Payments and usageExploring
Explore paid access for agents using your data.
Agents already read your most valuable material for free. If a known partner would pay for it, identity evidence, access rules and a usage record could turn some of that traffic into revenue.
For data providers and publishers with material agents would pay for.
Where 500,000 agent requests could lead
- Agent requests a monthAgent requests a month: 500,000
- From identifiable agentsFrom identifiable agents: 300,000
- From a known partnerFrom a known partner: 30,000
- Revenue potential a monthRevenue potential a month: $300
Agent 60%Bot 30%Unknown 10%
Where money is affected
Agent traffic is a cost today. Some of it could be a customer.
Serving agents costs bandwidth and compute, and the value of your data leaves with them. A specific dataset with an identifiable buyer is where paid access could start.
A directory entry or a user-agent name is not payment authority. Who is asking, what they may use, and how it is billed all have to line up, and the billing stays in your own system.
The real picture
The same requests, priced.
Illustrative example Hypothetical figures; your own numbers will differ.
Your numbers
What it could mean for you.
Replace the example with your own figures.
- Revenue potential a month
- $300
- Priced requests
- 30,000
Revenue potential = requests × share identifiable × share from a willing partner × price.
Illustrative example Your numbers, not a promise. Savings depend on the decisions you make with the evidence.
An example decision
One request, from identity to invoice.
- Caller
- research-agent.partner.example
- Identity
- Signature verified
- Entitlement
- Licensed: pricing dataset
- Usage record
- 1 request, $0.01, to your billing
Double Agent could supply the identity evidence and the usage record. Authorization and payment stay with you.
How it fits
From evidence to a decision.
- 01
Pick the resource
One dataset or service with a plausible buyer and permitted use.
- 02
Identify the caller
Use supported identity evidence alongside account authorization.
- 03
Record usage
Count what each authorized agent used.
- 04
Bill in your system
Reconcile usage with your own billing and payments.
What your team can do
Act on it, your way.
Find the payer
Talk to one known partner about a paid unit.
Set access rules
Decide what is free, priced or refused.
Run a narrow pilot
One resource, one partner, before any broad claims.
Before you start.
Is there a Double Agent payment rail?
No. This is an exploration. Payments and licensing stay in your own systems.
Can I charge every crawler that visits?
No. Crawler traffic is not evidence that anyone will pay, and fees are not collectible from arbitrary crawlers.
Does a registry listing prove who an agent is?
No. A listing or user-agent name is not payment authority; use verified identity and your own authorization.
What would prove demand?
A real prospective payer, a priced unit, access rules and a way to reconcile usage.
Exploring
See the real picture.
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