diff --git a/common/build.gradle b/common/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 72420135..00000000
--- a/common/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-    api "io.eventuate.tram.core:eventuate-tram-spring-events"
-    implementation "commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6"
-    api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa"
-}
-
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2121fdeb..00000000
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.examples.customers.and.orders</groupId>
-        <artifactId>eventuate-tram-examples-customers-and-orders</artifactId>
-        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>common</artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>common</name>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>eventuate-tram-spring-events</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
-            <version>${springBootVersion}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/eventuate/examples/tram/ordersandcustomers/common/domain/Money.java b/common/src/main/java/io/eventuate/examples/tram/ordersandcustomers/common/domain/Money.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7455562c..00000000
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/eventuate/examples/tram/ordersandcustomers/common/domain/Money.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package io.eventuate.examples.tram.ordersandcustomers.common.domain;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
-
-import javax.persistence.Access;
-import javax.persistence.AccessType;
-import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-
-@Embeddable
-@Access(AccessType.FIELD)
-public class Money {
-
-  public static final Money ZERO = new Money(0);
-  private BigDecimal amount;
-
-  public Money() {
-  }
-
-  public Money(int i) {
-    this.amount = new BigDecimal(i);
-  }
-  public Money(String s) {
-    this.amount = new BigDecimal(s);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-    return EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals(this, obj);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public int hashCode() {
-    return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
-  }
-
-  public Money(BigDecimal amount) {
-    this.amount = amount;
-  }
-
-  public BigDecimal getAmount() {
-    return amount;
-  }
-
-  public void setAmount(BigDecimal amount) {
-    this.amount = amount;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isGreaterThanOrEqual(Money other) {
-    return amount.compareTo(other.amount) >= 0;
-  }
-
-  public Money add(Money other) {
-    return new Money(amount.add(other.amount));
-  }
-  public Money subtract(Money other) {
-    return new Money(amount.subtract(other.amount));
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/customer-service-api-messaging/pom.xml b/customer-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
index a9f26255..38ca4fef 100644
--- a/customer-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/customer-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.examples.customers.and.orders</groupId>
-            <artifactId>common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.examples.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-examples-common-money</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-tram-spring-events</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/customer-service-api-web/pom.xml b/customer-service-api-web/pom.xml
index bd1863c9..759756c7 100644
--- a/customer-service-api-web/pom.xml
+++ b/customer-service-api-web/pom.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
     <name>customer-service-api-web</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.examples.customers.and.orders</groupId>
-            <artifactId>common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+       <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.examples.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-examples-common-money</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/customer-service/pom.xml b/customer-service/pom.xml
index c317b082..7354386e 100644
--- a/customer-service/pom.xml
+++ b/customer-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
     <name>customer-service</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.examples.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-examples-common-money</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.eventuate.messaging.kafka</groupId>
diff --git a/order-service-api-messaging/pom.xml b/order-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
index 52f94110..17d5b83b 100644
--- a/order-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/order-service-api-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,21 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <dependencies>
+       <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.examples.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-examples-common-money</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.examples.customers.and.orders</groupId>
-            <artifactId>common</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+            <version>${springBootVersion}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.tram.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-tram-spring-events</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d48824d..f8c4e57c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
         <eventuateMessagingKafkaVersion>0.18.0.RELEASE</eventuateMessagingKafkaVersion>
         <springCloudVersion>2021.0.2</springCloudVersion>
         <springDocOpenApiUiVersion>1.6.6</springDocOpenApiUiVersion>
+        <eventuateCommonExamplesVersion>0.2.0.RELEASE</eventuateCommonExamplesVersion>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
-        <module>common</module>
         <module>customer-service-api-web</module>
         <module>customer-service-api-messaging</module>
         <module>customer-service</module>
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
               </exclusions>
           </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.eventuate.examples.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>eventuate-examples-common-money</artifactId>
+            <version>${eventuateCommonExamplesVersion}</version>
+          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>