Documentation

Aktionariat offers a set of tools for Swiss companies to create a market for their digital shares on their own website.

How to sell and buy shares through Secondaries?

Guidelines for a Seller

Step 1. Access the Secondaries Widget

  • If you use a desktop, go to the Investor Relations Page and find the widget there.
  • If you use a mobile phone, open the Aktionariat Portfolio App and navigate to the Portfolio tab. Select shares and tap “Buy/Sell”. 
  • Select the “Sell” tab. 

Navigate to the "Sell" tab

Step 2. Specify Sale Offer Details

  • Enter the number of shares you want to sell as well as the price per share. 
  • Optionally, add a publicly visible message to this trade. 
  • Select your preferred payment method: bank transfer (money into your bank account) or cryptocurrency (Frankencoin ZCHF into your wallet). 
  • You will see the payout amount. Note that a 1.9% processing fee applies when selling. 

Create a sale offer

Step 3. Connect Your Wallet (if you use desktop)

* If you use a phone, your wallet will be automatically connected and you can skip to step 4. 

  • Click “Connect your wallet”
  • Choose your wallet 
  • Connect it. If you use Aktionariat Portfolio App, you will receive the confirmation message in the app. 
  • Click “Proceed” once the wallet is connected.
Connect your wallet

Step 4. Identification

  • Validate your personal data or insert it. Make sure your data is up to date. 
  • Click “Proceed”
Check your personal information

Step 5. Bank Transfer Details (if applicable)

  • If you chose bank transfer, fill in your bank details and click “Proceed”. If you chose cryptocurrency, skip to step 6. 

Provide your bank details

Step 6. Review and Allow Selling

  • Review the details of your sale offer and click “Proceed to Signing”. 
  • To enable selling shares, sign a transaction using your wallet by clicking “Allow Selling” and confirming in the app. Note that this requires a transaction fee in ETH. Ensure you have sufficient ETH balance or follow the instructions here to buy ETH. 
  • Click “Proceed” once the transaction was signed. 

Step 7. Finalize Your Offer

  • Provide signatures to finalize the offer. Click “Sign” and confirm in your wallet. 
  • You can read here why you need to provide these signatures. 
  • Once signed, click “Proceed”. 

Confirm your sell offer

Step 8. Identification through DFX (if applicable) 

  • If you choose a bank transfer and your sale offer amount is higher than CHF 1000, the identification through DFX is required.  This identification should be completed once. 
  • Click “Identity Verification” and follow the process. 

Step 9. Completion and Notifications

  • Congratulations! Your sale offer has been submitted. 
  • You will receive an email with the details of your offer. Notifications will also be sent via email once someone matches your offer. 
  • Check the status of your offer in the “My Offers” section of the widget, where you can see open matched and completed offers. 

  • If you want to delete one of your offers, choose the offer and click “View”. Click “Delete” and confirm the deletion. 

Guidelines for a Buyer

Step 1. Access the Secondaries Widget

  • If you use a desktop, go to the Investor Relations Page and find the widget there.
  • If you use a mobile phone, open the Aktionariat Portfolio App and navigate to the Portfolio tab. Select shares and tap “Buy/Sell”. 
  • Select the “Buy” tab. 
Navigate to the "Buy" tab to view sale offers

Step 2. View Sale Offers

  • Browse the list of sale offers. Sort by price, date or number of shares. 

Step 3. Initiate Purchase 

  • Click “Buy” on the desired sale offer. 
  • Review the sale offer details and enter the number of shares you want to buy (up to the maximum offered). 
  • Select your payment method: bank transfer or cryptocurrency. Follow the instructions here if you need to buy cryptocurrency. 

Step 4. Connect Your Wallet (if you use desktop)

* If you use a phone, your wallet will be automatically connected and you can skip to step 4. 

  • Click “Connect your wallet”
  • Choose your wallet 
  • Connect it. If you use Aktionariat Portfolio App, you will receive the confirmation message in the app. 
  • Click “Proceed” once the wallet is connected. 

Connect your wallet

Step 5. Identification

  • Validate your personal data or insert it. Make sure your data is up to date. 
  • Click “Proceed”

Check your personal information

Step 6. Review and Finalize the Offer

  • Review the transaction overview and click “Proceed to Signing” 
  • Click “Sign” and confirm in your wallet. 
  • You can read here why you need to provide these signatures. 
  • Once signed, click “Proceed”. 

Step 7. Identification through DFX (if applicable) 

  • If you choose a bank transfer and your buy offer amount is higher than CHF 1000, the identification through DFX is required.  This identification should be completed once. 
  • Click “Identity Verification” and follow the process. 

Step 8. Completion and Notifications

  • Congratulations! You have initiated the purchase of shares. 
  • You will be notified by email once the issuer approves the trade. 
  • You can view your matched offers in the “My offers” section of the widget. 
  • If you want to delete your offer, choose the offer and click “View”. Click “Delete” and confirm the deletion. 

Step 9. Proceed with Payment if a bank transfer was chosen

  • If you choose bank transfer, proceed with the payment as instructed via email or the last screen of the process.