Node Business · Level 6

The community does not have access to this service — yet.

A Node Business is a certified local service point. You have a printer, a scanner, and an internet connection. The people around you may have none of those things. You are the bridge between them and a system that produces evidence of their own performance — on paper, every week.

Who you serve

Your clients produce something, sell something, or deliver a service — and have never had a way to show that their operation is stable, improving, or creditworthy. They pay in cash. They may not have a bank account. They may not have a smartphone. They have a business, and no evidence of it.

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A market vendor

Sells daily. Has no receipts. Cannot prove to a cooperative or lender that the operation is consistent.

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A cooperative member

Contributes to a collective. The collective needs evidence of each member's performance to access bulk credit.

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A micro-enterprise operator

Runs a small service — repair, transport, processing. Has customers, no records, no proof of track record.

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A programme participant

Part of an NGO or government livelihood programme. The programme needs weekly evidence that the support is working.

Two paths — one print point

Member Operators reach the system in different ways. In both cases, the printed report comes from you. You are the print infrastructure for your entire community — regardless of how each person submits their data.

Paper path

No smartphone · No internet

You print the blank QR-coded form. The Member Operator fills it in. They bring it back when ready. You scan it and upload it. You print the weekly evidence report and hand it to them. Their entire relationship with the system runs through your node.

PWA path

Digital submission · Still needs print

Some Member Operators submit via the app on their own phone. They still cannot print. The weekly evidence report — the document they need to show a bank, a cooperative officer, a programme manager — is printed at your node.

What you offer

These are the services a Node Business delivers. You set your own fees in your local currency.

  • 01

    MCA Setup

    The Mission Context Architecture is the foundation of the entire measurement stack. You sit with the Member Operator, understand their operation, and build the document that drives everything that follows. This is a skilled service — and the fee reflects that.

    One-time · skilled
  • 02

    Member Operator Registration

    You register the Member Operator in the system. They receive a unique ID. Their QR-coded observation form is generated and ready to print.

    One-time
  • 03

    Form Printing

    Blank QR-coded observation forms, printed at your node. The Member Operator fills them in. No smartphone required at the point of recording.

    Per form · recurring
  • 04

    Form Scanning and Upload

    Completed forms scanned at your node. The QR identifies the Member Operator automatically. Data uploads attributed, dated, and immutable.

    Per upload · recurring
  • 05

    Weekly Evidence Report — Print and Delivery

    The report generated after upload. Green, amber, red signal per indicator. Plain language. One page. Printed at your node and handed to the Member Operator — or delivered directly to the cooperative officer, lender, or programme manager who needs it.

    Per report · recurring
  • 06

    Subscription Payment Processing

    Member Operators pay you in cash. You hold the bank account and process the annual MetriqOne subscription on their behalf.

    Annual · per operator

The three documents — real examples

Populated examples — not mockups. This is what your Member Operators receive.

Field Observation Form

QR-coded, machine-readable. Printed at your node. Filled in by the Member Operator. No smartphone needed.

Download Form ↓

Weekly Evidence Report

Generated after upload. Green, amber, red signal per indicator. Plain language. One page. Printed and handed over at your node.

Download Report ↓

Node Business Summary

One page. The full model — what a Node Business is, what it delivers, and who it serves. Print it. Keep it. Share it.

Download Summary ↓

For those asking the second question.

How far does a Node Business reach — across a municipality, a cooperative network, an institutional programme?

The Pathway →

Apply to become a Node Business

Node Business is admin-assigned — reviewed and responded to personally. One Node per community.

Email directly
ts@metriq.one

Write a few lines about your location, your node type, and the community you serve.

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