---
title: "Binding"
description: "a buyer profile bound to an offering or a segment"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/binding
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Binding

a buyer profile bound to an offering or a segment

[figure: Binding is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `offering` | `id` | no |  |
| `segment` | `id` | no |  |
| `weight` | `share` | yes |  |
| `mode` | `one of scored \| required \| disqualifying` | yes |  |
| `condition` | [Predicate](/concepts/predicate) | no | when the binding applies; absent means the whole kind |
| `reason` | `text` | no | required when the mode is disqualifying |
| `sequence` | `count` | no | 1 for the first purchase |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Binding directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.