How UNITISM Works
A plain-language guide to units, tiers, payouts, and everything else you need to know before you start contributing.
What Are Units?
Units are permanent revenue shares. When you complete a task, you earn units that represent your ownership in the UNITISM system. Each unit entitles you to a proportional share of the monthly revenue generated across all businesses in the portfolio. Units never expire, they cannot be taken away, and they pay out every month that the system generates revenue.
If the system has 10,000 total units and you hold 500, you own 5% of the system. When monthly revenue is distributed, you receive 5% of the amount allocated to your tiers. As more contributors earn units, the total grows — but so does the revenue, because more people are doing productive work.
- 1Units are permanent. Once earned, they are yours forever.
- 2Units are not currency. You cannot trade or sell them.
- 3Units are not crypto. They are tracked in a database, not on a blockchain.
- 4Units pay out monthly based on actual revenue, not projections.
- 5Your percentage of total units determines your share of revenue.
How You Earn Units
Earning units is straightforward. You do real work, and you receive real ownership. There are no lottery mechanics, no gamification tricks, and no hidden conditions.
Browse Available Tasks
The task board lists everything that needs doing — across all businesses and all tiers. Each task shows exactly how many units it pays, what skills are needed, and what tier it belongs to.
Claim a Task
When you find a task that matches your skills and interests, claim it. The task is now assigned to you and moves to "in progress." Other contributors can see that it is being worked on.
Complete and Submit
Do the work. When you are finished, submit the task for review. Include any deliverables or notes that help the reviewer verify completion.
Review and Approval
An admin reviews your submission. If approved, the units are permanently added to your account. If the work needs changes, you will receive feedback and can resubmit.
Units Are Yours
Once approved, the units appear in your dashboard immediately. They begin earning revenue from the next monthly distribution cycle.
The Five Tiers
Not all work is the same. UNITISM organizes contributions into five tiers, each representing a different type of value creation. Tiers determine how revenue flows to your units through the champagne tower.
Direct business operations — sales, client work, service delivery, and anything that generates revenue directly. These tasks keep the lights on and the money flowing.
Closing a client deal, delivering a consulting engagement, managing a revenue-generating project.
Building and maintaining the systems that specific businesses need to operate. This is the infrastructure that makes individual business operations possible.
Developing a client portal, building an invoicing system, creating project management workflows.
Work on the UNITISM platform itself. This includes building the website, improving the task system, developing the calculator, and maintaining the infrastructure that supports all businesses.
Building this website, improving the dashboard, writing documentation, developing platform features.
Foundational work that sets up new capabilities or businesses. This includes research, planning, legal setup, and anything that creates long-term capacity rather than immediate revenue.
Researching a new market, setting up a legal entity, developing a business plan, building partnerships.
Community building, mentoring, outreach, and contributions that strengthen the UNITISM ecosystem without directly generating revenue. These units pay out last through the champagne tower, but they are still permanent and real.
Mentoring a new contributor, organizing a community event, writing educational content, outreach.
The Champagne Tower
The champagne tower is the signature feature of UNITISM's payout model. Think of revenue being poured into the top glass of a champagne tower. It fills the top tier first. Once that tier is full, revenue overflows down to the next tier, and so on.
Each month, total revenue from all businesses is collected.
Revenue flows into Tier 1 (Business) first. Unit holders in this tier receive payouts until the tier reaches its fill threshold.
Once Tier 1 is full, excess revenue overflows into Tier 2 (System — Project). The same fill-and-overflow pattern continues.
Revenue cascades through all five tiers: Business, System (Project), System (UNITISM), Construction, and Volunteer.
Once a tier has been unlocked (reached its threshold), it stays unlocked permanently. Tiers are cumulative — they ratchet up, never down.
Natural Dilution
Natural dilution is how UNITISM solves the oldest problem in partnerships: what happens when someone stops contributing but still holds ownership? The answer is elegant — their percentage shrinks automatically, without anyone taking anything away.
You earn 500 units when the system has 10,000 total. You own 5%.
Other contributors keep working and earn new units. The system total grows to 20,000.
You still have your 500 units — nothing was taken away. But 500 out of 20,000 is now 2.5%.
If you resume contributing, you earn new units and your percentage grows again. The system is always fair to active contributors.
This is the killer feature. In a normal business, if your partner stops working, they keep 50% forever. In UNITISM, their percentage naturally decreases while yours grows. No awkward conversations. No legal battles. The math handles it.
Alex and Jordan each have 1,000 units out of 2,000 total (50% each).
Before: Alex: 1,000 / 2,000 = 50%. Jordan: 1,000 / 2,000 = 50%.
After: Jordan stops contributing. Alex and others earn 3,000 more units. New total: 5,000. Alex: 2,500 / 5,000 = 50%. Jordan: 1,000 / 5,000 = 20%.
Jordan still has all 1,000 of their units and still receives revenue from them. But their percentage reflects reality — they are no longer doing 50% of the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Real questions from real people. No spin.
Is this crypto?+
No. Units are not tokens, coins, or blockchain assets of any kind. They are revenue shares stored in a standard database. There is no trading, no speculation, no wallets, and no mining. Units represent your proportional share of real business revenue.
What if I stop contributing?+
Your units remain yours and continue to earn revenue. However, as other contributors earn new units, the total number of units in the system grows. Your fixed number of units becomes a smaller percentage of the total. This is natural dilution — your share decreases proportionally, but nothing is taken away. If you start contributing again, you earn new units and your percentage grows.
What if a business fails?+
Your units span the entire UNITISM portfolio, not a single business. If one business closes, revenue from the remaining businesses continues to flow through the champagne tower. It is like an index fund — one company can fail without wiping out your investment. The portfolio structure provides built-in diversification.
Who decides what tasks are worth?+
Task pricing is based on market rates and community input. An admin sets the unit reward for each task based on the complexity, skill level, and time required. All task prices are publicly visible — radical transparency means you can always see what every task pays and compare it to your own. Over time, the community helps calibrate pricing through feedback.
Is this communism?+
No. In communism, outcomes are equal regardless of contribution. In UNITISM, outcomes are proportional to contribution. If you do more work, you earn more units and receive a larger share of revenue. The opportunity is equal — everyone has access to the same tasks at the same prices. But the results are not equal. They reflect what you actually did.
Can I sell my units?+
No. Units are non-transferable. They cannot be sold, traded, or given away. This is by design — it prevents speculation, ensures that unit holdings reflect real contribution, and keeps the system grounded in productive work rather than financial trading.
How do I get paid?+
Every month, total system revenue is distributed through the champagne tower. Your share is calculated based on the number of units you hold relative to the total, weighted by the tiers those units belong to. Payments are made directly to your bank account or preferred payment method.
What stops the founder from gaming the system?+
Radical transparency. Every unit grant, every task price, every revenue figure, and every payout is visible to every authenticated contributor. The activity log records every action taken in the system. You can see exactly who received units, for what work, and how much revenue was distributed. There is nowhere to hide.
What if there is not enough revenue?+
If monthly revenue is low, payouts will be small — but still proportional and fair. The champagne tower prioritizes Tier 1 (direct business work) first, ensuring that the most revenue-critical contributions are rewarded even in lean months. As the portfolio grows and matures, revenue becomes more stable and diversified.
How is this different from a co-op?+
Three key differences. First, natural dilution keeps ownership proportional to ongoing contribution — co-ops typically give equal shares regardless of activity. Second, UNITISM spans a portfolio of businesses, not a single entity. Third, the distinction between sweat units and purchased units separates governance from financial participation, ensuring workers always control the platform.
What about confidential business information?+
Radical transparency applies to the unit system, task pricing, and revenue data — not to confidential client information or trade secrets of individual businesses. Each business in the portfolio maintains its own appropriate level of operational confidentiality. The transparency principle ensures fairness in how contributors are compensated, not that every business detail is public.
Will early contributors hold too large a percentage?+
Early contributors take on more risk and build the foundation that later contributors benefit from. Their larger initial percentage is earned, not granted. As the system grows and more contributors earn units, natural dilution ensures that no one maintains an outsized share without continuing to contribute. The math self-corrects over time.
What if I contribute a lot early then slow down?+
Your units never disappear. You will always receive revenue based on the units you hold. However, if you slow down and others keep contributing, your percentage will naturally decrease through dilution. This is fair — it reflects the reality that you are no longer doing as much of the work. Your early contributions are permanently recognized; they simply become a smaller share of a larger whole.