Verification
How sovereign standing works.
Standing on this platform is person-first. It is held by a person, confirmed by process, and endorsed by a Nation. It cannot be purchased at any price.
The journey
The standing journey
How the platform guarantees none of this can be bought: the Integrity Architecture.
Verified
Active now
Nation pass-through: 15 percent.
A member confirms who they are and the business they run. FND checks the claim, including the ABN, before anything enters the directory. A mismatch is flagged for review. It is never silently approved.
Nation Endorsed
Opening through Nation pilots
Nation pass-through: 20 percent.
Endorsement can only be given by the member's Nation. This tier opens through controlled pilots with founding Nations, where each Nation activates its own review process inside the platform. FND cannot grant this tier and neither can the member. Only the Nation can. No listing carries it until a Nation has awarded it.
Sovereign Certified
Activates after Nation pilots
Nation pass-through: 25 percent.
The highest standing on the platform. FND operates the infrastructure, the evidence process and the assurance review. The authority to certify sits with the Nation governance pathway, not with FND. This tier activates only once Nation endorsement is proven in practice. Certification is reviewed on a cycle and it can lapse. Standing is maintained, not owned.
Pass-through is structural. A fixed share of every verification fee is routed to the member's Nation by the platform itself, at 15, 20 or 25 percent depending on tier. It is enforced in the database and written to an immutable ledger. It cannot be reduced, waived or redirected by FND.
Reference, not transfer
Your record is never handed over.
When a partner needs to confirm a business's standing, FNDOS issues a signed signal that says one thing: this listing holds this standing, right now. The signal expires by design within 24 hours. Partners re-reference when they need to check again. They do not store, and they do not receive the record.
What a partner sees is the standing tier, the consent state, and the validity window. What a partner never receives through the signal is the personal record behind it: identity documents, member details, or anything held between a person and their Nation. That is the difference between reference and transfer, and it is enforced in the infrastructure, not in a policy document.
Every reference is written to an append-only audit log.
External markers
External markers
Listings may also display external markers where a business holds them: Supply Nation certification, registration with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) under the CATSI Act, or a relationship with Indigenous Business Australia (IBA). These are shown for context only. They do not confer standing on this platform. Standing comes from FND process and Nation endorsement alone.
Verification starts inside your account once you claim or list a business.