What if you got babysitting for your house painting or got paid fresh veggies for fixing your neighbor's car?

A group of Columbians wants to work to make it happen, which is why they founded the Columbia Exchange Circle.

It's like the exchange and share programs across the nation. But the founders of this one were quick to go online.

Ever needed a babysitter or wanted to go on a local cave tour?

The C.E.C. even has someone offering to make crocheted dolls.

"Everybody has hobbies and stuff that they may think that other people wouldn't be interested in," said Kurt Heine, an organizer for C.E.C

The Columbia Exchange Circle aims to create a different sort of market, one that doesn't rely on regular money.

So instead of using dollars, the Columbia Exchange Circle uses something they call marbles, which users can use to exchange goods and services on its Web site.

But this is no capitalist society.

Having the highest number of so-called marbles doesn't really earn you anything.

"You don't start out with a certain number of marbles, then you're kind of...not forced, but encouraged to keep your balance at zero by using the system for your benefit but also by giving back to it," Heine said.

"The idea of the exchange circle is to connect community members and get people to share the skills and resources that they have in a way that does not rely on the current economy," said Maggy Rhein, another organizer for the C.E.C.

And members say that taking the program online is the easiest way to connect.

"People can post the request and people can see it instantly," said Vince Foley, another organizer for the group and the Web site manager.

Members hope to expand the program to include people not online.

"Because there are a lot of people out there, and a lot of skill sets that are out there that aren't being utilized if you're only using the Web," said Heine.

Organizers also said they would eventually like to pitch the program to local businesses for them to use.

"We'd like to do that, but we're not quite ready right now to get businesses involved. But we'd like to contact colors and other groups around town to get them involved maybe a year from now - whenever we feel we're stable enough to provide what they want," Rhein said.

Still, the program does have a couple of limitations, because after all, marbles can't pay rent.