The moment AI reads it,
it becomes revenue
Why micropayments?
Because content and data are now consumed one piece at a time. People and AI alike no longer want a subscription — they want the single article, the single call.
What does NanoTrans actually do?
We install two things — an automatic checkout (Edge) in front of your site, and a dedicated storefront (plugin) inside AI chat. With no marketing on your part, AI customers arrive and buy your content one piece at a time.
After that, everything is automatic
The user simply talks to AI as usual. One conversation becomes one content sale, and payment and settlement flow on their own behind the scenes.
Products, revenue model and roadmap
Starting from a plugin that already ships, expanding into the data-commerce gateway of the agentic web.
The payment-core plugin — attaches an automatic checkout (paywall) to every post and settles instantly in stablecoin.
The discovery plugin — optimizes content so it surfaces well in the AI catalog and sells more often.
A managed gateway you connect without installing anything — NanoTrans runs the checkout in front of your site. No system changes.
TIME is already getting paid
In its 103rd year, TIME does not hand its articles to AI for free. It gets paid three different ways, depending on who is asking.
and get paid every year
A multi-year contract with OpenAI (2024). ChatGPT may use 101 years of articles, and TIME receives a set amount each year. Answers carry the source and a link to the original.
every time it is cited
When AI search Perplexity answers by citing a TIME article, TIME takes a share of the ad revenue. The more citations, the more revenue.
to come in"
Bots without a contract get "pay first (402)". Pay and you pass; don't and you are blocked — running on the Cloudflare network since 2025.
▸See the market size and supporting numbers
NanoTrans gives you the same structure.
Attach a price tag to each piece and AI buys it at ₩10–50 apiece, settled automatically. You can start the "sell instead of block" model TIME validated — with no contract negotiation at all.