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You built something people want. Now learn how to turn your app into a business with subscriptions, ads, and digital products.
Users pay monthly or yearly for access. Predictable recurring revenue. Best for tools and SaaS apps.
Users pay once to unlock the product forever. Good for templates, courses, and standalone tools.
Free basic tier with paid upgrades. Lets users try before they buy. Most popular SaaS model.
Show ads to free users. Works best with high traffic. Low effort but needs volume to make real money.
Earn a commission when users buy products you recommend. Great for content sites and tool directories.
Sell downloadable items like templates, ebooks, courses, or design assets. Build once, sell forever.
Stripe is the most popular payment platform for web apps. It handles credit cards, subscriptions, invoices, and tax compliance so you do not have to.
The biggest ad network. Easy to set up, auto-fills ads based on your content. Best for content sites with traffic.
Tasteful, developer-focused ads. Single small ad per page. Great for tech blogs and developer tools.
Privacy-respecting ads that do not track users. Options like EthicalAds and BuySellAds. Growing in popularity.
When you recommend a product and someone buys through your special link, you earn a commission. Many tools you already use have affiliate programs.
Sign up for affiliate programs with tools you genuinely use and recommend
Add affiliate links to your tool comparison pages, reviews, and tutorials
Always disclose affiliate links — transparency builds trust with your audience
Track which links convert best and focus on those products
Common programs: Vercel, Supabase, Stripe, hosting providers, and dev tools
Teach what you know about AI coding, AI tools, or building specific types of apps. Sell on your site or platforms like Teachable.
Sell pre-built Next.js templates, landing pages, or dashboard starters. Developers pay to skip the setup phase.
Curated collections of AI prompts for specific tasks. Package your best prompts and sell them as a toolkit.
Write comprehensive guides on topics like 'Build a SaaS in a Weekend with AI'. Sell as PDF downloads.
Copy-paste these prompts into your AI tool to apply what you just learned.
ADD A PRICING PAGE
"Help me add a pricing page to my app with [2/3] tiers: [Free, Pro, Enterprise]. Include feature comparisons and Stripe checkout buttons."
SET UP A FREEMIUM MODEL
"Set up a freemium model for my app. Free users get [basic features]. Paid users ($[price]/month) get [premium features]. Use Stripe for billing."
When asking AI to build monetization features, specify the payment provider and billing model you want.
Add a pricing page with Free, Pro, and Enterprise tiers with Stripe checkout integration
Create a Stripe webhook handler that activates a user's subscription when payment succeeds
Add a customer billing portal where users can update their payment method and cancel
Build a digital download page with Lemon Squeezy for selling a template pack
Add a 14-day free trial to the Pro plan that converts to a paid subscription automatically
Create a feature-gating system that shows upgrade prompts when free users hit limits
