Transactions Board Canvas

#The problem this canvas solves

Platforms are transaction machines, but teams often don't systematically map all the types of exchanges that occur. Beyond the obvious core transaction (e.g., buyer-seller), there are data exchanges, reputation flows, service transactions with partners, etc. The Transactions Board catalogs all transaction types, revealing where value is created, exchanged, and captured

• essential for business model design and learning engine development.

#When to use it

Use the Transactions Board to systematically map all types of transactions and value exchanges that occur on the platform. This reveals the platform's core mechanics and helps identify where to capture value and enable others to create it.

#The canvas

The canvas in the updated Boundaryless brand (full resolution — click to zoom). A print-ready PDF and editable SVG are also available on request.

#Connections with other canvases

#Feeds into

• Platform Design Canvas — Transactions define platform mechanics
• Learning Engine Canvas — Transactions are learning opportunities
• Liquidity Canvas — Transaction volume is liquidity concern

#Informed by

• Ecosystem Canvas — Ecosystem structure determines transaction types

#Complements

• Platform Experience Canvas — Transactions are key experience moments

#Used in techniques

• Designing the Platform Experience Elements

#Used in pipelines

• Designing the Platform Experience

#Related reading

• Why Platform Strategies are all about reducing Transaction Cost — Explains why understanding transactions is fundamental to platform strategy

#Resources

• Guide reference: PDT Strategy Design Guide - Transactions Board chapter
• License: Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 4.0 International
• Version: 2.2

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Part of Platform Design Toolkit · v2.2