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{{KidsIntro|The economy is how money moves on the platform. Small commissions on deals help pay for the tools and services everyone shares, keeping the whole community running fairly.}}

{{ExpertIntro|WikiDeal's economy aims at financial autonomy, without depending on governmental or parapublic aid, while encouraging partnerships and support (donations, specific projects) as long as the project remains user-owned. Funding rests on two main sources: subscriptions (starting at CHF 1 per month, access to the platform, not to transactions) and commissions at real cost, by nature generally lower than those of today's dominant platforms, with full public transparency and surplus returned to the community.}}

{{ExpertIntro|WikiDeal's economy aims at financial autonomy, without depending on governmental or parapublic aid, while encouraging partnerships and support (donations, specific projects) as long as the project remains user-owned. Funding rests on two main sources: user subscriptions (the general subscription, starting at CHF 1 per month, giving access to the platform and its models of contract, not to the transactions) and commissions on each transaction, at real cost, by nature generally lower than those of today's dominant platforms, with full public transparency and surplus returned to the community.}}

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# '''Financial autonomy as a goal.''' The economy of WikiDeal aims at being financially autonomous and at not depending on governmental or parapublic aid. WikiDeal encourages partnerships and support, and seeks support especially at the beginning, in the form of Donations or specific projects, as long as it remains a project owned by its users: a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science citizen-based] research and development programme.

# '''Two main funding sources.''' The financing of the platform is covered by [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|subscriptions]] and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Commissions|commissions]].

# '''Two main funding sources.''' The financing of the platform is covered by [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|user subscriptions]] (the general subscription) and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Commissions|commissions on each transaction]].

# '''The fundamental rule: at real cost.''' Commissions must be at real cost. Real costs include a share of volunteering and semi-volunteering (volunteering rewarded with [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], that is, exchange rights), notably for assistance. By nature, this makes commissions generally lower than the commissions observed on the leading platforms currently dominating their domains.

# '''The bet.''' Lower commissions, more flexibility, more participativity: that is the bet WikiDeal takes.

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== Subscription ==

The subscription starts at '''1 Swiss franc per month''', approximately 1 euro or 1 US dollar, and the intention is to keep this cost low. ~~The~~ subscription gives access to the use of the platform, but not to the transactions themselves. For details, see [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|Monthly Subscriptions]].

The subscription starts at '''1 Swiss franc per month''', approximately 1 euro or 1 US dollar, and the intention is to keep this cost low. This general user subscription gives access to the use of the platform and to its models of contract (the contract templates users need to make deals), but not to the transactions themselves. For details, see [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|Monthly Subscriptions]].