#impact-linked-commerce
Issues, solutions, and case studies for impact-linked-commerce
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#00110A mission lock protects the structure, not the revenue — impact still rides on an engine the organisation may not control
Steward-ownership locks where profit goes, not whether it exists. When revenue depends on a platform the organisation doesn't control — an ad network, a search index, a card scheme — mission funding is exposed to terms set by others.
Solutions 1
#00108Fund the mission from a mainstream commercial product's ongoing profits, so impact scales with everyday usage instead of fundraising
Embed the cause inside a product people already use daily (a search engine, a current account, a consumer good) and route its profits to the mission. Impact then grows with ordinary adoption and ad/transaction revenue, not with donor cycles or grant rounds.
Case studies 1
Berlin, Germany
FailedEcosia GmbH · 2022–2025 · Global
Freetree was Ecosia's browser extension that monetised online shopping via affiliate commissions (revenue paid by merchants for referred sales) and channelled proceeds into Ecosia's tree-planting programme. Launched in…
Affiliate shopping commission · 1 source