They aggregate affiliate schemes across the internet and put them into a single JS file for you to plugin to your site. They are not the only ones who do what they do, but they’re very good at it. The business model is unique & simple, they allowed certain whitelisted ads through, non-intrusive and Google paid them an undisclosed amount. It’s no secret that Adblock Plus with their ~100 Million global users have profited from the blockage of adverts existing on internet. There's a new platform called Monetise.so, they have built a Chrome Extension billing platform as a direct replacement for the upcoming sunset of the Chrome Web Store Payments.Ĭheck them out : Change of Behaviour - AdblockPlus Rather than give you a list of things untried or untested with affiliate links attached, let’s run through stories that I know. There seems to be a vat of extensions floating around the 20k to 50k mark, not been updated since 2015. They are much more inclined to pay for an app or an ongoing service but Chrome Extensions wind up in the realm of “should be free.”Ī lot of chrome extensions are the child of a large product or a global product itself, cases such as Honey, the coupon finder & Grammerly are super giants that don’t really fall into the realm of developer accidently making a tool valuable to thousands. Somehow, however, Chrome Extensions don’t carry the same weight in the mind of the user. If you’ve spent your time on an Android or iOS, the path to monetisation are far easy & a lot simplier.
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One question, would be how to monetise such an impressive piece of tech you’ve created. So here you are, you’ve built a tool for the Chrome Web Store and suddenly you’ve been bestowed with a couple of thousand users across the globe.