21 retail features

Overview

Retail functionality is designed to make carbon offsetting accessible to everyone, starting at 0.01 tons. The experience is simple, transparent, and non-crypto complex.

Key Features

1

Retail Discovery & Purchase

Browse Verified Projects

• Marketplace with project cards

• PoAI verification badge visible

• Transparent pricing per ton

• Fractional buying enabled

Marketing Hooks

• "Carbon offsetting starts at 0.01 tons"

• "Impact investing without minimum tickets"

Functional Details

• Filter by project type, geography, vintage

• Search by project name

• Sort by price, vintage, availability

• View project details with PoAI status

2

Retail Holding Options

Users Can

• Hold credits as proof of impact

• Trade (if policy allows)

• Retire credits permanently

Important Compliance Control

• Transfers can be:

  • Enabled: Normal P2P transfers

  • Restricted: Only approved operators

  • Fully Disabled: Buy → retire only

This allows region-specific compliance narratives.

Functional Details

• Holdings view by project

• Purchase history

• Balance tracking

• Transfer capabilities (policy-dependent)

3

Retail Retirement & Certification

When a User Retires Credits

• Credits are burned

• Retirement is irreversible

• Certificate is generated

Certificate Contains

• Project reference

• Quantity retired

• Timestamp

• Blockchain proof

• PoAI verification hash

"One click retirement. Lifetime proof."

Functional Details

• Simple retirement flow

• Certificate generation (PDF + JSON)

• Certificate download and sharing

• On-chain proof links

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User Experience Highlights

Simple Onboarding

• Connect wallet or create custodial account

• No crypto knowledge required (with custodial option)

• Clear project verification status

• Transparent pricing

Fractional Ownership

• Buy as little as 0.01 tons

• No minimum purchase requirements

• Exact quantity purchasing

• Decimal precision

Proof of Impact

• One-click retirement

• Lifetime certificate

• On-chain proof

• Shareable certificates

Transparency

• PoAI verification visible

• Project details accessible

• On-chain transaction history

• Verifiable certificates

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Feature Comparison: Retail

Feature	Traditional Platforms	This Platform
Minimum Purchase	Usually high (bulk)	0.01 tons
Fractional Ownership	No	Yes
Project Verification	PDFs only	PoAI on-chain
Retirement Proof	Email receipt	Certificate + on-chain proof
Transparency	Limited	Full (on-chain)
User Complexity	Low	Low (abstracted)

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Marketing Messages

Accessibility

• "Carbon offsetting starts at 0.01 tons"

• "Impact investing without minimum tickets"

• "No crypto knowledge required"

Marketing emphasizes accessibility, low minimums, and options that remove crypto complexity for end users.

Simplicity

• "One click retirement. Lifetime proof."

• "Simple, transparent, verified."

Trust

• "Credits are born verified"

• "Every project has PoAI verification"

• "On-chain proof, not marketing claims"