The open-source, consensual, transparent monetization engine for Browser plugins
With Mellowtel's Open-Source library, your users can share a fraction of their unused internet by using a transparent opt-in/out mechanism. Trusted partners — from startups to enterprises — access the internet through the network and you get a share of the revenue (1000 users —> $50 MRR)
Supported Browsers
That's all it takes to import and initialize Mellowtel in your Browser plugin
open-Source + PRIVACY DRIVEN
Open-Source at its core
Mellowtel is completely open-source in order to guarantee transparency. For privacy reasons, your users always remain anonymous on the network and they need to opt-in in order to receive requests.
Easy to setup
npm i mellowtel
Install the NPM package with "npm i mellowtel" and copy/paste 7 lines of code to start earning with Mellowtel. That's really all there is to it.
MONETIZATION NETWORK
Start earning from Day 0
The revenue you earn is calculated on the number of
requests your nodes in the network accept.
You'll start earning from the day you integrate Mellowtel and the first users opt in. Since users are sharing their unused internet bandwidth they have complete control over it and can decide to opt-in/opt-out at any time.
Who is using Mellowtel?
To guarantee security for users, access to the web for these startups is highly monitored
Openmart is building an AI-powered search engine that helps companies to sell to local businesses. They leverage the Mellowtel network to create the dataset on which they train their models.
Gumloop is a platform for automating repetitive and complex workflow with AI. They leverage the Mellowtel network to power the web scraper and view and interact with the web in real time.
Khoj is an open-source AI application that helps users get answers for their questions. They leverage the Mellowtel network to get updated information to give the best answer.
What is Mellowtel's goal?
Frequently asked questions
Have other questions? Get in touch!
The exact amount varies based mainly on three factors: (1) the amount of active users you have, (2) how many of those opt-in, and (3) their geolocation. But as a rough approximation, 1000 active extension users should bring your MRR to about $50. As we scale and optimize the earnings will increase.
Just create a free account, install the Mellowtel package with NPM, copy paste your API key and initialization code, and you're good to go.
Yes, Mellowtel requires the "tabs" and "declarativeNetRequest" permissions. If you are not already requesting these permissions, you can integrate the library by adding them to the optional_permissions section in your manifest. You can follow the "Option 2" in the docs.
The short answer is: No. The library uses array of optimizations under the hood to ensure that it doesn’t slow down the user’s browsing experience. The impact it has on bandwidth is basically like seeing an additional ad like those on many e-commerce or news websites. Another feature that helps keeping the library unobtrusive is Rate Limiting. You can read more here
Yes. Users have to explicitly opt-in to join the network and can opt-out at any time. The library provides methods to check their status. The core idea is that since it's their unused Internet bandwidth, users should decide if they want to share it or not.
Privacy is a top priority for Mellowtel. We do not collect, share, or sell personal information (not even anonymized data). Requests are handled in an incognito tab and every node is assigned a random identification key, not linked to any account.
