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Monetize your

Monetize your
digital products

Mellowtel is the open-source monetization platform for developers and creators in the AI world.

Supported Platforms

You can use Mellowtel to monetize your browser extensions, apps, websites and followers.

ChromeFirefoxEdge
Extensions
ElectronElectron
FlutterFlutter
Website
FollowersFollowers
JavaScript
import 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.

In this way creators can focus on creating and improving their products and services, and keep them free and available for everyone.

LOGIC
How Mellowtel Works Logic Diagram

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.

OPEN-SOURCE
Open Source GitHub Screenshot

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

EARN
Earn and Withdraw Card Mockup
The open-source alternative to ads

Ads damage user experience. Mellowtel doesn't.

Traditional advertising ruins user experience and collects their data. Mellowtel generates revenue without these downsides.

Traditional Ads
Mellowtel
User Experience
Disruptive pop-ups and banners
No impact on user experience
Privacy
Tracks users across websites
Zero personal data collection
Performance
Heavy scripts slow down apps
Lightweight, optimized code
Revenue
Declining due to ad-blockers
Consistent, reliable earnings

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 bandwidth 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.

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 bandwidth 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

Ready to start earning?

Join thousands of creators and developers who are using Mellowtel as their monetization engine

Free to start • No minimum threshold • Open source