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Monetize your digital products

Mellowtel is the monetization platform for developers in the AI era to keep software and the internet free and available for everyone.

It's also open-source

Supported platforms
Browser Plugins
Desktop
Mobile
Web
1import Mellowtel from "mellowtel";
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3let mellowtel = new Mellowtel("<PUBLIC_KEY>");
4
5(async function() {
6  await mellowtel.initBackground();
7})();
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9// Show a disclaimer/message to the end-user, asking them to opt-in
10await mellowtel.generateAndOpenOptInLink();
11
12// After the user has agreed to join, Mellowtel will
13// automatically start at every browser session unless
14// you explicitly decide not to (or the user opts out)

How does Mellowtel work?

Users can decide if they want to support the developer by opting in to share a fraction of their unused internet bandwidth. This is used to give real time access to the web to various companies and non profits that need up to date information. The developer receives a share of the revenue these companies pay.

In this way developers can focus on improving the service for their users and keep it free and available for everyone.

Open Source and privacy driven

Mellowtel is completely open-source in order to guarantee transparency. Anyone can view the code on GitHub. For privacy reasons, your users always remain anonymous. None of their personal data is ever collected or shared.

Mellowtel is opt-out by default and users that want to support you have to explicitly opt-in. Users can change their settings at any time.

Integrate easily with 7 lines of code

Install the NPM package with "npm i mellowtel" or use the pub.dev package in your product. Then copy/paste 7 lines of code to start earning with Mellowtel

Mellowtel provides built-in pages for users to opt-in/out and a dedicated settings page to manage their consent.

If you prefer to keep your own UI you can also just call the methods and have complete autonomy over the integration

Earn and withdraw

No minimum threshold required. The revenue you earn is calculated on the number of requests handled by the users that have opted-in to support you.

Cash out your earnings whenever you want with Paypal/Stripe/Crypto. There is no minimum threshold for a withdrawal

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Who is using Mellowtel?

Mellowtel is being used by some of the best startups and non-profits in the world. They need to view and retrieve information from the Web at scale and in a cost efficient way. Mellowtel allows them to do so by using the unused internet bandwidth of your users and you get paid a share of the revenue. This data is then used by these companies to help local businesses find leads, power automations to simplify people's lifes, build open-source chatbots to answer questions and increase human knowledge.
Products

Products people love

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world use and support products integrated with Mellowtel every day

MyGiveback
2000+ Users

MyGiveback lets users share unused internet bandwidth, channeling the revenue into donations for non-profits

XTranslate
100k+ Users

XTranslate helps users get real-time in-place text translation of selected text from HTML or PDF documents

Edit Anything
2500+ Users

Edit Anything lets users edit text on any website for mockups, demos, or just having fun.

1500+ Users

The plugin allows users to easily save entire webpages or selected text as PDF files for offline access

Idle Forest
1000+ Users

IdleForest is a startup working with individuals and EU-companies to offset carbon emissions

Support With Mellowtel
2000+ Users

The official Support With Mellowtel plugin lets users support their favorite developers (Web, Plugin, or Desktop)

Questions?

Frequently asked questions

Have other questions? Get in touch via Discord or info@mellowtel.com

What is Mellowtel?

Mellowtel is an open-source monetization engine for developers and creators to monetize their work in the AI era.

It allows users that want to support their favorite creators to opt-in to share a small portion of their internet bandwidth.

This is used by companies to get access to the web, for web scraping and data collection from public web pages, generating revenue that in part goes to the developers whose users opted-in

How much can I earn with Mellowtel?

The exact amount varies based mainly on three factors: (1) the amount of active users you have, (2) how many of those opt-in, and (3) their geolocation (US, France, Italy, Spain and China have higher payouts). But as a rough approximation, 1000 active extension users who opt in should bring around $50 per month. As we scale and optimize the earnings will increase. The revenue split is 55% for the developer and 45% for Mellowtel.

Can users decide if they want to use Mellowtel?

Yes. By default everyone is opted-out. Users have to explicitly opt-in if they want to help support the  developer and can opt-out at any time from the settings page. The core idea is that since it's their idle Internet bandwidth, users should decide if they want to share it or not. This is a page where users can autonomously manage their settings independently from the developer's website: https://www.mellow.tel/user-control

Does Mellowtel collect user data or websites they are browsing?

No, Mellowtel does not collect, share, or sell personal information (not even anonymized data) of users or what they are browsing. This is easily verifiable by looking at the source code on Github (https://github.com/mellowtel-inc/mellowtel-js). We simply request public web pages that AI companies need (so not linked to users) in an invisible incognito iframe (so without users data or cookies). This is done in a way that does not affect their browsing experience. The impact is comparable to opening another incongito tab in the browser for a few seconds

What does using bandwidth mean? And how is Mellowtel using it?

Using bandwidth means that for users that opt-in, Mellowtel will request public web pages in an invisible incognito iframe (so without users data or cookies). This is done in a way that does not affect their browsing experience. The impact is comparable to opening another tab in the browser for a few seconds

Why should users opt in?

Users can decide if they want to opt-in to share their bandwidth to support their favorite developers and creators and help them keep creating great products and content. Creators can give users premium or exlusive content and services in return

Which companies use Mellowtel?

Mellowtel is used by various companies, startups and scaleups through Web Data APIs like Olostep. These companies are backed by some of the top tier investors and are using our technology to provide their services (e.g services like deep research on ChatGPT or Grok, SEO analysis or price tracking).

Why is Mellowtel open source?

The reason to have it open source is not for a PR stunt. It's because keeping it open source allows anyone to see how it works and help make it more secure and reliable by contributing or giving feedback

Why Mellowtel is better than ads in a AI-first world?

With the rise of AI and simultaneously declining ad rates, the rise of adblockers, and people becoming increasingly desensitized to ads, traditional advertising is becoming a less sustainable monetization model. Mellowtel is the AI-era solution that keeps software and the internet a free space by allowing users to voluntarily share a small fraction of their bandwidth to support their favorite developers. This bandwidth directly fuels the AI frontier - think of every time you use ChatGPT's search or deep research features, it needs to retrieve data from the web. Or when you need to consult external documentation in Cursor. AI needs to have a real time access to the web. Mellowtel bridges that gap by providing the infrastructure that AI companies need while creating a fair, transparent revenue stream for developers. Unlike ads that interrupt user experience and often invade privacy, Mellowtel works invisibly in the background, creating value for everyone: users support creators they love, developers get sustainable income, and AI companies get the web access they need to innovate. Users maintain complete control and can manage their settings anytime at https://www.mellow.tel/user-control.

Does Mellowtel require special permissions?

In Electron and Flutter no. For browser plugins Mellowtel requires the "storage" and "declarativeNetRequest" permissions. If you are not already requesting these permissions, you can integrate the library by adding them to the optional_permissions section in your manifest. If you have questions, feel free to contact us on Discord.

Will Mellowtel negatively affect user experience?

The short answer is: No. The library uses array of optimizations under the hood to ensure that it doesn't slow down the user's browsing experience. The impact it has on bandwidth is basically like that of an additional ingonito tab in the browser for a few seconds. Another feature that helps keeping the library unobtrusive is Rate Limiting. If you want to delve deeper read the "Concepts" section of the docs.

What is the internet bandwidth used for?

It's used to give access to the Web to various companies, mainly AI companies, that use it to retrieve public web data. Think for example every time you make a request on ChatGPT with search or deep research, they need to retrieve public web data. We are building that technology for a lot of other companies. Startups and scaleups are using this technology to build their products.  These companies pay for this, and we split the revenue with the developer. So developers can focus on creating great products that benefit users and enhance their experience. This creates a monetization model that benefits both developers and users while supporting the advancement of AI technologies.

How to get started?

Just create a free account, install the Mellowtel package, copy paste your API key in configuration key and initialization the code. For more details you can read the docs.

What is Mellowtel's goal?

Mellowtel's goal is to create a safe and sustainable ecosystem for developers to make a living thanks to their products without having to sell their users data or become malware/spyware for advertisers and data brokers to keep the service afloat. Mellowtel relies on users to opt-in to share a small fraction of their resources to support their favorite developers and creators and help them keep creating great products and content. In this way developers can focus on creating products that benefit users and enhance their experience. Users are always in control and can opt-in or out at any time from the settings page

Why Mellowtel can be a solution to malware and spyware?

Developers like most people need to make a living for themselves and their families. Some are fortunate enough to have a high paying job and can create plugins and apps in their free time without having to worry about money. But for many developers this is not possible and they need to make a living from their products. The reason browser plugins have been infested with malware and spyware that collect user data, their browsing history and are a vehicle for trojan horses is because it's almost impossible to make money from them. Most users don't want to pay for subscriptions, very few people donate and affiliate/advertisement doesn't work or generate pennies. So most plugins eventually get sold to data brokers who use them to collect users data and sell it to advertisers. Or they start getting stuffed with affiliate links that steal money from creators and defraud e-commerces. Mellowtel is trying to be a solution to this problem. It allows developers to monetize their products thanks to users who can choose to opt-in to support them by sharing their idle internet. Companies, especially in the AI space, pay for it to access the web to power their services. Mellowtel shares part of the revenue with the developer. In this way they can keep improving their services and keep them free and available for everyone without compromising users privacy and security.

Have other questions?

If you have other questions or just want to chat with us join our Discord server.

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