---
title: "KindOfOffering"
description: "one of the shapes an offering is sold in, so a tactic and a systems model can say which kinds they apply to"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/kindofoffering
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# KindOfOffering

one of the shapes an offering is sold in, so a tactic and a systems model can say which kinds they apply to

[figure: KindOfOffering is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `what` | `text` | yes |  |
| `sold_as` | `one of subscription \| retainer \| project \| goods \| usage \| licence \| marketplace take \| placement` | yes | how money moves for this kind |
| `unit_of_sale` | `text` | yes | the unit a price attaches to |
| `examples` | `[text]` | yes |  |



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