---
title: "BuyingBehaviour"
description: "how one participant buys, as observable stocks and flows: the stage it stands on, how often it buys, what starts a purchase, what constrains it, and the readings that say so"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/buyingbehaviour
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# BuyingBehaviour

how one participant buys, as observable stocks and flows: the stage it stands on, how often it buys, what starts a purchase, what constrains it, and the readings that say so

[figure: BuyingBehaviour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| `stage` | `text` | yes | the rung of the ladder the participant stands on, in the ladder's words |
| `cadence` | `text` | yes | how often it buys, in the vertical's words |
| `triggers` | `[text]` | yes | what starts a purchase |
| `constraints` | `[text]` | yes | what blocks or delays one |
| `budget_cycle` | `text` | no |  |
| `decision_time` | `duration` | no | from the felt problem to the order, where read |
| `readings` | [Summary](/concepts/summary) | yes | every count behind the words, in one of three positions |
| `evidence` | [EvidenceRef](/concepts/evidenceref) | yes |  |



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