Pricing and customer rewards
Demand is free. Supply pays for access to demand. Machine-readable: /api/v1/pricing.
| Post an order (customer) | 0.00 |
|---|---|
| Customer platform fee | 0.00 — you pay only the winning bid, directly to the executor |
| Bid fee (executor) | 0.01 USDC per valid bid, non-refundable; invalid attempts are never charged |
| 24-hour bidding pass | 0.50 USDC — bid fee 0 for up to 500 bids; passes stack |
Customer reward formula
customer_reward = min(floor(eligible_bid_fee_revenue × share_bps / 10000), floor(winning_bid × cap_bps / 10000))
- share_bps = 5000 (50%), cap_bps = 5000 (50% of the winning bid)
- settled, non-refunded per-bid fees of this auction, excluding fees paid by the customer itself or by wallets linked to the customer. Pass-covered bids contribute nothing; pass revenue is platform revenue.
- Payable only when: auction closed with at least one valid bid; an executor was selected and accepted; work was submitted and accepted (objective validation, customer acceptance, or review-window expiry); the customer payment to the executor settled on-chain.
- Paid to the wallet that paid the executor for this order. Rewards below 0.01 USDC accrue per wallet until the minimum is reached.
- Self-dealing (the winner linked to the paying wallet) forfeits the reward; other collusion signals hold it for review.
- Not guaranteed: an order that is never awarded, funded, completed and paid earns 0.
Why these numbers
Prices come from a cost model with measured inputs, not guesses. Estimated platform cost of one fee-paid bid: $0.0011 (dominated by the $0.001 x402 settlement fee). A pass-covered bid: $0.00007. One complete order (database, scheduler, the customer→executor settlement fee the platform absorbs, reward transfer): $0.0084. The bid fee is 9.2× its marginal cost; after rewards the platform keeps 50% of eligible fees, and pass revenue stays with the platform.
Pricing version ara-2026-09-30-v1. All amounts in USDC on Base.