For self-funded developers

We build it for a share. You buy us out when it works.

No build fee. We design and build your web app, marketplace or platform, take its payments through PAID, and earn an equity stake and a share of revenue. When your startup succeeds, you buy our share back.

Tell us what you're building

How the deal works

The shape of every agreement. The percentages and the buyout multiple are written into yours before any work begins.

  1. 1

    No build fee

    We design, build and launch the product. You pay only its running costs: hosting and your payment providers' fees.

  2. 2

    An equity stake

    We take a small equity stake in your company, set out in the written agreement.

  3. 3

    A revenue share that scales

    We earn a percentage of the revenue the product takes through PAID: small while you are small, larger only as you grow.

  4. 4

    One set of numbers

    Payments run through PAID, so both sides read the same records, and we invoice our share from them.

  5. 5

    Buy us out

    When it works, you buy back our stake and end the revenue share at a set multiple of what the share paid over the previous 12 months.

Why we work this way

We only do well when you do

A build fee gets paid whether a product works or not. This deal does not. Our return comes from your revenue and your company's growth, so everything we build is aimed at customers who pay: pages people read, the SEO people use to find them, the structured data AI reads, and a checkout that takes the money.

  • Built to earnA product that has to bring in revenue for either of us to be paid.
  • Listed and promotedA free AXIS Launch listing, a newsletter feature and ads across the sites we've built.
  • Yours to keepYour company owns the product and your domain stays in your name.
  • A way outA buyout price set by formula from the start, not negotiated when you are succeeding.

Payments

Checkout built on PAID

PAID is the payment intelligence and orchestration platform for the agentic economy. We build its checkout into your product, so it can take cards, bank debits and USDC through one integration.

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  • You are the merchantPayments settle to your own merchant account.
  • You complete PAID's verificationPAID verifies the business behind a merchant account before it will settle funds, and that verification has to be completed by you.
  • Published feesPAID's fees are on its pricing page. Your payment providers' own fees apply on top.
  • Our share is invoicedPAID does not split payments for us. We invoice our share from PAID's records, as the agreement sets out.

Who it is for

Self-funded, and ready to charge for it

  • Developers funding their own productYou would rather give up a share than raise money or spend savings on the build.
  • A product that takes payments onlineA web app, marketplace or platform that will charge its customers, so there is revenue to share.
  • Founders who plan to buy back inYou expect the product to succeed and want a clear price for owning all of it again.
  • Prefer to pay for the build?Our standard written quote keeps all the revenue and equity with you.

Tell us what you're building

Written terms before any work begins. Your domain stays in your name.

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Questions

What if the product never makes money?

Then the revenue share pays us nothing. That is the risk we take on, and it is why we pick projects carefully.

How big are the equity stake and the revenue share?

They depend on the project and are set out in a written agreement before any work begins. We do not publish one rate, because a marketplace and a small tool are different bets.

How is the buyout price worked out?

It is a multiple of what the revenue share paid us over the previous 12 months. The multiple is in the agreement from the start, so the price never comes as a surprise.

Do payments have to go through PAID?

Yes. The revenue share is measured from the payments the product takes through PAID, so both sides work from the same records.

Does PAID split each payment and pay our share automatically?

No. Payments settle to your own merchant account, and we invoice our share from PAID's records as the agreement sets out.

Who does the payment verification?

You do. PAID verifies the business behind a merchant account before it will settle funds, and that verification has to be completed by the business owner.

Who owns the product and the domain?

Your company owns the product, and your domain stays in your name. Our part is the equity stake and the revenue share in the agreement.

Is this an investment offer?

No. It is a way to pay for design and development with equity and a share of revenue instead of cash. Have your own lawyer read the agreement before you sign.

Does a product built this way still get the free AXIS Launch listing and ads?

Yes. Every site we build is listed on AXIS Launch, featured in its newsletter and advertised across our sites.