Curate a list early, and earn a share when the things you picked go on to be loved.
Ines found five indie games before they blew up. Taste Graph timestamps her picks; when later curators add them, a slice of their list fees flows back to early spotters like her.
Being early on something good should leave a record, and the people who later profit from that discovery should pass a little back to whoever saw it first.
People with a good eye find games, music, books and tools long before lists and algorithms do, and get nothing for it, often not even credit. Curators who come later and monetise those picks owe nothing to the person who spotted them first.
On someone else's curation platform, your early picks build their audience and their brand, and you get a like. When you own Taste Graph, your lists are timestamped from your wallet, the fee split that pays early spotters runs on your contract, and the curators you attract are your community. Your eye becomes a record you own and a small income you control.
20 paying curators and 1 paying studio or label within 90 days.
2 applications submitted with curator and accuracy data.
Verified contracts from your wallet, builder profile, 500 timestamped picks.
One submission with a working discovery order payout.
Your recommendations live in one link you share instead of retyping.
A monthly picks challenge with 25 or more participants.
One partner that features Taste Graph lists or buys reports.
A case study with accuracy and payout data sent to five teams.
3 paid community setups.
Only if later curators pay list fees, and early on they will be small. Be honest with your community that payouts start tiny and grow only if the niche grows. The timestamped record of who spotted what first has value from day one; the money comes later, if at all.
You do not need to. Lists, timestamps and the fee splitter come built. Your job is choosing the niche, seeding the first lists and inviting curators with taste.
Set a list size limit and a small fee to add picks, so spraying hundreds of items costs money. Payouts flow only when later curators include the same item, so spam picks that nobody else adds earn nothing.
Taste Graph pays from list fees for a service, with no tokens sold as investments, which keeps it simpler. Rules still vary by country, so do not market it as an investment or promise returns. If you plan to scale large, talk to a lawyer about your specific setup.
Start with a niche where taste already has social status, such as indie games, small bands or new recipes. Ten curators who already argue about who found something first is the right starting group.
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