# Prices and payouts

> The price of every step, what each owner gets when bought out, and their royalty after.

Every cell follows the same ladder. Step 1 is the claim of a free cell; every buyout is the next step.

## The rule

- The price of step n is $30 × 1.65^(n−1), rounded to whole dollars.
- When the owner who bought at step n is bought out, they get the price of step n+1, less the royalties of every owner before them and the 2% fee.
- Owner k earns 5% × 0.75^(k−1) of every sale after their own buyout. All royalties together stay under 20%.

## The ladder

| Step | Price | Bought out, its owner gets | Its owner's royalty after |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | $30 | $49 | 5% |
| 2 | $50 | $76.26 | 3.75% |
| 3 | $82 | $120.49 | 2.81% |
| 4 | $135 | $191.89 | 2.11% |
| 5 | $222 | $309.48 | 1.58% |
| 6 | $367 | $500.61 | 1.19% |
| 7 | $605 | $814.78 | 0.89% |
| 8 | $999 | $1,329.44 | 0.67% |
| 9 | $1,648 | $2,175.26 | 0.5% |
| 10 | $2,719 | $3,567.24 | 0.38% |
| 11 | $4,487 | $5,858.51 | 0.28% |
| 12 | $7,404 | $9,631.67 | 0.21% |
| 13 | $12,216 | $15,849.37 | 0.16% |
| 14 | $20,156 | $26,099.26 | 0.12% |
| 15 | $33,258 | $42,998.84 | 0.09% |
| 16 | $54,876 | $70,867.10 | 0.07% |
| 17 | $90,545 | $116,830.69 | 0.05% |
| 18 | $149,399 | $192,647.62 | 0.04% |
| 19 | $246,509 | $317,715.04 | 0.03% |
| 20 | $406,739 | $524,041.14 | 0.02% |

The ladder has no top: step 21 and beyond follow the same rule. The rules page shows the same table, built from the same model as the contract: [the rules](https://canvas64.com/rules).

## What one owner earns over time

The first owner of a cell, after claiming it for $30:

| The cell reaches step | Royalties earned so far |
|---:|---:|
| 5 | $21.95 |
| 10 | $338.85 |
| 15 | $4,214.90 |
| 20 | $51,618.30 |

These come on top of the $49 of their own buyout, and each is paid by the contract as the cell reaches that step.