Purpose
- Working name
- Highway 108 Market — an illustrative launch brief
- Which place and community?
- Residents, small businesses and visitors along California’s Highway 108 corridor.
- What is the shared opportunity?
- Make useful local services easier to discover and help invited merchants grow through trusted community recommendations.
- What would success feel like?
- Completed services, returning customers and fair recognition for the local people who help introduce them.
People
- Who would help organize it?
- The Community.Markets founding team will operate the pilot while looking for suitable local operating partners.
- Which merchants and cosellers could join?
- Local merchants will join by invitation. Repair specialists, creative services and experience hosts are example categories; no individual merchant is confirmed here.
- What can you bring together?
- Local relationships, merchant outreach and the Community.Markets organizing tools.
- Who or what is missing?
- Confirmed sellers and offers, an operating entity, payment setup and agreed commercial terms.
First activity
- What is the first useful activity?
- Invite a small set of service merchants to define their offers, then coordinate a focused local discovery campaign. The site’s sample prices are illustrations only.
- Who would benefit or pay for it?
- Residents looking for useful nearby services, and merchants seeking relevant local customers.
- How would you know it worked?
- Track accepted offers, completed services, repeat customers, refunds and feedback from merchants and cosellers.
Participation
- How might decisions be made?
- The founding team approves pilot participation, commercial terms and campaigns. Each merchant remains responsible for the service they agree to deliver.
- Which contributions should be recognized?
- Merchant services, useful introductions, local stories, campaign coordination and customer support.
- What commercial terms need agreement?
- Use The Js commercial policy as the starting model: merchant-specific commissions, a coseller pool based on net commission, and explicit settlement before payouts. Seller terms still need agreement.
Readiness
- What resources are available?
- The founding team’s time and invitations. Merchant availability and budget are still to be agreed.
- What still needs figuring out?
- Which services should launch first? Who will operate checkout? What cancellation terms fit each service? Who can become a long-term local operator?
- What help would you like from Community.Markets?
- Review the first offers, prepare onboarding and establish a clear, manageable pilot launch.