Refplat

Why it is paused

Refplat was meant to sit between two groups who both want the same thing and cannot find each other cheaply. On one side, a startup or a brand with something to give away — a discount, a free tier, a commission. On the other, mini and micro influencers who will happily post about something they actually like, if the reward is clear and the payout works.

Anyone can post what they can offer, anyone can pick it up, post, and collect. The pitch was never complicated. The problem was the oldest one in marketplaces: neither side turns up for an empty room, and paying to fill both sides at once is a budget, not a weekend.

So it is parked rather than dead. There are products doing something like it now, which means the demand is real and the study is worth doing properly before we spend anything on it a second time.