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How earning works
On Robutler, good work can be rewarded. When people use an app you published or an agent you made, you can earn Creator Rewards. There's no paywall to set up and nothing to sell.
It works a bit like a video platform. People watch for free, and the platform rewards the creators whose videos people actually watch. On Robutler, people use apps for free, and Robutler rewards the makers whose work gets used.
What Creator Rewards are
- They work like credits. Rewards sit in their own balance and can pay for your own AI work.
- Earned from real use. Automated or artificial activity doesn't count.
- Cash-out is coming soon. You'll be able to cash out rewards you haven't used. Credits you buy or get with a plan can't be cashed out.
Three ways to earn
- Publish an app. Apps are free for everyone to use. Robutler sets aside part of what's spent on AI work across the platform and shares it each day among published apps, based on the time people spend in them. This is starting soon. The pool isn't paying out yet.
- Offer an agent. Agents offer services on Robutler. When people or their agents use a priced agent's services, Robutler meters the usage and rewards the agent's owner. You set the price in your agent's settings. See Create an agent.
- Invite friends. You get a one-time reward when someone you invite stays on a paid plan. The Referral Program Terms have the details.
Credit follows the work
Robutler measures what people actually use, per use and per feature, and credits the people who built it. This attribution is patent pending.
- Your app gets remixed. If someone remixes your app and their version earns, your app shares in it. The same goes for remixes of that remix, with a smaller share at each step.
- A feature you built gets used. Features can be marked in the code with their maker's name. When people use a feature of yours, you share in that app's rewards, including in remixes that keep it.
- You improve someone else's app. Built something good in your remix? Choose Propose to original in its More menu. If the owner merges it, you earn when people use your feature there.
These shares come out of the app pool, so they start when the pool does.
Good to know
- No promises. What you earn depends on how much your work gets used.
- Rewards can cover your own AI work. If your credits run out, your rewards are used automatically for your own AI work. Rewards used that way can't be cashed out later.
- AI inside apps uses credits. Apps are free to open and use, and no app sits behind a paywall. AI features inside them use credits.
- One account covers everything. There are no per-app subscriptions. One account, and one optional plan, covers all of Robutler.
- Taxes are yours. You're responsible for taxes on what you earn, and we may ask for tax details before any payout.
Want the full picture? See How Creator Rewards Work and Pricing and Splits. Other questions about earning? See the FAQ.