How to create a profitable API business with direct monetization
summary
Blobr sells a SaaS API portal and describes a step‑by‑step monetization method that startups can download and reuse, claiming a year old team of 12 and >200 customers on the platform. The method uses the 80/20 rule to find the most valuable endpoints, selects five data points -> fifteen values for customer validation, scores pain × frequency to estimate monetary benefit, classifies features as leaders/fillers/killers, and recommends iterative packaging, non‑call value metrics and fast time‑to‑first‑call.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:05About globber
- 2:55API Economy
- 4:26API Monetization
- 5:30API Products
- 6:25Methodology
- 8:37The Pareto Rule
- 10:00Analyze the data
- 11:14Leaders feeders killers
- 12:20Pricing
- 13:38Packaging
- 16:52API Experience
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