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=== 📋 Subscription Access Rules ===
=== 📋 Subscription Access Rules ===
* '''Free access:''' WikiDeal is freely accessible no subscription needed to browse, read wiki pages, or explore contract templates.
* '''Free access:''' WikiDeal is freely accessible: no subscription needed to browse, read wiki pages, or explore contract templates.
* '''Required to sign:''' To sign a contract on WikiDeal, both parties must be up to date with their monthly subscription. If months are overdue, those fees are settled at the time of signing.
* '''Required to sign:''' To sign a contract on WikiDeal, both parties must be up to date with their monthly subscription. If months are overdue, those fees are settled at the time of signing.
* '''Retroactive billing:''' All overdue subscription fees are collected retroactively at the time of the next contract signing billed ''in addition to'' the transaction commission, never deducted from it.
* '''Retroactive billing:''' All overdue subscription fees are collected retroactively at the time of the next contract signing, billed ''in addition to'' the transaction commission, never deducted from it.
* '''Double commission structure:''' The transaction commission is a double commission one part for the User Group operating the service, one for the WikiDeal platform. Total must be between 5% and 15% (justified exceptions possible). Subscription fees come on top.
* '''Double commission structure:''' The transaction commission is a double commission: one part for the User Group operating the service, one for the WikiDeal platform. Total must be between 5% and 15% (justified exceptions possible). Subscription fees come on top.


WikiDeal's financial model is built on a simple principle: '''subscribers fund the infrastructure that makes fair agreements possible.'''
WikiDeal's financial model is built on a simple principle: '''subscribers fund the infrastructure that makes fair agreements possible.'''
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== The Four-Lot Distribution Model ==
== The Four-Lot Distribution Model ==
When you pay CHF 10 per year (or CHF 1 per month plus 5% annual increase), your subscription is divided into four equal parts:
When you pay CHF 10 per year (or CHF 1 per month), your subscription is divided into four equal parts:


Early Supporters
Early Supporters
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| 25%
| 25%
| Recognition of those who supported WikiDeal's development from the beginning (the initial CHF 50M contribution)
| Recognition of those who supported WikiDeal's development from the beginning (the initial CHF 50M contribution)
| Private (Théo Bondolfi)
| Private (the WikiDeal founder)
|-
|-
| '''Lot 2'''
| '''Lot 2'''
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This creates a system of mutual aid where those with means voluntarily subsidize those without, because the subscription cost (CHF 10-100/year) is negligible for many but meaningful for others.
This creates a system of mutual aid where those with means voluntarily subsidize those without, because the subscription cost (CHF 10-100/year) is negligible for many but meaningful for others.


== Annual Value Growth (up to 5% per year — proposed, open question) ==
== Annual Value Growth ==
To protect early adopters and ensure sustainability, it is proposed that subscriptions could increase by up to 5% annually (5% being a maximum-cap hypothesis, not a guaranteed rate). Whether and at what rate this applies is an open question to be decided during Prototype 1:
A possible annual percentage increase is under study through a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]] (not yet launched); no percentage is decided.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Annual Subscription
! Monthly Equivalent
|-
| Year 1
| CHF 10.00
| CHF 0.83
|-
| Year 2
| CHF 10.50
| CHF 0.88
|-
| Year 3
| CHF 11.03
| CHF 0.92
|-
| Year 5
| CHF 12.76
| CHF 1.06
|-
| Year 10
| CHF 16.29
| CHF 1.36
|}
 
This modest growth ensures that subscription revenue keeps pace with operational costs without creating affordability barriers.


== The Path to Break-Even: CHF 500M in Subscriptions ==
== The Path to Break-Even: CHF 500M in Subscriptions ==