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Building a dev API marketplace - what are your thoughts?

Hey dev.to,

I'm building a marketplace for devs to earn from their APIs and would love to get your thoughts / feedback. Think Airbnb for developer APIs.

At a high level, using it would involve posting your API's endpoints and access instructions to the platform, and the rest will be handled by the platform (earning, logging, moderation, etc).

If this is something you would use, sign up on our waitlist, so I can notify you once we launch!

👉 https://www.codugh.com/?utm_source=devto

Else, I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback below.

Cheers!

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Andrew

I forgot to add a few reasons as to why I'm working on this!

Firstly, if you develop something cool, the few ways to monetise it are to:

  • sell the project; or
  • build a full fledged product.

I think there's a sweet middle-ground in between where devs who've built something cool (e.g. an API), don't have to spend the time packaging and working on the business side to earn from their code.

I also think on the 'demand' side of things - there are small businesses and developers out there who just want to 'shop' for functionality and plug-and-play.

These are all assumptions right now from my personal experiences - feel free to dissect any thoughts I've posted here. ✌