Commerce & Payments
Frictionless Value Exchange. Instant Settlement. Fan Economies.
The commerce layer that replaces legacy payment friction with programmable settlement rails, instant multi-party revenue distribution, and borderless micro-transactions — built for the direct-to-fan economy.
The Problem
Broken by Design.
Legacy payment infrastructure wasn't built for the creator economy. Artists wait days — sometimes weeks — for revenue to arrive, filtered through multiple intermediaries each taking a cut. Micro-transactions are economically unviable. Fans in emerging markets are locked out entirely. Friction at every touchpoint. Revenue leakage at every layer. Zero programmability in how money moves.
A Better Way
Built for Direct Value.
Greenstone's Commerce & Payments module replaces legacy rails with programmable settlement infrastructure — real-time, multi-party, borderless. Revenue flows directly to every rights holder the moment a transaction occurs. Any amount, any currency, any market. Smart contract logic handles splits, royalties, and conditional releases automatically — no reconciliation, no delays, no middlemen.
What This Enables
Settlement
Real-time revenue distribution — no batch processing, no T+2 delays.
Transactions
From a $0.10 tip to a $50 exclusive — every price point is viable.
Access
Reach fans worldwide. Settle in any currency without banking bottlenecks.
Money
Smart rules for royalty splits, loyalty rewards, and conditional releases.
Case Study
Fan Participation & Direct Commerce
A mid-tier independent artist migrated their merchandise, ticketing, and exclusive content sales onto the Commerce & Payments module. Within 90 days: fan spending per head tripled, the artist's revenue share jumped from a platform-dependent 18% to a direct 78%, and settlement delay dropped to zero. Every transaction — from a $1 tip to a $200 VIP bundle — settled instantly with full audit trail.
Selected Partners
3THIX provides infrastructure for automated royalty distribution and multi-party revenue sharing across complex ecosystems — enabling value to be allocated programmatically and transparently, in real time.
- Automated multi-party royalty splits
- Real-time settlement with full audit trail
- Connects to streaming, ticketing & merchandise flows
ONCADE is the fan-facing commerce layer — a direct-to-fan platform that makes it trivially easy for artists and labels to sell anything, anywhere, at any price point. Flexible billing and usage-based pricing in one stack.
- Programmable royalty & licensing logic built in
- Real-time settlement with full audit trail
- Connects to streaming, ticketing & merchandise flows