Evgen Maksimov

Agoraverse is a platform for anyone to create 3D online shops supported by the blockchain to sell virtual & real products. Environments created in Agoraverse are called metashops.

Companies and individuals will be able to create their metashop with Agoraverse and link it to their website, socials and campaigns in order to offer a new & compeling experience.

We do not want to revolutionize e-commerce, we want to open new opportunities for web 2.0. Every metashop will be connected in the same environment that we call Agora: the shopping metaverse.

According to a study from Action IQ, 84% of online shoppers in the US say their experience is more important than the actual product or service, while 66% of customers prioritize experiences over price when choosing for their purchase.

A fantastic experience can really make the difference between a purchase and a pass. Moreover, 73% of consumers say a single extraordinary experience raises their expectations for all the other brands they interact with. A better shopping experience sets a brand apart from competitors. Customers remember brands that carry unique experiences and even show them around. Experiences create emotional attachment and subsequently higher customer spendings.

On the other hand, 3D models are known to increase conversion rate; according to Shopify, 3D models increase conversion rate by 33% as it helps customers get a more accurate idea of a product, especially in the apparel, furniture & equipment industries. Even better, 3D models increase customers' time spent on a website by 21%, increasing the chances of cross-selling or upselling.

3D models also decrease product returns because customers get a better feel of what their product will look like. According to Zakeke, 3D models have been said to decrease the return rate of products by 60%. Unique experiences combined with 3D models can massively boost the performances of an online store. Agoraverse leverages these opportunities with the concept of metashops.

Metaverses are 3D online environments, their purposes are to enhance our online experience by improving immersion. The metaverse is a great market opportunity. According to Goldman Sachs, the minimum market opportunity for the metaverse worldwide is 3,75 trillions of dollars while the maximum market opportunity is 12,46 trillions of dollars.

The current metaverse market amounts to 0.03 trillion of dollars. Individuals and businesses are joining the metaverse. In 2026, there will be an estimated of 25% of people spending at least one hour a day in the metaverse worldwide while 30% of organization will have products and services in the metaverse. We are confident about the timing: people are already aware and interested by the metaverse but don’t have many platforms to join at the moment. In 2022, 74% of us are joining or considering joining the metaverse. While 14% of US adults are “very familiar” with the metaverse, 33% of them are “curious” and 18% are “excited”. Agoraverse leverages this opportunity by gathering metashops in a unique online world named The Agora: Shopping metaverse.

Metashops are online 3D-shopping experiences. Essentially, they are enhanced versions of webpages; let's go through their main advantages

1] Metashops are experiences: 3D-environments make shopping more entertaining, interactive and immersive. Agoraverse relies on gamification and applies it to the process of shopping, so that you actually enjoy visiting online stores just like you would by visiting an amusement park or playing a video game.

2] These experiences are shareable in multiplayer. People love to wander around with friends and family inside shopping centers: why couldn’t they do that online? We make that possible by hosting metashops on our online servers.

3] The project being born on the blockchain, metashops can also enable the selling of digital objects: art, apparel for avatars, virtual estate, virtual furniture, game items and more. Allow us to get through these points one-by-one.

Webpages have not evolved in shape for over a decade. Let's change that! User experience is key and Agoraverse has chosen to help businesses offer something unique. With metashops, we aim to replicate the thrill of visiting a beautiful shop with dozens of items with the objective of finding that special item. We want customers to enter metashops and literally say WOW! We will achieve that though creative architecture, realistic graphics and attention to detail. Metashops are not bound by the laws of physics, allowing us to create something truly unique. Agoraverse features our metashop editor that will allow anyone to create these experiences and easily connect them to their preferred communication channels.

Every metashop will be built on the same platform, which will enable us to gather them all in the same place. This web 3.0 environment is named The Agora and is "the shopping metaverse". Users will also share the same platform in multiplayer, meaning that you will be able to experience everything with friends and family like you would in a real shopping mall. Sharing this experience in a metashop means being able to directly comment on items, discover nice products with a group and simply have fun. We want to create new social dynamics centered around online shopping in order for people to better connect online. This is our take on the metaverse.

On the blockchain, you can create tokens that are linked with a digital item. These tokens are immuable, exchangeable and are called NFTs. Thanks to NFTs, you can prove ownership over digital objects, which allows to sell them in exchange for cryptocurrencies. Part of the transactions inside metashops are made thanks to the blockchain, which enables the selling of NFTs. Anybodies (pictured on the right) sells apparel for the Metaverse as NFTs. Any brand will be able to develop their virtual goods and sell them via metashops in order to create new revenue streams.

One of our main focuses will be to make it as convenient and easy as possible to create a metashop and to start selling items. In order to achieve that, we will make sure our platform is user-friendly and comprehensive.

We want to create a universal product, that people with no knowledge of the blockchain and no experience in video games can use and have fun with. We will avoid complexifying things: buying in a metashop should be as easy as buying on a website.

We do not want to isolate ourselves in the metaverse; our goal is to bridge web 2.0 and web 3.0, which is why our product will be made to allow for integration with platforms such as Shopify or Hubspot. Metashops will be where people are buying online and an addition to e-commerce.

Our project needs large amounts of development. We have our own in-house professionals but also want to enable anyone to build on Agoraverse. Our platform will be open for people to build applications on Unity, on the blockchain or using 3D modelling softwares such as Blender.

Metashops: use cases

The fashion industry: Having a metashop as an apparel brand is logical; customers will have a better feel for the product and they will be more likely to buy items in their original and digital format. Customers will be able to try their clothes on with an avatar that ressembles them (if customized). Apparel, sneakers, accessories, glasses... The fashion industry usually has strong branding and specific aesthetics that metashops will be able to fully recapture.

The home furniture & equipment industry: Furniture & equipment for living spaces are very well suited for metashops because they are high ticket items, they are big and difficult to manipulate, and product catalogs are often very furnished. With a metashop, no size issue: the customer gets a good feel about the products and can test them inside his private space as well.

The collectibles & art industry: Companies linked with the blockchain will be the first to be integrated inside the metaverse. We will enable them to showcase their product or services by creating lively and entertaining Metashops. One could see it as an extension of their website but in the metaverse, which would allow them to reach a new audience and improve their conversion rates.

Services: Services are customer experience centered, offering a metashop along your product can make a difference: your prospects will remember that difference and will be more engaged to your brand. Services need strong branding, metashops have greater possibilities because they immerse customers in a near-gaming experience that catches their attention better.

NFT collections: Any NFT collection has a good use case with Agoraverse; they will be able to showcase their art in a 3D-environment with strong and unique branding. They will be able to create those video game like experiences that go hand in hand with their product.

Influencers: Influencers also rely on strong branding and metashops offer many more possibilities to better connect with your audience. Being a multiplayer experience, metashops can host events were you will be able to strenghen the engagement of your followers.

The Agora is the metaverse for ecommerce, a web 3.0 shopping center where you can buy digital and real objects. At the heart of the Agora stands the core of our identity and image, the golden tower. It’s a symbol of luxury and prosperity, intended to set the tone for the quality of your shopping experience. The Agora is the addition of all metashops in a luxurious online environment. The shopping hub for all metaverse lovers.

Your journey begins in Central Plaza. It’s a two floored open space featuring leisure activities & spaces to relax and bond. At the back of Central Plaza, elevators give you access to your private Lofts (see the following slides to learn more about the Lofts). Next to the elevators stands the entrance of the shopping center which is currently in development. The first release will be in August of 2022 as the Agoraverse platform is currently in development.

Like any shopping center, in addition to metashops, the Agora will features environments to relax in and have fun.

Games and token games: Visitors will be able to spend quality time inside the leisure area by playing games with their friends or new people they meet. Our objective is to create a more relaxed atmosphere where you will be able to socialize and form new bonds. Some of the available games will only be playable using our token, and will provide different kinds of rewards if played correctly, enabling earnings in $AGORA.

Social hubs: The Agora will also feature spaces for people to meet and bond like restaurants, bars and clubs, or just general sitting areas. If you are the roleplaying or gamer type, our metaverse will fit your needs.

Participate in events: We want to allow people selling products in the Agora to use their metashops or spaces in the Agora to organize events and bring people together. A fashion show, a conference, an auction sale, a mint, a concert… In short, many possibilities in order to attract new customers and make them live new experiences.

Central Plaza, the main hall of the Agora, was released on the 3rd of April and is live right now! It will also feature access to the Lofts.

Inside the Agora, we offer high-end private Lofts for relaxation, productivity and bonding. Lofts owners are VIPs inside the Agora, they will have discounts with partnered metashops while also earning $AGORA, our native token. To give even more utility to these private space, we will enable owners to turn these spaces into their own personal metashops. These private Lofts are limited to 5555 pieces and that will never change. They are available for purchase on Magic Eden & Opensea. Presented: The Standard Loft, The Premium Loft, The Exclusive Loft.

Thanks to Unity URP, the Lofts offer a realistic experience that any computer can run, regardless of age.

Interactive experiences offer greater immersion: the Lofts are full of them. Relaxing on your couch, lying on your bed, sitting at your desk to get some work done, setting the lights intensity to set the mood. Smaller objects such as musical instruments, balls, cushions, etc, are also available for you to arrange in your space or throw around.

Metaverses often lack sound design, even though they are a central component to increase immersion. Is your Loft missing some ambiance? Set the mood with your jukebox and enjoy a diverse built-in playlist so you can enjoy time solo or with friends, ideally while you sit back, relax and watch your asset value skyrocket.

Fully immerse yourself and interact with your surroundings through our voice chat as well as a classic messaging interface. This way you can tell your guests not to put their shoes on your beautiful leather couch.

TV screen integration in order to share videos, spend time on social media, keep an eye on your financial assets, your Loft will feature a TV screen where you can upload images, videos and stream content.

The Lofts Business Club will be playable in VR. We aim to offer you the most immersive way of playing a game so that you can truly experience your Lofts.*

Running on the Unity Engine, the experience we offer is fully customizable. Turn your space into one for work or relaxation, a place for collaboration or presentation. There will be dozens of customization options: wallpaper, flooring, windows, furniture, small objects, games, interactables and more.

To facilitate the customization of your Loft, we are developing an editor mode. This feature will allow you to add or delete objects, choose their positioning and change their textures. This mode will be accessible for Access Card holders.

One of the Lofts most important technology is its NFT verification system. We can, outside of a browser, scan the NFTs that are held in your wallet to permit access to your corresponding Loft. Using this same technology, you will be able to display the NFTs you own from the wallet you connect to the game.

Avatars and their animations

Default customization options of the avatars and their animations are available for all our Loft owners. Avatar will take different shapes that will be available thanks to an editor.

To customize your Loft, you can buy furniture, decoration and interactable objects in our official metashop. Please note that customization features will be available in the original version of The Lofts for free.

One of the main technologies that we are working on is to enable transactions inside the game in a convenient way, whether between people, inside a shop or in the leisure center.

You can leverage that transaction technology to turn your Loft into your web 3.0 shop where you can sell your NFTs!

Make your metashop open for public in the Agora to attract customers. Add your metashop to your website and offer a metaverse shopping experience to your online customers.

What would a metaverse be without your friends? The Loft spaces are playable up to 20 players, depending on your Loft size. You will be able to invite people with no Access Cards.

Owners can rent out their own private spaces in order to gain return on their initial investment. Renting will be facilitated via an interface on our website.

You can access your private Loft from the Agora. You can also decide whether your Loft is made public, or not. This way you can choose to showcase your customization skills, your project or portfolio.

Your custom Loft deserves an audience. We will provide space on our website to publicly display your creations and to vote for your favorite ones, allowing us to make a community leaderboard.

As development continues, we are constantly thinking of new features for our Lofts and we remain open to your suggestions. The ecosystem is developing and changing all the time and we are always adapting in kind, while keeping in mind the long-term vision for the project.

To gain access to one of The Private Loft, you need to own one of the Access Cards (pictured below) in the Solana wallet of your choice. There are currently 4400 Standard copies, 1100 Premium and only 55 Exclusive Access Cards. Each Loft will be delivered with different customization presets: by default, it will have a living space feel to it. You will have a preset option to turn into a store or art gallery for your NFT collection, one to turn into an office space and one to completely empty it and remodel it to your convenience. Mint date was on the 19th of February 2022 and we sold out on the same day.

One of the major advantages of being an Access Card holder is that you will have access to discounts inside metashops. We will negociate with partners in order to offer a % off or fixed discounts on products sold in metashops. Our first deal was concluded with db diamonds for 5% reduction accross their products.

While being a holder of an Access Card, you will receive several exclusive NFT airdrops throughout the year. The first one was sent to our holders back in March 2022 and took the shape of abstract art pieces that will be displayable inside of your future Lofts.

The early version of our staking platform will allow you to enter special raffles in return for staking your Access Cards ! The rarer the access card, the more rewards you will gain. The raffles are accessible on our website and we giveaway several NFTs every week.

Once our token is officially released, staking will grant new rewards! Card holders will be rewarded with $AGORA tokens. Rewards in $AGORA are detailed in our tokenomics linked below.

You will be able to upgrade your access card at select points in time. You will need to pay a fee in $AGORA in order to do so. More details in our tokenomics document.

Holders can access certain parts of the Agora that non-holders cannot access by scanning their Access Cards in-game. Discover the different spaces by visiting the Agora.

News is given first to whales and Exclusive Access card owners in their dedicated Discord channels. On top of this, holders will be able to access whitelist spots giveaways for popular upcoming NFT mints.

Why we will succeed?

Agoraverse is a new chapter in online shopping. We want to enable any business or individual to create that e-commerce metaverse experieence. Our graphics, customization features and in-game blockchain integration are a reflection of this positioning, and they enable our offer to be the best possible experience both for sellers and buyers. Competition exists in various shapes but our strong positioning that allies metaverse and immersive shopping has never been done before even though the potential is important.

Our NFT collection kickstarted a much bigger project: the Agora, an entire metaverse. We want to take it step by step and deliver quality and reliability along the way, maintaining focus on the long-term vision. We are adapting to the market and to the pace of its evolution. We started with a team of 4 and are now a team of 20. As we progress, we plan to continue growing the team to meet our needs and ambitions. Stick with us to get the most out of your investment in $AGORA or Agoraverse NFTs.

Since mint, we have worked on delivering on milestones as fast as possible. We love Agoraverse as much as you do and will flesh out our vision. We are strong selflearners that won't stop pushing until we get everythings right.

Initial minting revenues from the sale of the Lofts are reinvested to kickstart the development of Agoraverse and the Lofts. We have developed a business plan for Agoraverse in order to prevent any fundraising in the future and to better allocate funds to stay as resilient as possible.

Minting revenue allocation Q1-Q2

- Gameplay development: we will pay for multiplayer servers, software licensing, equipment and our team. Our game development team is composed of 10 people working full-time or part-time.

- Solana development: For Q2, we have recruited 2 Solana developers that will work on the $AGORA token, the ICO, airdrops as well as the transaction system inside Agoraverse based on the blockchain.

- Marketing & sales: We have recruited a Partnership manager who will be reaching out to projects and companies to establish partnerships. We will also run a marketing campaign for our ICO.

- Community management: We have recruited 5 community managers working part-time.

- Founder compensation: Founders receive a salary indexed on the French minimum wage.

The minting revenue allocations have been drafted in a way that gives the team sufficient leeway to ensure that the roadmap is executable. They are subject to change as needed.

Oscar Bellei

Project Manager

Oscar is a university student in the information and communication field who specializes in digital project management. Communication strategy is among his fortes; he devised such strategies throughout his studies and continues to do so for his current employer, a digital French media. He values teamwork and collaboration, skills he gained through his time working for Disneyland Paris, where he was tasked with developing new ways to connect and interact with international clients. Besides French, he speaks fluent English and Dutch as well as decent Spanish. His interest in cryptocurrencies developed in early 2020 and he recently joined the NFT community thanks to Amaury’s advice.

Amaury Lentengre

Strategy manager

Amaury is a consultant in business strategy and a former top French business school attendee. For the past year and a half, he has been working at the French telecommunications group Orange where he designs transformation strategy. Previously, he worked as as chief of staff for the leading Belgian construction startup. He is passionate about business development and entrepreneurship as well as the crypto space. He has been curious about this particular market since 2017 and has been researching projects and opportunities ever since. Amaury is our project developer, in charge of executing the roadmap and planning.

Léo Biewer

Creative Director

Léo is an audiovisual content creator and graphic designer. For the past year, he has been working for a Luxembourgish digital agency as a journalist and video editor. He has always been passionate about art, especially music and computer based production. As creative director, he oversees and creates the Lofts’ visual components and communication assets (videos, art airdrops, social media posts, etc.). He started developing an interest and investing in cryptocurrencies in 2020. Joining the NFT community was the next logical step.

James van der Meulen

Partnership manager

James is a South African university student currently completing his Master’s in Mercantile Law, with specialization in finance and mergers and acquisitions. He is employed as an academic associate at his university, where he conducts research for the department of private law. Through this work, he has acquired high level communication and macro-management skills. As an experienced negotiator, he’s an asset for a sustainable long-term project. James always has his finger on the pulse of innovation and has a keen eye for what’s next, especially in the metaverse.

Paul

Lead developer

Paul is a former game design student with 5 years of experience in game development software including Unity. After studying at Ecole 42, he completed a Master’s program at a public university specialized in video games. Always a multi-tasker, he worked freelance part-time while at university and developed several games on his own. He is in charge of the game development team and will foresee the development of the Agora and the Lofts.

Quentin Lentengre

Financial advisor

Quentin is an experienced Financial Advisor working for a global investment bank in London. He earned his Master’s degree in French & UK financial markets, developing strong financial acumen and experience. He worked as a VBA developer for a consulting company; as a treasurer for the Asset-Liability Management team of Crédit Agricole; and an Equity Sales Manager for BNP Paribas. In 2017, Quentin joined Nomura, a Japanese investment bank, as a debt capital market associate. He advises banks and public entities on raising debt across markets. He also has a passion for real estate and has completed numerous successful apartment renovations. He will help the project with finances & funding.

Nicolas Nups

Tokenomics & ICO advisor

Blockchain advocate and cryptocurrency enthusiast, Nicolas has a strong experience in the Blockchain industry and more generally in the management of global & complex programs. For 5 years now, he has designed numerous tokenomics for different types of projects: L1 & L2, Prifi & Defi Protocols (Seignorage, Nodes, zk, elastic), Launchpads, Metaverses, NFT ecosystems, Games (P2E, PvP, P2W), DEX, Memes and various utility tokens. He will assist our project in the creation of our tokenomics, in the strategy of our ICO as well as other necessities linked with our token.

Greg Sand

Entrepreneur & advisor

Greg is a very experienced & successful entrepreneur. He started Moustache Bikes, a leading European electric bike producer back in 2012 and grew it from 0 to +100M turnover. He is still managing the company and now also dedicates his time as angel investor and advisor for startups & entrepreneurs. His wide knowledge on entrepreneurship and management will help us avoid common traps that all entrepreneurs fall into and will help us build a better business plan.

Laurent Leloup

ICO advisor

Laurent Leloup is a very experienced advisor that specializes in ICOs. He is a precursor in the domain and has worked on dozens of projects since 2015. He founded Finyear in 2005, an online newspaper bridging Traditional finance and Defi, and has been an advocate of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies for years for institutions and businesses in France. In 2018, he wrote "blockchain : the revolution of trust" to share his direct experience and raise awareness on web 3.0 in France. His strong expertise will help us with our ICO process, and his connection to the ecosystem will help us expand our strategic committee.

Agoraverse is a platform for anyone to create 3D online shops supported by the blockchain to sell virtual & real products. Environments created in Agoraverse are called metashops.

Companies and individuals will be able to create their metashop with Agoraverse and link it to their website, socials and campaigns in order to offer a new & compeling experience.

Agoraverse is a platform for anyone to create 3D online shops supported by the blockchain to sell virtual & real products. Environments created in Agoraverse are called metashops.

Companies and individuals will be able to create their metashop with Agoraverse and link it to their website, socials and campaigns in order to offer a new & compeling experience.

PIN is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency designed to index web3 metadata. PIN also exists as a wrapped token on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon.

Users and developers can "pin" metadata, permanently and immutably storing it on the network for public use. Pins can then be retrieved and read by any PIN-based application. When combined with its supporting metadata library, the Open Index Protocol ("OIP"), PIN provides a new standard for publishing, indexing, and monetizing any digital content.

A robust development community is actively using PIN to create and index immutable links that will help to serve as the infrastructure for web3.

PIN is designed to achieve four goals:

1. Provide a decentralized metadata layer

2. Provide proof of data integrity

3. Prevent widespread data atrophy

4. Provide high throughput of transactions

PIN, formerly FLO (The Flo Blockchain), is in its eighth year of growth and development. It launched in 2013 as a Litecoin fork and was established to be decentralized, secure, fast and efficient. PIN's blockchain structure is derived directly from Bitcoin's UTXO model, and its security is also provided from Proof of Work. PIN was created with no pre-mine, no ICO, no master-nodes, no airdrops, and no dev-fund. It was launched fairly to all participating miners and continues to maintain this core ethos of true decentralization. As a result, its community has driven its development since its inception and continues to do so to this day.

"Pins" can be added to any transaction and broadcast to the network. Pins cannot be changed without changing the input to the signature, which would invalidate the transaction. If the transaction is invalidated by a change to a pin, the block containing the invalid transaction will become invalidated as well, causing a cascading effect invalidating every block chained after it. This feature can be deployed to a variety of file storage, indexing, and retrieval applications.

Initially, pins were limited to 140 bytes. Currently, 1040 bytes of data can be stored on the blockchain with a maximum block size of 1MB. Currently, 1040 bytes of data can be stored on the blockchain with a maximum block size of 1MB. If the blocks are consistently filled, the maximum block size may be increased. With a target time of 40 seconds, PIN is fast. In fact, it is 15x faster than Bitcoin, and 3.75x faster than Litecoin. To further assist with transaction throughput, the maximum ancestor limit for an unspent transaction output (UTXO) chain has been increased from the Bitcoin default of 25 up to 1250. This permits large amounts of information to be efficiently indexed.

PIN does not allow reorganizations of 100 or more blocks, and uses a continuity of Proof-of-Work blocks to secure the blockchain. Once a transaction receives 100 confirmations (~1 hour), it cannot be tampered with or removed from the blockchain.