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{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is a place where people can make fair deals together. It's like Wikipedia, but for contracts and marketplaces. Everyone who uses it helps decide how it works.}}

{{ExpertIntro|We are heading towards a hypothesis that digital marketplaces can be governed as commons through cooperative models combining Wikipedia-style open contribution, commission-based economics, and community-driven value distribution. This approach suggests emerging trends in decentralized platform governance that challenge traditional marketplace ownership structures.}}

~~WikiDeal is a community providing [[:Category:Contract Models|models of contracts]] and a marketplace to make deals using these contracts.~~

~~Like on Wikipedia~~, ~~you~~ can ~~freely access~~, ~~edit~~ and ~~adapt these contracts,~~ for ~~any context and needs. Each contract model~~ will be ~~connected~~ to ~~a community of users dedicated~~ to ~~improving~~ the ~~contract model~~, and ~~the marketplace associated with it.~~

'''June 2026 - A new step begins : the pre-launch publication phase'''

WikiDeal is entering a new phase. The project stays exactly the same in its mission; what changes is that we are now '''publishing''' the governance, economy and research work that has been developed, so it can be read, discussed and improved.

This is a '''pre-community-opening publication''': the content below is shared ahead of the community opening. It is '''not yet open for participation''': soon there will be news with concrete opportunities to take part. Everything published in this phase is documented openly and marked as ''not yet approved'' while it is under review.

''Follow the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] to see the migration happening live.''

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== Our founding question ==

WikiDeal is, at its core, a research and development project that explores one question:

=~~= Contribute ==~~

~~You can contribute to the incubation of our different~~ [[~~Market~~:~~Home~~|~~markets~~]] ~~by creating an account on this wiki~~ and ~~editing the relevant pages.~~

[[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#CAN|Can]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#USERS|users]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#OWN|own]], [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#RUN|run]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#AND|and]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#SUSTAIN|sustain]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#A|a]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#GLOBAL|global]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question#MARKETPLACE|marketplace]]?

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~~You can join an existing [[User group~~:~~Home|user group]] or start your own to coordinate efforts contributing~~ to ~~specific parts of the WikiDeal ecosystem~~.

Our answer is: '''yes, but only if the governance model is radically different.''' This means combining the principles of digital commons (like Wikipedia), a cooperative commission model, and community-driven value distribution. The pages below document how we propose to make that work.

~~You can also send us examples~~ of ~~contracts you have used in the past through our~~ [~~https:~~//~~app.wikideal.net~~/~~uploader contract uploader], so that the community can use them as~~ a ~~source~~ of ~~inspiration for designing new contract models~~.

What Wikipedia did for knowledge and W3C standards did for the web, WikiDeal aims to explore for agreements. Beyond crowdfunding: WikiDeal explores crowdsourcing and cooperative co-ownership of an ecosystem of agreements, under free licences, applicable to every domain, starting with niches and aiming at global reach ([[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition|a new form of co-opetition]]).

~~Please send us an email at team@wikideal.net if you’re interested in further contributing~~ to the ~~project~~, ~~or in investing financially in~~ WikiDeal!

== Explore the work ==

* 🚀 [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Main|Get started]]: how to read and [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/How-to-Contribute|contribute]] (Onboarding)

* 🏛️ [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|Governance & R&D]]: the full governance and research program

* 💡 [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|Innovations]]: the socio-economic innovations behind WikiDeal

* 💸 [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|Economy & funding]]: subscriptions, rewards and the funding model

* 🛒 [[Market:Home|Markets]]: the marketplaces and contract models, with a [[Market:Home#contribute|Contribute]] section to get involved

* 👥 [[WikiDeal:Community portal|Community portal]] · 🔄 [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]

== ~~Try our prototype~~ ==

== What is WikiDeal? ==

~~You can find our alpha-version proof~~ of ~~concept at https://app~~.~~wikideal.net, which is made of two parts:~~

WikiDeal is a community providing [[:Category:Contract Models|models of contracts]] and a marketplace to make deals using these contracts.

~~# A “contract builder” which allows~~ you to ~~use~~ a ~~one~~ of the contract ~~templates that are on our wiki, customize it with our own information~~, and ~~export~~ the ~~result.~~

Like on Wikipedia, you can freely access, edit and adapt these contracts, for any context and needs. Each contract model is connected to a community of users dedicated to improving the contract model, and the marketplace associated with it.

# A “contract uploader” which allows you to contribute the contracts that you have used in the past, so that the WikiDeal community can use them as inspiration to build new contract models or improve existing ones.

== A common owned by its users ==

Users can contribute to developing the platform's technology, legal support and new marketplaces. Coaching to design and adapt deals, mediation & arbitration for fair compensation...

WikiDeal adopts the highest standards on ethics, privacy, customer support, free licensing, low costs and high efficiency, inspired by the participatory governance of Wikipedia and free software projects.

== Message from the Founder ==

''"WikiDeal Prototype 1 represents a first hypothesis, built on decades of experience in digital commons, platform cooperativism, and internet governance. It is not a finished product, but a solid starting point, deliberately open to collective improvement. The model is grounded in what we know works: free licensing, community governance, at-cost Commissions, and transparent algorithms. I look forward to seeing the community improve on every aspect of it, and I welcome proposals that challenge any element of the current design."''

''Source: see [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|project credits]]''

== Learn more ==

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** [[WikiDeal:About|About]]

** [[WikiDeal:Development|Development]]

** [[~~WikiDeal~~:~~Key Features~~|Key Features]]

** [[:Category:Feature User Groups|Key Features]]

** [[WikiDeal:Minimum Viable Product|Minimum Viable Product]]

** [[WikiDeal:Principles|Principles]]

** [[WikiDeal:Services|Services]]

** [[WikiDeal:Copyrights|Copyrights and licensing]]

* [[:Category:Contract Models]]

== Stay up to date ==

Sign up to be informed about the latest developments of the WikiDeal project! You can also subscribe to our [https://t.me/wikideal_news Telegram Channel].

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