When I pay with you, my on going transactions should reflect the value I have in you.
We all want to support the companies and projects that we believe in, from your local grocery and taxes, to banks and jobs. The money flows where the most profits, and promises, grasp emotion.
What if value and progress could grasp our emotion?
The difference between value and profit.
If I had a project in mind to feed and water my little town from a nearby mountain range I would need resources. Globalization offers me the opportunity to seek help world-wide, but the value would not be shared by someone from another country, unless I can promise them a portion of the yield to be transported to his home town nearby, that is value adding in the greater scheme of things since a larger community can be fed, the larger the community gets, the more diverse does the value offerings get. As a producer, I would except most value offerings that my suppliers would need and so on.
Profits changes the game in that it lets me accept an investment internationally by promising profits as a return on their investment. The thing is, my little town values their money ten times more than your idea of what 'a lot of money' is. Competition would eventually step in and give me a slightly better offer, and i would consider each deal more sweet then the last until I forget that giving over control to this investor was never an option.
The difference between value and profits is a different topic that I will give some thought and research to in another post.
Upgrading the current reward systems
Current reward systems from retail stores offer buyers the benefit of remaining a loyal customer through points that can be redeemed for goods at this store, kind of like shop-only-money (T's&C's apply). 'Loyalty' points will be dumped as soon as a sweeter "loyalty point' appears.
My conclusion would be that a loyalty point's value lies in it's ability to retain it's customer.
Would it not be fair to offer a stake of the project, product, or production, to the injector of that income? Instead of exploiting day specific food-specials at different chains on every day of the week, I would continuously eat or buy groceries at the chain that I would like to see grow and expand. As I support the companies that I trust in, I would also earn influence as an active community member in the projects that i am excited about.
Two words to end this off, BLOCK CHAIN