts that we believe violate these terms, the law or the rights of others, but doing so does not make us the author of any user's content, and choosing not to act on a particular item or message does not mean we endorse it.

If you believe content on Barteria infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent that includes: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act on their behalf; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (3) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient for us to locate it; (4) your contact information (address, telephone number and email address); (5) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (6) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on their behalf, in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).

A user whose content is removed in response to a notice may submit a counter-notice with: their physical or electronic signature; identification of the material removed and its location before removal; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the user has a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; and the user's name, address, telephone number and a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal court for their district (or, if outside the United States, any district where Barteria may be found) and to accept service from the person who filed the original notice. Unless the copyright owner files a court action, we may restore the material within 10 to 14 business days of the counter-notice.

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

Our designated agent to receive notices of claimed infringement and counter-notices: Oded Moshe (Barteria, operated by Oded Moshe), Maayan St 15, Rosh HaAyin 4853312, Israel. Email: oded.moshe5@gmail.com (please write "DMCA notice" in the subject line). Telephone: +972-52-478-8477. The full procedure is also published on our Copyright (DMCA) Policy page.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed or disabled by mistake, may be liable for damages.

Barteria provides a platform for users to find each other; we are not a party to any swap. We give no warranty regarding items, their condition, authenticity, safety or legality, or regarding other users. Inspect items carefully before completing a swap.

The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, except where such a disclaimer is not permitted by law.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Barteria and its operator are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, loss of items, or damages arising from meetings or dealings between users, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the extent liability cannot be disclaimed under applicable law, our total liability to you for any claim relating to the service is limited to the amount, if any, you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Barteria, its operator and their agents from any claim, loss, liability and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the service, your content, your violation of these terms, or your interactions or meetings with other users.

You can delete your account at any time from Settings. Deletion cancels your open matches, removes your items, and erases your messages, as described in our Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, the law or the rights of others, with or without notice depending on severity. The sections of these terms that by their nature should survive termination — including content licenses, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification and dispute resolution — do survive.

These terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the service, are governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

The competent courts of the Central District of Israel have jurisdiction over any such dispute.

If you use Barteria as a consumer, nothing in these terms takes away any right or protection you have under the mandatory, non-waivable law of the U.S. state where you live, including any right that law gives you to bring a claim in the courts of your state.

These terms do not require arbitration of any dispute and do not waive your right to take part in a class or collective action.

If any provision of these terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect.

We may update these terms. We will announce material changes in the app at least 14 days before they take effect. Continuing to use Barteria after that date means you accept the updated terms.

The service governed by these terms is operated by Oded Moshe ("Barteria, operated by Oded Moshe"), an Israeli sole proprietor (osek patur no. 021384789), Maayan St 15, Rosh HaAyin 4853312, Israel. Email: oded.moshe5@gmail.com. Telephone: +972-52-478-8477. We do not have an office in the United States; legal notices may be sent by email or by post to this address.

Questions about these terms, safety concerns and appeals: oded.moshe5@gmail.com.