The Shopping Village has Shops, Services and Swap Shop where members can buy, sell, barter or swap goods, services and skills using combinations of £s + Ls in the process.
Essentially:
buyers can find L-Bargains, save money and pay instantly on-line from their L Bank account
traders can build shops, offer their services and skills and manage their businesses on-line
full e-commerce systems are available with shopping baskets, shipping and payment systems
owners of websites can install L-Pay to receive L payments from computer or mobile phone
business owners can buy or lease an L Bank card reader for point-of-sale payments (EPOS)
our EPOS units connect to thermal printers, enabling pre-paid orders for collection or delivery
Swap Shop increases ways and opportunities to find, barter for and swap goods or services
The Skills Exchange provides 3 platforms where members can earn L:
'Courses':
find courses where you earn L as a student
set-up a course, earn L as a tutor, display your curriculum and fees
'Projects':
search for projects and get paid L as part of a team while you create, collaborate and learn
a project, find a team to assist, manage and map the progress with multi-media links
use all the banking, communications and other platforms of tgl to support your progress
learn how to use L, alongside traditional currencies, to support and sustain your project
'Volunteer':
find volunteers able and willing to help you develop your ventures while you all get paid in L
get paid L by offering your time and skills so other members can find you to help them
Media Libraries
Media Libraries is where members can present multi-media content that they recommend or have produced:
help build a entertainment and research platform as an ever-expanding member resource
expand it as an evolving resource to inspire the activities, projects and ideas of the membership
upload and present video, audio, photo and literature content - self-produced or favourite links
post 'Ideas' for discussion and development:
to find other members with common interests and vision
as a test-bed to explore, plan and develop new projects
to bring together people with relevant skills and experience
Personal Quarter
This is the tgl social network where:
you can find friends or other members based on their interests, talents, activities and location
your MYtgl public profile is produced automatically as you present your interests, talents, activities and offers across the site
you can build a secure personal area available only to the members that you enter in your 'friends' address book
tglmail is your intranet mail system for secure, spam-free communications with other members
you can help to improve and develop the facilities of the Quarter by suggesting additional functions that will assist you, your friends, family, projects and community
Banking
This is a platform to host alternative banking systems and L-Bank is the first one to offer all the facilities of a High St. Bank on a debt-free basis. Here, you can:
access your on-line banking services including statements, payments and standing orders
choose your 4-digit pin number for your L Bank card and to login to your account
add L-Pay to your website to enable L transfers within your e-commerce system, if applicable
use the service on your mobile phone, find L-Bargains and make L payments anywhere
We invite other alternative debt-free banking systems to join us and collaborate. We can provide a 'mirror' of our banking systems to extend the variety of alternatives that can operate within our 'Village' and in the world outside.
We can work together for a debt-free world here and now!
The L Currency
Alternative currencies are exactly what the name suggests, an alternative means to account for, enable and supplement exchanges of goods and services. Having regard to L:
L50 is paid into the account of each member when they sign-up to tgl and accept the Charter
thereafter L is earned in the Skills Exchange by members choosing to teach, give or learn
L is debt-free because it is not lent into existence and is not repayable to the L Bank
its value comes because it is created by the choices of members to collaborate and learn
when accepted in a community, it provides increased liquidity to boost local activities and trade
e.g. when traders accept 20% in L for goods, local prices reduce by 20% in conventional money
naturally, people earning L10 an hour in the Skills Quarter will choose to shop for L-Bargains
so, trade is attracted to local businesses and away from supermarkets and large businesses
as L increases in acceptability, traditional money stays in and supports the local economy
similarly, the cost of local public services can reduce in line with the % acceptable in L
local people can collaborate to deliver their own local services as projects for hands-on learning
any increase in supply and circulation of L is founded on the creative choices of the local people
thus, L supports 'bottom-up' self-empowerment and hands-on, collaborative life-long learning
We invite other alternative debt-free banking systems to join us and collaborate. We can provide a 'mirror' of our banking systems to extend the variety of alternatives that can operate within our 'Village' and in the world outside.
We can work together for a debt-free world here and now!
