A·R·T ⟷ R·A·T REIMAGINE. ART. TOGETHER.

Welcome to RAT World

A vision reimagined for the betterment of everyone. A new RAT economy for a new world, where nothing is thrown away, every seller is paid fairly, every buyer gets real value, and every person is an artist.

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Why RAT exists

The old world throws
everything away. Even people.

01

Waste

Estates, storage units, job sites and closets overflow with good things headed for the landfill, because nobody is paid to save them.

02

Unfair resale

Makers and resellers lose a big slice of every sale to platform, listing, ad and card fees, then wait days to be paid. Buyers pay the markup.

03

Lost hands

Most people were never taught to weld, fix, sew, cook or build. Many feel discarded themselves, cut off from purpose and from each other.

The answer is one loop

Rescue the material. Teach the skill. Transform the object. Sell it fast at a fair fee. Pour the surplus back into the people.

Like the rat, we are scavengers of beauty. We turn the discarded into the divine, and we do it together. Every turn of the loop makes a little more art, a little less waste and one more person who knows they can create.

GATHER SORT CREATE SELL SUSTAIN WASTE INTO WONDER
The dream

A global reawakening where every person lives as an artist, every object gets a second life, and nothing is wasted. Not even you.

VISION

To transform the world through art, community and reclaimed materials, restoring both the human spirit and the Earth through radical creativity and collaboration.

MISSION

To build a fair, fast, community-owned economy that turns discarded things into art, skills and income, and gives everyone a place to awaken their inner artist and co-create a better world.

Creativity

Everyone is an artist. Each unique voice is honored, because creative expression is a basic human need.

Transformation

We remake forgotten materials and forgotten parts of ourselves into beauty, meaning and connection.

Empowerment

Real, hands-on skills and fair pay give people the confidence to thrive creatively and economically.

Family

We are one family across generations and cities, built with each other, never for each other.

Sustainability in business

Distribution. Selling.
Upcycling. Art.

That is the entire goal. RAT moves the world's secondhand goods faster, cheaper and with more soul than anyone else, and turns the leftovers into art.

Source

Storage units, estates, auctions

Cleanouts, estate sales, unit auctions, donations and scrap. The raw river of stuff.

Sort

Resell, refurbish or scrap

Antiques and collectibles go to market. Broken things get fixed. Metal gets scrapped.

Transform

Artists make it new

Designers and makers turn salvage into furniture, sculpture, wearables and wall art.

Sell

RAT Market

Online and in person. Lower fees for sellers, lower prices for buyers.

Grow

Profits fund the dream

Merch, auctions, classes and scrap keep RAT alive and expanding.

The big platforms today

Built for the platform

  • Stacked fees that eat the seller's margin
  • Higher prices passed on to buyers
  • Faceless listings, endless sameness
  • Algorithms decide who gets seen
  • Slow payouts
RAT Market

Built for the people

  • One low flat fee, so sellers keep more
  • Lower prices, so buyers get more
  • Personality, stories and community in every shop
  • Niche collections and one-of-a-kind artwork
  • Paid fast
A new marketplace for
ArtistsDesignersAntique loversCollectorsResellersPickers & scrappersLovers of old stuffRefurbishersMakers
Many avenues of sales
MerchTees, patches, zines. The profit core that sustains RAT.
AuctionsLive and online: antiques, collectibles, transformed art.
Truck jobsEstate cleanouts, moves and junk hauling.
ScrappingMetal and material recovery.
RAT StoreCheap, honest donated goods at the warehouse.
ClassesRat Skool skills and workshops.
CulinaryKitchen meals, catering and cooking classes.
MarketplaceA low fee on every seller's sale, coming 2028.
The horizon

RAT for Business

Eventually RAT partners with businesses to make their spaces artistic and livable. Salvaged interiors, murals, installations and furniture turn cafés, shops, offices and hotels into experiences people want to spend time in.

Welcome to RAT World. Buy salvaged material, antiques and artwork. Taste culinary art. Learn with your hands. An entire world of learning and exploring.

Shop RAT

Wear the movement.
Fund the dream.

Every merch sale keeps RAT growing: the warehouse, Rat Skool and the community that turns trash into treasure.

The first drop is coming

Tees, patch packs, RAT Zine No. 1 and hand-sorted Salvage Boxes are almost ready. Join the list below to hear the moment they land.

Get notified

Inside RAT World

Eight departments.
One living machine.

Materials roll in on the trucks and roll out as art, sales, skills and shared meals. Every department feeds the next.

RAT Fleet

Box trucks for estate cleanouts, moves, donation pickups and community cleanups. The front door of the whole system.

Paid jobs + free inventory

RAT Yard

Scrapyard and artist warehouse. Wood, metal, fabric and parts sorted into bins for crafters at low prices.

Materials for makers

RAT Store

A fast-turn store for housewares, furniture, tools, collectibles and an affordable Kids department.

Cheap, honest goods

Auction House

Weekly live auctions in person and online for collectibles, oddities and transformed art.

Live + online

RAT Market

A global online marketplace for artists and resellers. One flat low fee, no listing fees, fast payouts.

The fair-fee platform

Rat Skool

Welding, repair, sewing, knitting, scrapping, upcycling, art and business. Real skills with your own two hands.

Learn by making

RAT Kitchen

Community meals, catering and the School of RAT Cookery. Culinary art that brings everyone to the table.

Feed the body and soul

Merch & Art

RAT-branded goods and one-of-a-kind transformed pieces. The profit engine that powers the dream.

Where profit is made
48 HRS

The speed rule. Every item that arrives gets a decision within two days: sell, send to the Yard, hand to an artist, auction or scrap. Prices step down weekly until it moves. Nothing sits.

Community

Come as you are.
Make something.

RAT is a family before it is a business. These are the gatherings that keep it alive, open to anyone who shows up.

Weekly

RAT Live

Auction night, streamed and later in person. Antiques, oddities and transformed art, with a host who knows every item's story.

Monthly

Junk Jam

A make-a-thon. Everyone gets the same pile of salvage and three hours. The crowd votes, the winning piece goes to auction.

Monthly

Long Table

A RAT Kitchen community supper. Pay what you can, cooked with rescued and local ingredients.

Seasonal

Cleanup Crew

Volunteers and the RAT truck clear a park, alley or riverbank. What's usable comes back to the Yard.

The RAT periodical

RAT Zine

A hand-assembled zine, issue by issue. Each one carries a new project to build, a Trash to Treasure story, a maker spotlight and the latest on where RAT World is headed.

Issue No. 1 tells the RAT story and teaches two builds: a fence board wall piece and a junk drawer necklace. Build one and send us a photo; the best ones land in the next issue.

The new RAT economy

Fast. Fair.
Owned by us.

Justice for sellers and justice for buyers. Real people, low fees, payments that settle fast, and a community that shares in what it builds.

The rail

Digital dollars

Pay with card, cash, or USDC on Solana, a dollar stablecoin that settles in seconds for a fraction of a cent.

Value
Always $1
Community currency

RAT Credits

Store credit earned by donating, volunteering and teaching. Spend it anywhere in RAT World.

Value
$1 each
Trades
Stays in your account
Movement token

RAT Points

Earned for taking part: selling, buying, donating, teaching, volunteering. Later they become $RAT, a token for lower fees and community votes.

Sold by RAT
Never. Earned only.
Ownership

RAT Equity

Real ownership in RAT, offered through a regulated community crowdfunding round when the time comes.

Planned
2028
$RAT, the plan
Step 1

Earn RAT Points

Points build up inside RAT for everything you do here. They can't be traded or sold.

Step 2

Fair launch

Once RAT Market has about 1,000 active sellers, points convert one-to-one into $RAT. No presale, no insiders buying cheap.

Step 3

Use it

Stake $RAT to lower your seller fee, get early auction access and vote on grants for new chapters.

Earned, not soldRAT never sells $RAT. It flows to the people who make RAT World move.
Utility firstIt goes live only when there's a real marketplace to use it in.
No hypeNo price talk, ever. People who want to invest in RAT buy equity.

$RAT is planned as a utility token earned through participation. It is not an investment and RAT makes no promise about its value. Details may change and will be reviewed by legal counsel before launch. Investment in RAT, when offered, will happen only through registered equity offerings.

How RAT is built

A nonprofit heart.
A business engine.

RAT is two organizations working as one team. The business side sells merch, art and services. The nonprofit side teaches, feeds and cleans up, and takes donations and grants.

The engine

RAT Market

Runs this shop, the auctions, the marketplace and paid truck jobs. Shares a part of its profit with the Foundation.

Shop

The heart

RAT Foundation

Runs Rat Skool, the RAT Kitchen and community cleanups. Donations go here, never through the shop checkout.

Tax-deductible giving opens once our nonprofit partner is in place.

Monthly giving tiers (opening soon)
$10/mo

Alley Rat

Your name on the warehouse wall and the monthly impact report.

$25/mo

Dumpster Guardian

Plus RAT Credits each month and early entry to auctions.

$100/mo

Sponsor a Sculpture

Fund one transformed piece a year, with your name on its plaque.

$250/mo

Rat King

Fund a Rat Skool class each month and join the yearly makers' dinner.

Bring us your junk

  • Furniture
  • Tools
  • Scrap metal
  • Lumber & fence boards
  • Fabric & yarn
  • Antiques
  • Collectibles
  • Kids' gear
  • Kitchenware
  • Art supplies

Please don't

  • Mattresses
  • Paint & chemicals
  • Tires
  • Recalled items
  • Wet or moldy goods
The road

From one truck
to the whole world.

Five phases. Each door opens only when the one before it proves itself.

0

Spark

NOW · POCATELLO

Build

  • RAT is official
  • ratworld.shop goes live
  • The first merch drop and RAT Zine No. 1

Sell

  • Pop-ups at markets and fairs
  • Weekly RAT Live auctions
  • Trash to Treasure series

Move

  • The first truck on the road
  • Cleanouts and donation pickups
  • The first community cleanup
1

The Warehouse

2027 · POCATELLO

Open

  • Store, Yard, Kids corner, Auction House
  • Junk art gallery wall

Teach & feed

  • Rat Skool classes
  • RAT Kitchen suppers
  • Volunteer and artist programs

Pay

  • Digital-dollar checkout
  • RAT Credits and RAT Points begin
2

The Network

2028 · NATIONWIDE ONLINE

Platform

  • RAT Market opens to sellers nationwide
  • One flat low fee
  • Artist storefronts and limited drops

Ownership

  • Community crowdfunding round

Token

  • RAT Points become $RAT at 1,000 sellers
  • Fee discounts and grant voting
3

The Chapters

2029 – 2030 · NEW CITIES

Grow

  • RAT chapters in new cities
  • Shared playbook and marketplace

Roam

  • The Rat Bus: mobile workshops
  • Festival and school pop-ups

Skill up

  • Rat Skool certificates
  • Apprenticeships and residencies
4

Global RAT

2031 ONWARD · ONE WORLD

Worldwide

  • Chapters across the globe
  • RAT for Business: artistic, livable spaces

Shared power

  • Community votes on grants and direction
  • Co-op ownership paths

The dream

  • RAT World Campus
  • RAT Cookery restaurant
  • The Global Rat Fest
A circular economy run by the people who make it
Join the movement

Be first to know.

New drops, auction nights, Junk Jams, the next zine and the day the warehouse doors open.

Questions

Straight answers.

What is RAT?

RAT (Reimagine. Art. Together.) rescues what the world throws away, turns it into art, goods and skills, and sells it fast with fair fees. It starts in Pocatello, Idaho, with a truck, live auctions and this shop.

Is RAT a nonprofit or a business?

Both, as two organizations. The business side runs this shop, auctions and services. The nonprofit side runs Rat Skool, the RAT Kitchen and cleanups, and takes donations.

Can I donate my stuff?

Yes. Furniture, tools, metal, lumber, fabric, antiques and more. Join the list and we'll tell you about pickups and drop-off days.

Can I buy $RAT?

No. RAT never sells $RAT. You earn RAT Points by taking part, and they convert to $RAT later. It's a tool for lower fees and community votes, not an investment.

Do I need crypto to shop?

No. Cards work everywhere. Digital dollars are an option for people who want them.

One world. One vision. United through art.

This is RAT.A movement. A sanctuary. A home.

For the misfits, makers, rebels, dreamers and resellers. We are the ones who build the new world out of what the old one threw away. Welcome home.