Monetize Your App - Elata Docs

Status. In-app purchases are live on a test network (Ethereum Sepolia). App subscriptions and membership are experimental. See What’s live.

Your options

Option	Best for	Code needed	Status
In-app purchases	One-time unlocks: level packs, features, cosmetics	Yes, a few lines with `app-payments`	Live on testnet
Subscriptions	Ongoing access to the whole app, with an optional free trial	No: Elata gates the app for you	Experimental

You can combine them: for example, a subscription for the app plus one-time items inside it.

How revenue reaches you

Users pay through Elata’s checkout in USDC. Your app never handles payment details.
Elata records ownership only after payment is verified, so your app can trust what Elata tells it.
Revenue is paid to the app owner’s wallet after Elata’s platform fee.

Elata membership

Elata members can open every subscription-gated app without subscribing to each one. If your app has a subscription plan, members count as subscribers. See Subscriptions.

Costs

Cost	When
Registration fee	Once per app, in USDC, shown in the Build an App wizard
Platform fee	Deducted from sales and subscription revenue

Points

You also earn Elata Points for publishing an app and when it reaches 100 and 1,000 plays. Points aren’t money and can’t be sold.

The bigger picture

Monetization explains how money moves across Elata for users, builders, and Elata.