At AwareStore, we now (October 2026) accept "Barter" as one of our shop's acceptable "payment methods," due to various reasons listed below, and mentioned in our founder's "Soft Disclosure" series videos (related episodes in Cantonese only).

• Money is only one of the exchange media
• Money's value has been manipulated deliberately so it does not represent real values
• The creation of money was not backed by real assets in the past centur(ies)

As this is something "new" in year 2026, we have decided to introduce this "payment method" slowly, where gentle, mutually-respecting, and maybe lengthy discussions would precede a successful transaction. 

The main idea is that customers can purchase AwareStore's products and choose "Barter" as the "payment method," and they can "pay" for the purchased products with something other than money that AwareStore needs. They can be tangible object(s) or a skill / service (or even time). Some examples:

• Time (General Work)
• Skill / Service
• Other Objects / Food

We encourage other businesses across the board to adopt a similar approach to executing transactions, as "money" as a tool and an object has for centur(ies) divided us, the human beings, and has created a lot of deepening issues that remain unresolved today.

This page will be updated continuously, as we, all, together adapt to this "new" type of exchange method.