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Moral Goods Group Buying

Fund verified actions

Group buying lets many funders conditionally buy additional, verified moral-impact units or jointly fund fixed pledge-swap consideration. Participants do not start until frozen terms, reserve, acceptance, and verification rules are ready.

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Start Here

Choose by what you want to do, not by internal mechanism names.

Fund verified actions

One primary next step, with methodology, fees, privacy, tax, dispute, and receipt details available before commitment.

Apply to participate

One primary next step, with methodology, fees, privacy, tax, dispute, and receipt details available before commitment.

Set a small recurring budget

One primary next step, with methodology, fees, privacy, tax, dispute, and receipt details available before commitment.

View results

One primary next step, with methodology, fees, privacy, tax, dispute, and receipt details available before commitment.

Suggest an action privately

Private until reviewed. Submitting it does not list it for funding or create an obligation.

Fund, Participate, Results

Public navigation uses three main tabs and keeps recurring budgets under Fund.

FundParticipateResults

Fund

Cards show the action, consideration, your role, status, next step, what happens if it does not complete, and one Details disclosure.

Fund many verified actions

Sponsored 30-Day Vegetarian Diet-Shift Round

Sponsored diet-shift round

Action
Selected adult participants avoid meat/fish during the frozen action window.
Consideration
Up to $60 participant payout based on verified adjusted units.
Your role
You may fund this
Status
Proof due

Proof is due by the listed deadline. Late proof follows the grace and dispute rules.

Review authorization

If it does not clear, unused authorizations are released or rolled only under accepted preferences.

Details

We estimate verified impact from completed avoided meat/fish meals, additionality, verification confidence, moral impact weight, persistence, and material substitution limits.

Check-ins, final declaration, optional receipts/photos, reviewer decision, and privacy-preserving evidence retention.

Provider minimum policy: $1.00 USD.

Adjusted impact units are protocol-relative, not a claim of universal moral truth. Funding this does not offset or permit the funder's own behavior. Private anti-gaming thresholds and evidence are not public.

Dispute deadline: 2026-09-08T16:00:00.000Z.

Tax, withholding, payout, and fee details are shown on receipts when applicable.

Public snapshot identifier: mg-round-veggie-2026

Fund one verified action

Crowdfunded $50 / 2-Day No-Meat Pledge-Swap Lot

pledge-swap lot

Action
One adult participant avoids meat/fish for 2 days.
Consideration
$50 donation to a charity the participant chose from the approved list.
Your role
You may fund this
Status
Open for funding

You can authorize money now. You are charged only if this clears and settles under the frozen rules.

Fund this

If it does not fully fund or the participant declines, authorizations are released unless rollover was accepted.

Details

The lot uses a fixed donation consideration if the frozen action obligation verifies; impact units are separately reported with uncertainty.

Light verification with final declaration and optional supporting proof; stronger review can be required by risk policy.

Provider minimum policy: $0.50 USD.

Micro-funders do not receive personal tax receipts in the simulated demo. Participant identity, baseline, evidence, and charity-choice rationale stay private by default.

Dispute deadline: 2026-07-29T16:00:00.000Z.

Donation receipts and tax treatment follow the frozen donor-of-record policy; micro-funders are not promised personal tax receipts.

Public snapshot identifier: mg-lot-no-meat-50

Fund several similar actions

Crowdfunded Basket of Five $50 / 2-Day No-Meat Pledge Swaps

basket

Action
Five selected adults each avoid meat/fish for 2 days.
Consideration
$50 donation per verified participant, $250 total simulated donation target.
Your role
You may fund this
Status
Funded; waiting for participant acceptance

Funding is ready. The participant has not been asked to start yet.

Review allocation

If fewer items verify, each item follows its frozen replacement, release, donation, or cancellation rule.

Details

Baskets reduce payment, verification, support, and privacy overhead while preserving per-item settlement.

Itemized verification per participant, aggregate reporting, and replacement only before action starts.

Provider minimum policy: $0.50 USD.

Participant-level outcomes and charity rationales are suppressed unless a reviewed policy allows disclosure. Sponsor gap-fill is reported as funding source, not duplicate impact.

Dispute deadline: 2026-08-14T16:00:00.000Z.

Donation receipts and tax treatment follow the frozen donor-of-record policy; micro-funders are not promised personal tax receipts.

Public snapshot identifier: mg-basket-no-meat-5

Set a small recurring budget

Set a small recurring budget for verified animal-welfare pledge swaps

standing budget

Action
Allocate a small monthly budget to verified animal-welfare pledge swaps.
Consideration
Up to $0.50 per eligible lot or basket item under the funder's frozen rules.
Your role
You may set a small recurring budget
Status
Open for funding

You can authorize money now. You are charged only if this clears and settles under the frozen rules.

Review allocation

Unused or incompatible budget is released or left unallocated under the accepted preference.

Details

Allocations can route to near-clearing lots or baskets only within cause, cap, recipient, verification, and review-mode constraints.

The budget itself is not verified action; each funded lot or basket item carries its own verification.

Provider minimum policy: $0.50 USD.

No allocation outside the frozen user constraints. No production stored balance is enabled.

Dispute deadline: not applicable for this item.

Tax, withholding, payout, and fee details are shown on receipts when applicable.

Public snapshot identifier: mg-pool-animal-welfare

Participate

Participant flow is eligibility, baseline, consideration or charity choice, terms, wait for selection, action instructions, proof, result, and payout or donation status.

Next Instruction

Do not start yet unless your dashboard says Start now.

Withdrawal remains visible and explains payment or donation consequences.

Private Proposal

This is private until reviewed. Submitting it does not list it for funding and does not create an obligation.

  • What you would do
  • How long it would last
  • What consideration would make it worthwhile
  • Which approved charity or payout option you would accept
  • Any safety or access concerns

Results

Reports separate consideration accounting, protocol impact accounting, and optional net-impact claims.

mg-round-veggie-2026

Sponsored 30-Day Vegetarian Diet-Shift Round

Additionality is estimated against pre-campaign baseline meals and waitlist/control follow-up.

Raw units
2,240
Adjusted units
1,746
Paid or donated
$1,100.00 USD
Released
$420.00 USD

Counts below five are suppressed or bucketed.

mg-lot-no-meat-50

Crowdfunded $50 / 2-Day No-Meat Pledge-Swap Lot

The fixed donation is consideration; adjusted units are reported separately and do not set the $50 amount.

Raw units
8
Adjusted units
6.45
Paid or donated
$50.00 USD
Released
$0.00 USD

Single-participant public progress is delayed and aggregate-only.

mg-basket-no-meat-5

Crowdfunded Basket of Five $50 / 2-Day No-Meat Pledge Swaps

Each verified item reports adjusted units separately from fixed donation consideration.

Raw units
39
Adjusted units
31.1
Paid or donated
$250.00 USD
Released
$0.00 USD

Item-level public status is aggregated until settlement.

Small Recurring Budget

Guided setup uses safe defaults and keeps advanced constraints available.

  1. Choose a cause/action area.
  2. Choose a monthly cap.
  3. Choose a maximum per action or basket item.
  4. Choose participant payout, charity donation, or mixed consideration.
  5. Choose an approved recipient scope when charity donations are enabled.
  6. Choose automatic within my rules, ask me before locking, or manual only.

Commitment Card

Every material user action ends with the same five-part confirmation order.

agreement

You may fund up to $0.50 of this pledge-swap basket.

deadlines And Rights

Cancel, withdrawal, evidence, dispute, and support windows are shown before commitment.

failure Or Change

If this expires or the participant does not verify the action, money is released or handled under the frozen cancellation policy.

receipt

Your receipt keeps the frozen snapshot identifier and timeline.

when Money Or Action Starts

Your card is authorized now; it is authorized only if this clears and settles under the frozen rules.

Receipt Timeline

User-facing support shows one chronological timeline per commitment.

  1. Terms accepted under frozen snapshot
  2. Authorization or allocation recorded
  3. Participant selected, invited, or told not to start yet
  4. Action window opens after reserve and compliance checks
  5. Proof submitted and reviewed
  6. Settlement plan approved
  7. Charge, release, donation, payout, or hold recorded
  8. Receipt and public report updated

Controls

Admin and reviewer views start with checklists and blockers before raw policy JSON.

Publication readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Launch readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Reserve readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Evidence readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Settlement readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Public-report readiness

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Feature capability gates

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Operational pause and repair

Checked from server state, frozen snapshots, receipts, and reconciliation records.

Failure Messages

Reusable templates are non-blaming and specific about money, action, and receipts.

Funding did not complete

This did not clear before the funding deadline.

Authorizations are released or rolled only under the accepted preference.

Team window expired

The team window expired before the qualified threshold was met.

Pending authorizations are released idempotently.

Participant did not accept

Funding was ready, but the invited participant did not accept in time.

Funds are held, rerouted, or released only under the frozen terms.

Not selected this time

This applicant was not selected for the paid action.

No payout or donation is owed from this assignment.

Participant withdrew

The participant withdrew or stopped before final verification.

Payment or donation follows verified units and the withdrawal policy.

Proof was not verified

The submitted proof did not meet the frozen verification standard.

Unverified consideration is released or held under the dispute policy.

Settlement Preview

The preview binds funding sources, credited units, obligations, fees, release operations, and ledger entries under plan hashes.

Plan Status

computed

No blockers

Fixed Consideration

$50.00 USD

Input Hash

sha256:e6586ef6449d85815...

Capability Gates

  • adjusted_impact_rounds: enabled
  • crowdfunded_pledge_swap_lots: enabled
  • crowdfunded_pledge_swap_baskets: enabled
  • standing_microfund_pools: private_beta
  • participant_donation_recipient_choice: enabled

Moral Trade

A pilot institution for cooperation under disagreement.

Moral Trade helps serious participants test small, reviewable commitments across moral disagreement. It does not provide legal, tax, escrow, or custody services.

Marketplace

  • Projects
  • Choose your path
  • Browse offers
  • Worked examples
  • Pledge swaps
  • Group buying
  • Donation offsets
  • Donate through a route
  • Public Goods Fund
  • Private matching

Learn

  • About
  • What is moral trade?
  • How it works
  • Methodology
  • Measurement
  • Transparency report
  • Safety policy
  • Anti-threat rules
  • Validation
  • Accessibility
  • Moral Trade technical spec
  • Evidence standards
  • FAQ
  • Deferred paid offers
  • Sources

Community

  • Team and governance
  • People
  • Wish registry
  • Founding cohort
  • Pilot updates
  • Create account
  • Sign in

About

  • Contact
  • Pilot status
  • What you can rely on
  • Transparency report
  • Research and governance
  • Reasoning Center
  • Allocation notes
  • Candidate pools

Legal

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Accessibility
  • Safety policy
  • Evidence review

Reference points include Toby Ord's paper on moral trade and Forethought's discussion of convergence, compromise, threats, blockers, and moral public goods.