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### Chapter 14

# Monetize

As your APIs mature, so does your business model. At some point, you might be interested in billing your consumers according to their usage of your APIs; if so, this is the **Monetize** phase. A desire to monetize is especially likely if you are targeting a myriad of small third parties to benefit from a mass effect. In that case, you definitely want to have monetization with billing and payment built in.