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MoorFutures is the world's first carbon credit scheme from peatland rewetting. Thus far, MoorFutures rely on proxies (greenhouse gas emission site types or GESTs) to estimate emission reductions. Here, we tested the profitability of including direct greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements of project emissions for a range of re wetting costs and vegetation scenarios based on a hypothetical MoorFutures project. In almost all scenarios GEST assessments underestimated emission reductions compared with direct measurements. Including direct measurements was lucrative in > 50%, of all vegetation scenario/rewetting cost combinations with net profits ranging from EUR 8.18 to 26.31 per certificate. Profitability was achieved at rewetting costs of EUR 5400 ha(-1) upward. More sophisticated GHG measurements became profitable at twice the rewetting costs. In cases where direct flux measurements do not generate a profit they can strengthen reliability and buyers' trust and thus support higher prices of the certificates.