Pick a cabinet
Take the matcher, browse the cabinet wall, or shuffle through arcade mode. Each entry includes the ICP, a first-customer mission, and the working microsite.
How it works · 7 phases · 1 loop
Pick. Reserve. Activate. Operate.
CEO Arcade is a real operating layer dressed in an arcade wrapper. Reservation is one-time and removes the brand pack from public inventory. The 30-day operating clock and 500 monthly credits start when your dashboard is ready, not at checkout.
The credit loop in detail
$49 Launch Pass
Pay $49 once. The brand pack leaves the public inventory. Your operating dashboard goes into the prep queue. No 30-day clock yet.
Take the seat
Dashboard ready. Your first 30 active operating days begin and 500 monthly credits unlock. The Chief of Staff walks you through your first mission.
Approve a quote
Every meaningful action gets quoted: cost, confidence, recurring impact, risk. You approve. Credits get reserved — not yet spent — and PermaShip runs the work.
Settle the work
Under budget? Unused credits return. Over budget? PermaShip pauses and asks for approval before spending more. On budget? Credits clear. Ledger updates.
Revenue → earned credits
Real customers pay your business. After processing fees, the platform fee, infrastructure COGS, and the refund/dispute reserve, the rest becomes earned credits.
Reinvest or withdraw
Earned credits can buy more upgrades, fund a second cabinet, or be withdrawn as cash after settlement. Operating credits cannot — only earned credits can become money.
If you stop operating
Operating rights work like domain registration: a grace period, then suspension, then a reclaim window before the cabinet returns to inventory.
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Active
Business is operating normally.
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Renewal due
Activation + 30 days. Paid from earned credits, then card.
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Grace period
7 days. App stays live; treasury shows a warning.
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Suspended
Day 37. Dashboard limited; public app may be paused.
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Reclaim window
30–60 days. Restore by paying overdue + a reclaim fee.
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Reclaimed
Cabinet returns to inventory or the secondary market.
Advisors are free. Actions cost credits.
The advisor board is part of every Operator Plan tier. They explain options, analyze your dashboard, and propose moves. Credits are only spent when proposals turn into real work.
| Activity | Cost |
|---|---|
| Advisor explains options | Free |
| Advisor analyzes your metrics | Free |
| Advisor drafts a proposal | Free |
| You approve a proposal | Credits reserved |
| Engineering ships a feature | 300 – 3,000 credits |
| Branding refresh | 100 credits |
| .com domain (year 1) | ~120 credits (hard cost) |
| Copy / small UI tweak | 25 – 75 credits |
| Infrastructure scale pack | 150 – 1,500 cr / mo |
Game wrapper, real substrate
| What looks like a game | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| "$49 — reserve this cabinet" | Brand pack removed from public inventory; dashboard prep queued. |
| "~120 credits — buy domain" | DNS configured, SSL provisioned, redirects live. |
| "450 credits — small feature" | An estimated, reserved, settled engineering ticket through PermaShip's pipeline. |
| "Hire the Growth advisor" | An always-on agent runs channel experiments and reports. |
| "Treasury & earned credits" | An accounting ledger separating operating fuel from cashable revenue. |
| "Next mission: get 10 customers" | A concrete acquisition plan with steps you can actually run. |
| "Withdraw 1,820 earned credits" | A Stripe Connect payout of $182 to your bank account. |
Ready Player 1?
The arcade is open. The advisors are waiting. Pick a cabinet.