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Business

Which businesses make money through selling access to their API?

In this video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/ajax-basics/ajax-and-apis/flickr-s-api

Dave McFarland says some businesses charge for access to their API. I want to know more about this business model. What's a good website to do research about this?

1 Answer

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Robert Hopman -- apigee is a company that has always been a go-to for information about APIs. They happen to have a several posts, and videos about API Monetization. I'm no expert in the business of APIs, so I can't give you an opinion on the subject, but these should help get you started.

Here are a couple of other articles I Googled: