Protocol Business Model

How GBM Captures Value and Fuels Ecosystem Growth

The GBM Auction Protocol generates value through two primary channels:

🧾 1. Publishing Fee

Every new user - individual or enterprise - who wants to deploy and publish a live GBM Auction House must pay a one-time publishing fee. This can be paid in either $USDC, $USDT or $GBM tokens.

We may run promotions where this fee is waived or discounted for certain periods of time.

The publishing fee serves three key purposes:

• Filters out non-serious clients, ensuring quality and commitment

• Funds the protocol treasury, supporting long-term ecosystem growth

• Rewards the GBM community, strengthening long-term incentive alignment

How it’s used:

• 50% goes to the Protocol Treasury

• 50% goes to the Protocol Rewards Pool

🏷️ 2. Auction Fee

Every auction run through the GBM Protocol incurs a 2% fee on the final winning bid.

This fee is collected in the base currency of the auction (e.g. $ETH, $POL, $USDC, $GBM etc), provided it’s a protocol-supported token.

This fee is the core value engine of the GBM Protocol, capturing value as auction volume scales across the ecosystem.

How it’s used:

• 100% goes to the Protocol Rewards Pool