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# 6.2.4 Value Capture: Buying vs. Staking
### $IFAI for Payments
$IFAI tokens can be used to purchase services from the community and commercial brands on the platform, such as clothing, consulting, hotels, catering, etc. The platform charges 1% of each transaction as a handling fee.
### Commercial companies purchase data
As the user scale grows, we will become the largest traffic pool for AI+Web3. We will open interfaces to commercial entities to help them reach users who need their services.
Business entities can pay $IFAI tokens to purchase the users that best match them. When the user's AI agent finds that the needs of both parties match, it will recommend the service to the user. Users can purchase services with $IFAI or $USDT/USDC.
Part of the $IFAI tokens paid by the commercial entity will be paid to Influx ▪︎AI, and the other part will be distributed to users who lock their own $IFAI tokens.
### Staking
$IFAI tokens can be staked. Staking can obtain the following rights:
①Stake platform tokens can obtain community voting rights;
②Stake platform tokens can obtain the right to share the transaction fees charged by the $IFAI trading platform;
③Stake platform tokens can earn commissions on data purchase fees from B-end brands.
