---
title: "How to Sell AI API Access and Get Paid in Crypto"
description: "Turn spare AI API capacity into income. Connect an OpenAI-, Anthropic-, or Gemini-compatible endpoint to FreeTheAI, set your prices, and get paid in crypto. Your AI agent can do the setup."
url: https://freetheai.org/blog/sell-ai-api-access
language: en
updated: 2026-11-13
---

# How to Sell AI API Access and Get Paid in Crypto

**Quick answer:** Apply on FreeTheAI with your endpoint's base URL and API key, price the models it imports, and submit them for review. Approved models are sold to FreeTheAI buyers under a public name FreeTheAI gives you; you keep 85% of each sale and withdraw it in crypto after a 7-day hold. An AI agent such as Claude Code or Codex can do all of it through the [Seller MCP](https://freetheai.org/sell#agent).

## Who sells on FreeTheAI

FreeTheAI is an AI API marketplace: buyers use one key and one balance for models from many sellers, and each request goes to a provider they follow, usually the cheapest. Sellers are anyone who can serve AI models over an API and has the right to resell that access:

- teams with more API capacity or credits than they use;
- GPU owners running open models such as Qwen, GLM, DeepSeek, or Llama on vLLM, SGLang, or Ollama;
- gateway operators running New API, One API, One Hub, or Done Hub;
- labs that want more buyers for their own models.

## Step by step

1. Create a FreeTheAI account and open **Sell** in the dashboard.
2. Paste your endpoint's base URL and API key, add your name or company and a contact email (both private), say how many requests a minute it can take, and accept the [Seller Terms](https://freetheai.org/seller-terms).
3. FreeTheAI reads your model list and turns each model into a draft, with context and output limits and, when your endpoint publishes them, prices.
4. Set your prices. The pricing helper shows each model's official price, so you can price at a share of it, like 50% or 80%.
5. Submit the drafts. Review usually takes up to a day.
6. Approved models go live. Set a payout address, turn on two-factor authentication, and withdraw your earnings once they are past the hold.

## Let Claude Code or Codex do it

Under **Sell > AI agent access** you make a token, choose what it may do and when it expires, and copy a setup prompt for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any MCP client. Paste it into your agent and tell it what you want. For Claude Code the setup is one command:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user freetheai-seller https://mcp.freetheai.org/seller --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SELLER_MCP_TOKEN"
```

Then ask, for example: "Apply with my endpoint, import my models, price each one at 60% of its official price, and show me the list before you submit." The agent shows you a summary and waits for your yes before anything buyers can see. Changing your endpoint key or payout details needs a code from your authenticator app, and every change is kept in each listing's history.

## What you earn

|  | Standard | Express payouts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| You keep | 85% of each sale | 82% of each sale |
| Withdrawable after | 7 days | 3 days |
| Paid in | Crypto, to your address | Crypto, to your address |

A buyer's key picks the cheapest provider it follows by default, so a lower price wins more traffic. A price cut applies at once; a rise applies after 24 hours, with the coming price shown to buyers. You can also list a model for free with your own daily limits.

## The rules in short

- Serve the model each listing names.
- No advertising: no links, contact details, handles, or your brand in names, descriptions, or replies.
- Do not resell access that comes from FreeTheAI.
- Handle buyers' request content only to answer it.

The [Seller Terms](https://freetheai.org/seller-terms) are the full version, and the [Sell page](https://freetheai.org/sell) has fees, payouts, and setup in one place.

## FAQ

**Can I sell AI API access on FreeTheAI?**

Yes. Anyone with an OpenAI-, Anthropic-, or Gemini-compatible endpoint and the right to resell it can apply. No invite is needed.

**How much does FreeTheAI take?**

15% of each sale, or 18% with express payouts. You set the price buyers pay.

**How do I get paid?**

In crypto, to an address you set. Earnings become withdrawable 7 days after each request, or 3 days with express payouts.

**Do buyers see who I am?**

No. Your models are sold under a public name FreeTheAI generates, and your name, company, website, and endpoint stay private.

**Can an AI agent set up my seller account?**

Yes. Make a token under Sell > AI agent access and paste the setup prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any MCP client.