Go live

Bring admitted principals into bilateral contact.

The widget records a non-binding contact request on a producer’s site. It does not accept an order, form a contract, appoint escrow or take payment.

01 · Days 0–90

Seats and the desk

Seat + KYB

Incorporate. Escrow deed. Nominated bank letter. Charge for membership. Put existing bilateral deals onto tickets by hand. Ten producers, ten offtakers. The software you already have is the product.

02 · Days 60–150

The widget

Escrow on published lots

A snippet on the miner’s own site. Request escrow on this lot. Identity still happens on the house. Tonnes still settle SWIFT. This is the distribution play — not a card checkout.

03 · Days 120–240

The file

Docs + freight intro

DCSA events and assay webhooks write the pack. Freight is an introduction. No ships. Tape API starts to bill.

04 · Months 12–24

Approved expansion

Only after legal approval

Any expansion into matching, transaction-based fees or FX requires fresh perimeter advice, licences where required and board approval.

Two rails. Never mixed.

Software invoices stay separate from cargo payments.

Card / Stripe / invoice: KYB file ($12k). Annual seat ($45k–$120k). Tape API. Document fees. These are software charges to a company. Chargebacks are tolerable. This is the cash that covers compliance in days 0–90.
Escrow / SWIFT / LC: The lot. $1m–$50m. Dual-use, sanctions, eBL, dual control. Card networks will not underwrite this. A 2.9% Stripe fee on $10m is a $290k joke and a chargeback away from a hole. Tonnes never touch a widget’s pay button.

The widget opens contact only. The principals separately contract and appoint their own regulated payment and title providers.

What comes first

A desk, not a network effect.

1. Legal perimeter. Select the operating entity, approve corridors and obtain written counsel advice before transaction workflows.
2. Twenty paying seats. Invoice is fine. Fixed technology fees must remain separate from transaction value and success.
3. Controlled evidence workspaces. Deals remain bilateral. Appointed providers control payment and title.
4. Widget on five producer sites. Their traffic, your ticket. Identity still yours.
5. File automation. Carrier events close the pack. Then you have a repeatable tonne, not a heroic desk.

As seen on a producer site

producer.example / vein-c

Vein graphite 99.5

Producer storefront. Spec, photos, offtake chat — their site, not ours.

Contact via criticalminerals.market

Live lot

VEIN-C 99.5

Crystalline vein graphite

Offer: 2,910 USD/t
Incoterm: FOB Colombo
Illustrative provider: Independent provider · Citi NY · CITIUS33. Release on Clean eBL + SGS assay + identity.

Complete admission before requesting bilateral contact. Members

Embed

One snippet. The producer keeps their URL, brand and SEO. Critical.Minerals records contact and admission evidence only.

<script
  src="https://criticalminerals.market/embed.js"
  data-lot="VEIN-C"
  data-origin="producer-site"
  async
></script>

Preview widget. Production embed is signed per member, serves only admitted lots, and never takes card numbers for cargo. Seat and KYB billing can sit on Stripe or an invoice. Cargo cannot.