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You can use Mellowtel to monetize your browser extensions, apps, websites and followers.
Electron
Flutter
Followersimport Mellowtel from "mellowtel";
let mellowtel = new Mellowtel("<PUBLIC_KEY>");
(async function() {
await mellowtel.initBackground();
})();
// Show a disclaimer/message to the end-user and if they
// agree to join the network, call these methods:
await mellowtel.optIn();
await mellowtel.start();
// You need to call these methods just the first time.
// After the user has agreed to join, Mellowtel will
// automatically start at every browser session unless
// you explicitly decide not to (or the user opts out)How does Mellowtel work?
Users can decide if they want to support the creator by opting in to share a fraction of their internet bandwidth. This is used to give real time access to the web to various companies, startups and scaleups, that need to retrieve public web data. The creator receives a share of the revenue these companies pay. Mellowtel does not collect user data or on which websites they are browsing. In fact, the idea behind Mellowtel is using enough resources to open an invisible sessionless iframe (like an incognito tab) for a few seconds and use it to retrieve public web data for AI companies thay pay for it. And the creator receives a share of the revenue
In this way developers and creators can focus on creating and improving their products and services, and keep them free and available for everyone.
Open Source and privacy driven
Mellowtel is open-source in order to guarantee transparency. Anyone can view the code on GitHub. For privacy reasons, users always remain anonymous.
Mellowtel is opt-out by default and users that want to support you have to explicitly opt-in. Users can change their settings at any time also independently from the developer's website or product by going on the user control page.
Earn and withdraw with no minimum threshold
The revenue you earn is calculated on the number of requests handled by the users that have opted-in to support you.
Cash out your earnings whenever you want with Paypal or Stripe. There is no minimum threshold for a withdrawal
Integrate Easily
Choose your integration path
Mellowtel SDK
For Developers
Integrate the Mellowtel SDK in just a few lines of code. Monetize your browser extensions and apps
Support with Mellowtel
For Influencers and Website Owners
Create your personal link and invite your supporters to install the browser extension to support you with one click.
Ads damage user experience. Mellowtel doesn't.
Traditional advertising ruins user experience and collects their data. Mellowtel generates revenue without these downsides.
Mellowtel is the AI-era solution to keep software and the internet free
Join hundreds of creators already transforming their revenue with Mellowtel
As AI transforms the world and traditional ads decline, Mellowtel offers a new monetization model. It enables users to share a small portion of their internet to support creators and developers. Companies pay for this to get real-time web access— essential for tools like ChatGPT search, Cursor or Perplexity research— and Mellowtel shares the revenue with the creators.
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Frequently Asked
Questions
Mellowtel is an open-source monetization engine for developers and creators to monetize their work in the AI era. It allows users that want to support their favorite creators to opt-in to share a small portion of their internet bandwidth. This is used by companies to get access to the web, for web scraping and data collection from public web pages, generating revenue that in part goes to the developers whose users opted-in