I'm building something like this. The value to you would be that you could earn a margin on the token costs. That is, the end user is charged 2x the token cost of the API call. The API provider earns the base cost, the platform owner earns 20% of the remaining cost, and the webapp creator earns 80% of the remaining price.
So for an API call that costs $0.50, the end user is charged $1; and from that AI API earns $0.50, the webapp creator earns $0.40 and the host earns $0.10.
I'm trying this out with https://codeplusequalsai.com right now but it's not clear to me yet that it will take off!
But clearly, the value to you should be that you could earn $ based on the token usage from end-users.
I checked your website I it's an interesting idea. I think you need some additional copy though, because just landing on your homepage you don't really understand what it does. More exactly I don't know what to use it for. Your comment and GP's coming together gave me a better idea.
Fantastic feedback, my gosh, thank you. Yes the home content doesn’t do a good job of explaining what it is. Honestly that’s because a lot of the ideas I typed here are pretty fresh, and my ‘marketplace’ is only implemented on prod as a prototype. I do see the the mismatch in copy and the real utility.
I’ll work on positioning and update the copy to keep in sync with my vision …
And yeah, my target audience is developers, specifically those with not a lot of time but with a lot of ideas.
Gosh thanks again, that’s super excellent feedback.
So for an API call that costs $0.50, the end user is charged $1; and from that AI API earns $0.50, the webapp creator earns $0.40 and the host earns $0.10.
I'm trying this out with https://codeplusequalsai.com right now but it's not clear to me yet that it will take off!
But clearly, the value to you should be that you could earn $ based on the token usage from end-users.