Ideas for Redistribution of Alpaca Profits
Alpaca Marketplace was never meant to be a for-profit project.
The aim with Alpaca is and has always been to create a marketplace driven entirely through communal efforts.
Now that the marketplace is fully functional and seeing more and more transactions each day, it is time that we begin to consider how marketplace- and mediation fees can be redistributed to benefit the community.
A few ideas, which have already been discussed with the team:
- Percentage profit-share given on month- or week basis to people who create publicity and bring in new buyers for Alpaca vendors.
- Subsidies given to trusted vendors for selling Alpaca-exclusive or Alpaca-branded products.
We have also considered the idea of referral or affiliate programs. However, such systems are inherently unsafe due to reduced anonymity for the referred user.
We invite you to think of and suggest your own ideas. How can we pay back the community in a way that benefits us all?