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Every number, in one place
What we charge, and what we do not promise
Every figure below is read from the same constants the product runs on, so this page cannot quote a fee the contract does not charge. The section on what is not guaranteed is there on purpose.
What CoFunders takes
Every fee the platform charges, at the rate the smart contract actually applies. These are read from the same constants the product runs on.
| What | Rate | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee on a contribution | 1.50% down to 0.50% | Taken from the contribution at the moment of payment. The lower rate applies to paid tiers. |
| Fixed fee per contribution | €0.99 | Flat, regardless of size. On a small pledge this matters more than the percentage does. |
| Creating a campaign | €5.00 down to €0.50 | Charged once when the campaign goes on chain, and always paid to the treasury. |
| Minimum contribution | €10 | Enforced by the contract, not by the interface. |
What CoFunders pays out
Money that leaves the platform and goes to users. Every one of these is reviewed by a person before it is sent.
| What | Rate | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Share of the platform fee to whoever invited you | 50% of it | Split on chain at the moment of payment, so it does not depend on us remembering. |
| Continuing share of what an invitee generates | 10% | Paid on revenue actually collected, for as long as they keep using the platform. |
| Repeating band per invitee | €20 every €50 | Counted per person from their lifetime revenue, with no ceiling. |
| Maximum a founder may offer an affiliate | 18.50% | A ceiling enforced by the contract. A campaign cannot promise more than this. |
What is not guaranteed
The parts a marketing page leaves out. None of this is unusual for the category, and all of it is true here.
- Backing a project is not an investment. There is no financial return on a pledge and the value of what you backed cannot go up.
- Most early stage projects fail. That is the base rate, and it applies here as everywhere else.
- Money on this platform is covered by no deposit guarantee and no investor compensation scheme.
- Rewards and referral payments are discretionary promotional benefits. They are reviewed by a person and may be refused.
- Smart contracts can contain defects and can be exploited. Funds lost that way are generally unrecoverable.
- Transactions are recorded on a public blockchain. They are permanent and we cannot delete them, on request or otherwise.
- CoFunders does not verify that a project is what it claims to be, or that any promised reward will arrive.
How the platform makes money
Worth saying plainly, because a platform that will not answer this is usually making it somewhere you would not like.
- The fee on each contribution, which is the main one.
- The fee to create a campaign.
- Subscriptions, which buy a lower fee rate rather than a different service.
- A holding cost on balances left sitting idle, which exists so the float is not free to hold.
- We do not sell user data, and we do not take a cut of a project's later revenue.