What could you sell in NEMs?

oriental guy holding touch phoneThe National E-Markets website would be primarily for trading time-slots: the hire of people or things for short periods. It would probably start with a few readily recognisable markets. But, by growing organically, it could lead to all sorts of resources being hired instead of bought. 

 

No overall control

Each sector within NEMs should be run by a franchisee. (A sector covers one type of service for example, trade waste collection, body piercing or rent-a-pet.) This creates a federal structure in which there is no dominant power.

The point at which any particular sector is added would depend on a knowledgeable franchisee coming forward and the complexity of launching that market.  We’ve put together a few sample sectors below, some of them are broad areas, others very specific. 

This list omits short periods of conventional employment and services bought exclusively from government. NEMs should have markets for both, but they would make this list too long. Sectors are divided according to their technical and operational complexities.

 

1) Easy to launch sectors

door opening on skyThese sectors could be launched as soon as the core platform is in place.Table of sectors that may be offered within NEMs

 

2) Harder to launch sectors

hand writingHere’s some sectors that would require a little more effort. That might mean specialist functionality within the system or overcoming regulatory issues or just problems in aggregating enough supply to start a viable market.

Table of sectors that may be offered within NEMs

Table of sectors that may be offered within NEMs

 

3) Very demanding sectors

maze3These sectors might be dependant on other sectors having reached maturity. For example: a market in which anyone could sell take-away food would be much more powerful if it could interlock for each transaction with local markets in which anyone could sell home delivery services. Some of these markets carry substantial liabilities, such as provision of cash collection. Others are always going to be little used sectors.

Table of sectors that may be offered within NEMs

 

 

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