Cheapay Idea List 2025

AI inference is expensive. Cheapay lets you gate each API call with microfees ($0.001-$0.01), enabling devs to serve LLM completions, gate fine-tuned models, and charge per image generation or embedding.

Replace traditional subscriptions with microtransactions: Charge $0.01 to read an article, $0.05 to watch a video lecture, sell downloadable resources directly.

Turn advanced tools into revenue streams: Gate premium analytics dashboards, unlock custom report generation, charge for pro editing tools in web apps.

Perfect for Notion templates, Figma kits, software snippets: Deploy instant paywalls on download routes, accept USDC/SOL payments with no contract deployment.

For backend devs exposing compute-heavy endpoints: Charge per call to weather, stock, or blockchain data APIs, monetize GPU-intensive tasks (image/video processing).

Offer in-browser purchases for game credits, feature unlocks, cosmetic items or upgrades.

Enable payments for temporary access: Rent an API for 1 hour, buy a 24-hour pass to premium content, charge per session for interactive tools.

Combine Cheapay with rate limiters: Free tier: 100 calls/day, Paid tier: $0.001 per additional call.

Deploy paid endpoints on Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, or Deno Deploy with Cheapay's Hono/Fetch middleware. Examples: Paid webhook transformations, paid backend data enrichment services.

DAOs can monetize community research data, voting result analytics, exclusive governance proposals or models.

Combine with upcoming Solana secp256r1 support: FaceID-based payments for microtransactions, seamless passkey wallet paywalls in mobile apps.

Integrate with facilitator services to sponsor gas for users, charge them later in bulk.

Build pay-per-use endpoints with dynamic pricing logic: Variable rates based on demand or compute usage. Example: AI API charges more for longer completions.

Monetize learning materials granularly: Charge per chapter or lesson, charge per coding challenge unlocked.

Sell IoT device data streams or live sensor data with cryptographic payment verification using Cheapay's on-chain settlement.

Combine Cheapay with token gating: Require payment + ownership of an NFT to unlock exclusive features or APIs.

Rapidly deploy paid APIs for hackathons without deploying contracts or writing payment logic. Ideal for developer tool demos, startup MVPs needing monetization.

Flip the model to accept donations before serving premium content, integrating both optional payments and enforced payments seamlessly.

Sell licenses to run scripts or tools per execution: Python scripts, CLI tools.

Build an aggregator marketplace that routes payments to multiple endpoint providers using Cheapay's simple middleware + payTo address flexibility.