Trade. Together.
Turn what you have into what you need—person to person, community to community. The AI-powered marketplace where value meets value.
Cash creates buyers and sellers.
Trading creates partners.
Traditional Marketplaces
- • Convert everything to dollars first
- • Payment disputes and chargebacks
- • High fees eat into value
- • Anonymous, transactional interactions
Facilitrades
- • Exchange value directly—no conversion
- • Both parties confirm before trade completes
- • No fees on trades, ever
- • Build real connections with your community
"Your vintage guitar has value. Your coding skills have value. Your garden tomatoes have value. Why convert to cash when you can exchange directly for something you actually want?"
— The Facilitrades Philosophy
Four steps to your first trade
Simple, straightforward, and powered by AI to help you find the perfect match.
List
Upload photos and describe what you have to trade
Discover
AI-powered search finds matches you'd never find with keywords
Propose
Send trade proposals and negotiate terms directly
Exchange
Meet up, ship, or arrange pickup—you control the exchange
Trading, reimagined
Built from the ground up for peer-to-peer exchange, not adapted from e-commerce.
AI-Powered Discovery
Describe what you want in plain English. Our AI understands context and finds matches traditional search would miss.
Non-Custodial
We never hold your items, assets, or payments. You arrange the exchange directly with your trading partner.
Community Reputation
Verified profiles, trading history, and community ratings help you trade with confidence.
Flexible Settlement
Pure swaps are the default. When trades don't align, settle with Bitcoin, gold, or silver.
If it has value, you can trade it
Electronics
Phones, laptops, gaming gear
Vehicles
Cars, motorcycles, bikes
Collectibles
Vinyl, cards, antiques
Home & Garden
Furniture, tools, produce
Services
Tutoring, repairs, consulting
Digital Items
Game skins, software, NFTs
Handmade
Art, crafts, baked goods
And More...
Anything of value
Built by traders, for traders
Christopher Olson
CEO & Principal Engineer
Full-stack engineer with 10+ years building enterprise systems. Previously led cloud architecture initiatives at Fortune 500 companies. Passionate about decentralized exchange and community-driven commerce.
Gabriel Porrata
Co-Founder & Product Visionary
Experienced business owner and the original architect of the Facilitrades concept. Brings deep expertise in alternative markets and peer-to-peer exchange economics. Drives product vision and go-to-market strategy.
Backed by private investment • Operated by Fenrir Consulting, LLC
Building in public
We believe in transparency. Here's where we are and where we're headed.
Backend Infrastructure
FastAPI + PostgreSQL on GCP
AI Matching Engine
Gemini embeddings + hybrid search
User Authentication
OAuth (Google, Apple, Facebook)
Frontend Development
Next.js 16 + shadcn/ui
Trade Proposal System
Negotiation workflows
Private Beta
Q1 2026
Public Launch (Florida)
Q2 2026
Coming Q2 2026
We're building something special. Launching first in Florida, then expanding nationwide.
Questions? Reach out at info@facilitrades.com