Bot Creators Now Have a New Way to Make Money Poe, the AI chatbot platform owned by Quora. The company introduced a revenue model that allows creators to set a per-message price for their bots so they can earn money every time a user sends them a message. The addition comes in early October 2023 of a revenue sharing program that would give bot creators a share of profits when their users subscribe to Poe's premium product.
First launched by Quora in February 2023, Poe offers users the chance to try out a variety of AI chatbots, including those from ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. The idea is to give consumers an easy way to play with new AI technologies, all in one place, while also giving Quora a potential source of new content.
The company's revenue models offer a new twist to the creator economy by rewarding AI enthusiasts who generate "fast bots," as well as developer-built server bots that integrate with Poe AI.
Last fall, Quora announced it would begin a revenue-sharing program with bot creators and said it would "soon" open the option for creators to set a per-message rate on their bots. Although it has only been 5 months since that announcement, it is now available.
Adam D'Angelo, CEO of Quora explained That Poe users will only see message points for each bot, which covers the same points they have as a free user or Poe subscriber. However, creators will be paid in dollars, he said.
«Today we are introducing a new way for model developers and bot creators to generate income on @poe_plataform: price per message! Creators can now set a per-message price for their bots and generate revenue every time a user sends them a message. – Adam D'Angelo (@adamdangelo) April 8th 2024
“This pricing mechanism is important for developers with substantial model inference or API costs,” D'Angelo noted in a post on X. “Our goal is to enable a thriving ecosystem of model developers and bot creators that “Build on models, and covering these operating costs is a key part of that,” he added.
D'Angelo believes the new revenue model could spur the development of new types of bots, including in areas such as tutoring, insights, assistants, analytics, storytelling and image generation.
The offer is currently only available to US bot creators, but will expand globally in the future. Joins the creator monetization program what pay up to $20 per user who subscribes to Poe thanks to a creator's bots.
In addition to the per-message revenue model, Poe also launched an improved analytics dashboard that shows average creator bot profits across paid, subscription, and messaging sites. Their insights are updated daily and will allow creators to better control how their pricing drives usage and revenue for their bot.
