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Pot Luck

A rotating savings circle (ajo, susu, chama) with payouts enforced by contract and trust scores for members.

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$189one time, base tier
Built on order. Reserve it today for a $47 refundable deposit, pay the balance when it is delivered. Promised delivery within 48 hours of payment.
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Locked in a smart contract until delivery

Your USDC is locked in a smart contract, not sent to us. We can only collect it by delivering before 27 Oct 2026. If we miss it, you take it back yourself from My apps, no permission needed. We can also refund you any time. View the contract on BaseScan.

Promised delivery: 27 Oct 2026 (counted from payment).

WHAT YOU GET
  • The complete user app · see the demo
  • Basic customization · name, tagline, logo, colour, chain, domain and a short notes field
  • Deployed on your wallet · you own the contracts and the repo
  • Owner playbook · your first moves after launch
Base price, all of the above$189
OPTIONAL ADD-ONS, AFTER DELIVERY
  • Owner consoleQuoted after delivery
  • Referral and growth top-upQuoted after delivery
  • Roadmap v2: Association desk and mobile moneyAdd-on from $450
  • Roadmap v3: Portable savings recordAdd-on from $950

Add-ons are not part of this payment. Once your app is delivered you can request them from My apps, and you only pay if you say yes to the quote.

HOW PAYING WORKS
  1. 1. Pay a depositIt locks in the escrow contract, not our wallet.
  2. 2. We build and deployOn your wallet, with your name and logo, by the promised date.
  3. 3. Delivered, or refundedDelivered: funds release to us. Late: you claim them back.
Want it fully custom? From $1,400 · talk to usNew to building? See why it is so doable now.Why build
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PortsCelo · Base · Polygon
KindCommons
OwnerYou, on your wallet and git
Picture this

Who it is for

Folake's market traders run a monthly ajo, but last year a member vanished after collecting. Pot Luck locks each month's contributions, pays the turn automatically, and requires late joiners to post a small bond, while on-time payers build a savings record.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$189
$47 deposit to reserve

Circle creation, USDC contributions, turn order, automatic payout, member bond, on-time record badges.

  • You choose: chain
  • You choose: name and logo
  • You choose: accent color
  • You choose: cycle length
  • You choose: bond size
Customfrom $1,400
Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

  • Everything in Base
  • Custom features and design
  • Priority build
Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

Why own your own

Onchain ROSCAs with reputation already exist; differentiation would be UX and distribution, not mechanic.

Closest things out there

AjoAI claims to be live on Celo mainnet with per-circle escrow and onchain reputation, and AjoDAO, Ajo on Base and Venn esusu-chain are hackathon builds of the same mechanic.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Mines your character as a reliable saver.
The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

grant · Circle · rolling
Circle Developer Grants
unknown
Official page ↗

Stablecoin savings app; eligibility unknown

Their rule on existing code: unknown
grant · Polygon · rolling
Polygon Community Grants
seasonal; current season unknown
Official page ↗

Payments apps; existing projects OK

Their rule on existing code: Existing projects OK
What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Pot Luck app: a rotating savings circle where the pot is held by contract, each turn pays itself, a bond covers missed payments and every member builds an on time record, with a paywall built in.

Base price · $189

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome
Shown once: the pot holds the money, each turn pays itself, paying on time builds your record.
Next action and the Sunday checkHome
Pay your share, payout morning or your record, plus a two minute weekly check with a streak.
Pay your shareHome
Send the monthly contribution into the pot with naira shown, network and gas, and a receipt.
Pot clock and payout morningPot
Watch the lane fill the pot and the turn holder get paid at 7:00, with the turn order drawn at the meeting.
Missed payment and bond coverPot
After the grace window the member's own bond covers the gap, so the turn holder is paid in full.
Late joiner with a bondMembers
A new trader posts a bond instead of a personal vouch and the organiser approves her turn. Gated behind Market.
Member list and more circlesMembers
Who has collected and holds a bond, who is waiting, and new circles with their own rules. Extra circles gated behind Market.
On time savings recordRecord
Ticks for every month paid, shared with another lane only with consent and for 7 days.
Exportable recordRecord
A signed one page summary with a verify link for a lender or a new circle. Gated behind Market.
Wallet, bond and receiptsWallet
Bond held, paid in and collected, plus receipts that mark what is onchain and what stays in the app.
Plans and voice note remindersMe
Pricing from the owner paywall and reminders in Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa or English. Voice notes gated behind Market.
Open the full app demo
Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue
MRR, incoming USDC payments, payment methods and live editing of tier names, prices and gates.
Every circle at a glanceCircles
On time rate per circle, with a fix for circles that need help.
Rules that change outcomesRules
Bond size, grace window, late joiner bond, network, bond cover, voice notes, SMS and gas sponsoring.
Pot keeper agent log and roadmapAgent
What the keeper tried, what failed and how it adapted, with running costs; plus the priced Roadmap.
Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loops and referralsGrowth
Association market days, organiser referrals, family referrals and cohort retention.
The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Running one lane's circle is free. Organisers who run more circles pay monthly, and trader associations pay for many organisers and one shared rulebook. The app never takes a cut of contributions.

LaneFreeOne circle up to 12 members, monthly or weekly, bond and on time record
Market$9 a monthUnlimited circles, voice note reminders, late joiner bonds, exportable records
Association$49 a monthMany organisers, an overview of every circle and one shared rulebook

No fee on contributions or payouts. Gas, under $0.10 a cycle per circle, can be sponsored by the owner. Members pay their own onramp fees.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

  • Family referral: a member's sister in another market joins with a record instead of a personal vouch
  • Association market days that move a dozen cash circles over in one morning
  • Organiser to organiser referral codes worth a free month for both
  • Finished circles produce records that make the next circle easier to fill
  • Payout morning share card posted in lane WhatsApp groups
Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included
The full circle app
  • Circle rules, pot contract and automatic payout
  • Member bond, grace window and bond cover
  • Late joiner flow and on time records
  • Receipts, wallet view and the Sunday check
  • Paywall with USDC checkout
Included
v2
Association desk and mobile money
  • Association desk across many organisers
  • Mobile money on and off ramps per country
  • SMS and USSD mode for basic phones
  • Shared rulebook templates
Add-on from $450
v3
Portable savings record
  • End of circle attestation members can share
  • Cross city circle matching by record
  • Lender view, only with the member's consent
  • Open ajo record schema
Add-on from $950

The pitch, ready for investors and grant reviewers

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Your 2 minute demo script

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,400: your own circle types and rules, a mobile money partner in your country, extra languages for reminders, or an association branded deployment. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,400
BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The recipe (how it is built, the data, costs, risks, build order, the pitch and the demo script) is unlocked when your app is paid in full.

The need

Rotating savings circles (ajo, esusu, susu, chama, tanda) are how millions of traders save and get a lump sum without a bank loan. They run on trust and a cash bag. When a member collects early and disappears, the rest of the circle carries the loss and the organiser's name is damaged.

What exists and what is new

This mechanic already exists. AjoAI says it is live on Celo mainnet with per-circle escrow and onchain reputation, and AjoDAO, Ajo on Base and Venn esusu-chain are hackathon builds of the same idea. Research verdict: exists, low novelty. What this version focuses on is the organiser's day to day: voice note reminders in local languages, a grace window before anything counts as late, a bond held only from members who have already collected, late joiners posting a bond, and an on time record that travels to the next circle. The difference is UX and distribution, not the contract.

The data it runs on

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

1.The mission

Let any group of people who already trust each other save together without one person carrying the risk, the cash or the blame.

2.Why people can't resist it

The pot pays itself On payout morning the person whose turn it is gets paid automatically. Nobody walks across the market with a bag of cash.

A record you keep Every on time payment adds to a savings record you can show the next circle, so a lane that does not know you can still let you in.

The Sunday check A two minute weekly check: did I pay, whose turn is next, leave a voice note. Streaks keep the whole circle on time.

3.How it works for real

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

4.Pricing

Cost per use: unlocked when your app is paid in full.

Lane Free
One circle up to 12 members, monthly or weekly, bond and record included.
Market $9 a month
Unlimited circles for an organiser, voice note reminders, late joiner bonds and an exportable record for each member.
Association $49 a month
For trader associations and cooperatives: many organisers, an overview of all circles and a shared rulebook.

5.Growth loop

Every circle has an organiser who already runs one in cash. When a member's sister hears about it in another market, she can join with her record instead of a personal vouch. Each finished circle produces records that make the next one easier to fill.

6.Risks and guardrails

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

7.Build order

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

8.Where this is going

  1. Now
    One lane's ajo runs without a cash bag and without anyone fearing a runaway.
  2. Next
    Trader associations run dozens of circles with one shared rulebook and see which ones need help.
  3. Later
    A member's on time record helps them join circles in other cities and, if they choose, show it to a lender.
  4. The big picture
    The way people already save together becomes a record that counts, owned by the saver, not by a bank.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

NRevenueVentureBuilder statusHackathonsProductivityInspire othersPartnershipsPortfolioAgencyPOT LUCK

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Pot Luck

When your ajo, susu or chama runs on someone else's app, they hold the members, the records and the trust. When you own Pot Luck, the circle runs from your wallet under your group's name, payouts follow a contract nobody can walk away with, and every on-time payment builds a savings record your members keep. You become the trusted organizer, with proof.

What’s stopping you?

“My members don't use crypto.”

Many will not at first. Start with the two or three who already hold USDC, or help members get a simple wallet on a phone. Keep a cash circle running beside it until the onchain one proves itself. Do not push anyone.

“What if someone collects and stops paying?”

That is what the member bond is for: late joiners post a small bond, and missed payments come from it. It reduces the risk; it does not remove it. Choose members you know, and put newer members later in the turn order.

“Is it really mine?”

Yes. It deploys from your wallet, with your group's name. DEPLOYR builds and hands it over.

“Is a savings circle legal?”

Informal rotating savings is legal in most places, but taking deposits from the public or charging interest can be regulated. Keep circles to people you know, take no interest, and check local rules before you charge an organizer fee or run circles for strangers.

“What if the stablecoin or app breaks?”

Funds sit in the contract between turns, so a bug or a stablecoin problem is a real risk. Keep circles small, cycles short and contributions an amount members can afford to lose access to for a while.

The million-dollar ladder

A small organizer fee per circle per cycle, paid circles for cooperatives and market associations, and partner fees from fintechs who want members with proven savings records.

$20
$1,500
$15,000
$85,000
Your own circle
1 circle of 10 members
$2 per member per month
Local circles
60 circles
$25 per circle per month
Cooperatives and associations
150 organizations
$100 per month
Business at about $1M a year
850 organizations
$100 per month
  • Sell to market associations and cooperatives that run many circles at once.
  • Let members export their on-time record for lenders, with consent.
  • Partner with diaspora groups who send money home.
  • Train trusted organizers who bring their own circles.

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.

Pick your destination

Grow it to a million-dollar app
Circles already exist everywhere and organizers already carry the trust burden, so a tool that lifts it can charge a small fee.ARRIVE: 10 paying circles in 90 days.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Raise for it
Stablecoin savings for underserved communities fits stablecoin and chain community grant programs.ARRIVE: 2 applications with circle data.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Become a real builder on a chain
Every contribution and payout is a real stablecoin transaction from your contract.ARRIVE: Verified contract, builder profile, 20 completed cycles.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Win with it at hackathons
Financial inclusion with a real community story is strong in stablecoin and payments tracks.ARRIVE: One submission with a new feature.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Run your own work on it
If you organize a circle, chasing payments eats hours every month.ARRIVE: Zero hours chasing payments in your circle.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Get your people moving
A circle where everyone builds a visible savings record motivates people to keep saving.ARRIVE: Every member with an on-time badge after one full rotation.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Partner with founders and projects
Cooperatives, diaspora groups and fintechs want trusted savers.ARRIVE: One partner running circles or accepting records.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Prove your skills with it
Running circles shows fintech, trust and community skills.ARRIVE: A case study sent to five teams.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Sell it as a service
Associations want circles run for them.ARRIVE: 3 paying clients.4 moves · first one within the hour →
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