Every listing has a direction. “I'm offering” covers goods, services, skills, or things to give away. “I'm looking for” covers requests, needs, and wanted items — so demand is as visible as supply.

Set a fixed sale price, a rental rate per day or month, or mark it free for the gift economy. A single listing can carry several options at once — sell it, rent it, or give it to neighbors.

Choose who sees each listing: public (visible to everyone, including search engines) or registered-only (visible just to signed-in members). Keep sensitive offers inside the community while public ones reach the whole web.

Mark a listing as self-made to show it's your own craft, produce, or work — not resale. A badge highlights it, and a filter lets buyers find local makers and “your own and nearby” offers.

Categories connect supply and demand automatically. The system suggests requests that match what you offer, and offers that match what you need — turning a catalog into a two-way matching engine.

Don't want to pay cash? Items can join the barter graph, which finds multi-party exchange chains automatically — you give what you have and get what you want, even without a direct match.