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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Boburmirzo opened a new pull request, #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Boburmirzo opened a new pull request, #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316

   Fixes: #[Add issue number here]
   
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   Added new blog post about "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider". 
   
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[GitHub] [apisix-website] nfrankel commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

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nfrankel commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965634031


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
+
+Refer to the documentation to understand [Consumer concept](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/consumer/) and learn the different ways to set up [rate limiting](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) with Apache APISIX.
+
+### A billing provider
+
+Next, for your API monetization stack, you need a 3rd-party recurring billing solution, such as [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-ee), [Recurly](https://recurly.com/), [Hypercurrent](https://www.hypercurrent.io/), and many more. But again, we do not recommend any particular payment service in this post and leave the choice of which payment provider to use up to you. The billing provider obviously needs to receive usage charges for each customer, issue an invoice, and support multiple billing models, currencies πŸ’΅ πŸ’΄ πŸ’Ά πŸ’·, and payment methods.
+

Review Comment:
   It should be a bit more detailed - 2-3 paragraphs.
   
   Honestly, there's no way you can directly talk to the billing provider besides a toy project.



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Boburmirzo commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
Boburmirzo commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965622196


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.

Review Comment:
   It is a part of the developer gets paid monetization strategy like the Affiliate program: In this model, an API Provider includes your content/ advertisements to drive potential customer traffic to you. There may be several possible sub-models as it is described in the following blog post too.
   
   https://medium.com/@madhukaudantha/api-monetization-models-f9d21c95bdc8



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] yzeng25 commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
yzeng25 commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r966647959


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c499a244.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server. That server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful. Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c4a813a7.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c4a07f63.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- [Freemium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium).
+- [Pay as you go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-as-you-use).
+- [Subscription](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscription_business_model).
+- [Pay-per-transaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_per_sale).
+- [Revenue share](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_sharing).
+- [Pay for ad-free content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-click).
+- [Paid partner](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html#:~:text=low%2Dcost%20apps.-,Paid%20partner%3A,-In%20this%20model).
+
+![API Monetization models](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c603bd09.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.

Review Comment:
   Remove hyperlink or add them properly. Current ones are 404s.
   ```suggestion
   Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the **Subscription billing model**, where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and **Metered billing model**, where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
   ```



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Boburmirzo commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
Boburmirzo commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965632003


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.

Review Comment:
   I put below the blog before:
   
   <img width="386" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14247607/189068238-b7f33581-8f64-4981-8ad9-89c2f821aa30.png">
   
   But yeah, we can provide a direct link here too. 
   



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Boburmirzo commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
Boburmirzo commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965627645


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.

Review Comment:
   Yes, I saw it in the limit-count plugin. It adds limit quota headers with this information. 
   
   <img width="843" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14247607/189066580-fa705d85-a4aa-48af-9014-f36056f249c9.png">
   
   <img width="602" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14247607/189066934-4e366771-8030-4eb5-b7dd-ce1b4cfea2b7.png">
   
   
   
   



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] nfrankel commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
nfrankel commented on code in PR #1316:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965577906


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.

Review Comment:
   What plugin is it? Is it the same as `limit-count`? Or another?
   
   Last time I checked, there was no out-of-the-box plugin for the scenario you describe



##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).

Review Comment:
   Typo on the link
   
   >A[PI rate limiting plugin]
   [API rate limiting plugin]



##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
+
+Refer to the documentation to understand [Consumer concept](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/consumer/) and learn the different ways to set up [rate limiting](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) with Apache APISIX.
+
+### A billing provider
+
+Next, for your API monetization stack, you need a 3rd-party recurring billing solution, such as [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-ee), [Recurly](https://recurly.com/), [Hypercurrent](https://www.hypercurrent.io/), and many more. But again, we do not recommend any particular payment service in this post and leave the choice of which payment provider to use up to you. The billing provider obviously needs to receive usage charges for each customer, issue an invoice, and support multiple billing models, currencies πŸ’΅ πŸ’΄ πŸ’Ά πŸ’·, and payment methods.
+

Review Comment:
   I'd add an additional advice. Most of the time, you don't want to couple yourself to the billing provider for resiliency purpose. Imagine the provider is not available: it would be the responsibility of the plugin to retry until it works. It's not a great approach.
   
   The alternative is to send the data to a component under your control inside your network, _e.g._, Kafka, and then develop a dedicated job to read from Kafka and push to the provide with all bells and whistles of failure management.



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blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.

Review Comment:
   The first sentence lacks ponctuation:
   
   >As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.
   
   As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server. That server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.



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blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.

Review Comment:
   What would be ads in an API context? Genuinely interested



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##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.

Review Comment:
   Good catch! I will fix that.



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URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r966649075


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c499a244.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server. That server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful. Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c4a813a7.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c4a07f63.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- [Freemium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium).
+- [Pay as you go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-as-you-use).
+- [Subscription](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscription_business_model).
+- [Pay-per-transaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_per_sale).
+- [Revenue share](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_sharing).
+- [Pay for ad-free content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-click).
+- [Paid partner](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html#:~:text=low%2Dcost%20apps.-,Paid%20partner%3A,-In%20this%20model).
+
+![API Monetization models](https://static.apiseven.com/2022/09/08/63199c603bd09.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.

Review Comment:
   Very good catch! 



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##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
+
+Refer to the documentation to understand [Consumer concept](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/consumer/) and learn the different ways to set up [rate limiting](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) with Apache APISIX.
+
+### A billing provider
+
+Next, for your API monetization stack, you need a 3rd-party recurring billing solution, such as [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-ee), [Recurly](https://recurly.com/), [Hypercurrent](https://www.hypercurrent.io/), and many more. But again, we do not recommend any particular payment service in this post and leave the choice of which payment provider to use up to you. The billing provider obviously needs to receive usage charges for each customer, issue an invoice, and support multiple billing models, currencies πŸ’΅ πŸ’΄ πŸ’Ά πŸ’·, and payment methods.
+

Review Comment:
   Yeah, I will a toy project with the detailed instruction on how to achieve it, and this post just gives an idea:)
   
   <img width="542" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14247607/189070140-90bcde3c-6a42-4adb-a9aa-be706f7a81cd.png">
   
   Maybe there will be contributors to help us to achieve that. 
   



##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
+
+Refer to the documentation to understand [Consumer concept](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/consumer/) and learn the different ways to set up [rate limiting](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) with Apache APISIX.
+
+### A billing provider
+
+Next, for your API monetization stack, you need a 3rd-party recurring billing solution, such as [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-ee), [Recurly](https://recurly.com/), [Hypercurrent](https://www.hypercurrent.io/), and many more. But again, we do not recommend any particular payment service in this post and leave the choice of which payment provider to use up to you. The billing provider obviously needs to receive usage charges for each customer, issue an invoice, and support multiple billing models, currencies πŸ’΅ πŸ’΄ πŸ’Ά πŸ’·, and payment methods.
+

Review Comment:
   Yeah, I will have a toy project with the detailed instruction on how to achieve it, and this post just gives an idea:)
   
   <img width="542" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14247607/189070140-90bcde3c-6a42-4adb-a9aa-be706f7a81cd.png">
   
   Maybe there will be contributors to help us to achieve that. 
   



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Boburmirzo commented on a diff in pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

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URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965629543


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.
+- Paid partner.
+
+![API Monetization models](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r8h0ezm0j0gxf02luth9.png)
+
+In the freemium model, Developers have access to a basic API for free up to a specific threshold and transition to pay-per-use in a tiered pricing model when they exceed that limit. This model is quite often used to explore API use cases, test your APIs, or make quick a proof of concept. You can learn more about other models in depth [here](https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/resources/what-is/api-monetization.html).
+
+## Two common ways to monetize APIs
+
+Let’s take a look closely at the most common ways to directly monetize your APIs like the [Subscription billing model](url), where you charge your customers a flat monthly fee to access your APIs; and [Metered billing model](url), where you charge your customers based on the number of API calls they make.
+
+### Subscription Billing Model
+
+In this model, API Consumer pays for a set of numbers of calls per month. For example, a consumer pays $100 to access up to 10,000 API calls per month. Whether they make 0 API calls or 10,000 API calls, the consumer is charged $100 each month.
+
+### Metered Billing Model
+
+With a **Metered Billing model**, API Consumers can make as many calls as they want per month and you only charge the consumer a fee for each API call they make. If the customer makes 7,000 API calls at $0.01 per call then the bill at the end of the month would be $70.
+
+### Calculating bills
+
+Calculating bills in subscription-based pricing model is very straightforward because you don’t need to count how many API calls were made. Instead, you charge each user a flat monthly fee. However, calculating bills for metered users might be a little bit challenging since we need to have custom code in your API service that not only tracks API usage but it should be also capable of applying rate limiting policies to the APIs depending on users accessing your APIs.
+
+![Calculating bills](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/endhqf41x711jdl8r2ky.png)
+
+In this case, we might need to consider a suitable API monetization stack with existing solutions to build a solid foundation for your API monetization that reduces the time and investment required to build your own service to measure API usage.
+
+## Two simple API monetization stack components
+
+We can choose the combination of two elements for our API monetization stack that most modern businesses are using nowadays: API Management like **an API Gateway** and **a billing provider**. Let’s break down each component and understand the role of each in API monetization.
+
+### API Management
+
+API Management service itself offers two helpful features such as _API Gateway and API Analytics_). **API analytics feature** can be used for tracking API usage because the analytics is able to collect API consumption metrics around every API callΒ made by each of your API consumers. This usage data can be used to bill each consumer and send an invoice to collect monthly payments.
+
+For example, [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) can also integrate with a variety of observability platforms like [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/), [Apache Skywalking](https://skywalking.apache.org/) and etc. by using its [connector plugins](https://apisix.apache.org/plugins/) πŸ”Œ to further analyze API performance and gain complete visibility.
+
+**API Gateway** can help with the challenges that you meet with implementing cross-cutting concerns for APIs. As an API Gateway acts as a central proxy to route all incoming requests from your clients to intended destinations (backend services), it can make securing and managing your APIs much easier. Most gateways support a wide variety of authorization and authentication protocols to control API access, caching mechanisms for API responses, or support for rate limiting and exposing quotas with API usage details. Β 
+
+There are many popular open-source projects available like [Apache APISIX](https://apisix.apache.org/) or alternative enterprise SaaS solutions such as [Azure API Management](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/), [API7 Cloud](https://api7.ai/cloud) in a public cloud. You can investigate the pros and cons of each to choose the more suitable one for your needs.
+
+![Apache APISIX API Gateway](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yybu74a2ys0f2u6low7z.png)
+
+#### Apply rate limit policies
+
+Resources cost money πŸ’°. We can protect an API by adding _a rate limit policy_ with Apache APISIX as it is a basic step toward API Monetization. Apache APISIX allows you to set throttling limits per each API consumer and quotas to your APIs and allows you to control third-party usage of your API by ensuring you are able to monetize your API.
+
+APISIX uses its `limit-count` (_rate limiting_) plugin. A[PI rate limiting plugin](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) can prevent an API not only from being overwhelmed or from possible malicious attacks but also it can enforce a limit on the number of data clients can consume. Later you can charge API consumers by the quantity of data used (the number of requests).
+
+With the help of APISIX `rate-limiting` plugin, you can also configure the different rate limits for authenticated and unauthenticated requests. It also defines the limit quota in the [response headers](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) to track the maximum number of requests you are permitted to make or the number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
+
+Refer to the documentation to understand [Consumer concept](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/consumer/) and learn the different ways to set up [rate limiting](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/limit-count/) with Apache APISIX.
+
+### A billing provider
+
+Next, for your API monetization stack, you need a 3rd-party recurring billing solution, such as [Stripe](https://stripe.com/en-gb-ee), [Recurly](https://recurly.com/), [Hypercurrent](https://www.hypercurrent.io/), and many more. But again, we do not recommend any particular payment service in this post and leave the choice of which payment provider to use up to you. The billing provider obviously needs to receive usage charges for each customer, issue an invoice, and support multiple billing models, currencies πŸ’΅ πŸ’΄ πŸ’Ά πŸ’·, and payment methods.
+

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URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/pull/1316#discussion_r965626549


##########
blog/en/blog/2022/09/08/api-monetization-using-stack.md:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+---
+title: "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"
+authors:
+  - name: Bobur Umurzokov
+    title: Author
+    url: https://github.com/Boburmirzo
+    image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14247607
+keywords: 
+- API Gateway
+- Apache APISIX
+- Monetization
+- API
+- Microservices
+- Rate limiting
+- Quota
+description: πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an API Gateway and a payment provider that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+tags: [Case Studies]
+---
+
+> πŸ’πŸΌ This blog post gives you an idea of building your technology stack with an [API Gateway](https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/terminology/api-gateway/) and a [payment provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_payment_service_providers) that can help you run quickly and securely your API monetization system which simply provides flexibility for your customers.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![Api Monetization Technological Stack](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dich85qdwt7kr7cfzc6h.png)
+
+## API Monetization
+
+As an owner of API, you develop some code and deploy it to a server that server might have a bunch of HTTP/HTTPs endpoints that do something useful.  Maybe like retrieving data about all current discounts and voucher information from different markets in your city. And other developers want to use this data but they do not want to implement the same solution on their own. So, they reach out to you for permission to make requests to your server.
+
+Using **APIs** is an ideal way to **monetize your services**. An API lets you reach customers through multiple channels and allows third-party applications or developers to consume your data. API monetization is a way that businesses can use APIs to convert usages of the data into money πŸ’Έ. When it comes to making money from your APIs, there are multiple ways. Most often you think about how to get started with the right tools and how to set up billing for your APIs.
+
+### Here is a quick overview of what we covered πŸ‘‡
+
+- βœ… Monetization options.
+- βœ… Two common ways to monetize APIs.
+- βœ… Simple API monetization stack components: an API Management and a billing provider.
+- βœ… How API Management and a payment platform work together.
+- βœ… How to apply rate limiting policies.
+- βœ… How Apache APISIX can be useful to monitor and limit API usage.
+
+![APISIX API Monetization](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uiu8rz6k4gxw4e2wkx42.png)
+
+## API monetization models
+
+There are several pricing approaches you can take for monetization. When you are developing **API monetization strategies**, you should always consider that you deliver high-quality, consistent value to your API users. As the API Provider, you talk to your current API users to identify problems your service is solving and offer pricing models according to the target customer. For example, if customers use one specific feature of your API more than others, you could spin that feature off into its own product with its own pricing plan.
+
+![API Monetization customer agreement](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xq19scop7xvmf31gbqpw.png)
+
+Some API billing models for monetization include:
+
+- Freemium.
+- Pay as you go.
+- Subscription.
+- Pay-per-transaction.
+- Revenue share.
+- Pay for ad-free content.

Review Comment:
   Perhaps you could somehow put the link at others may also ask the same



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[GitHub] [apisix-website] Baoyuantop merged pull request #1316: docs: Add new blog post "API monetization using an API Management and a billing provider"

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Baoyuantop merged PR #1316:
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