Buy & sell ready-made API prototype templates—no more from-scratch builds.
Freelancers building API tools waste weeks creating unpaid prototypes only for clients to ghost them after demos.
Marketplace for freelancers to sell pre-built, customizable API prototypes as templates. Buyers (clients or devs) purchase and fork instantly, saving weeks. Sellers earn passive income with zero ghosting risk.
Freelance developers building API tools and prototypes
Curated API-specific templates with fork-one-click deployment, unlike generic no-code marketplaces.
friendly
Freelancers list prototypes as sellable templates with previews.
Buyers fork and deploy templates instantly to their env.
Filter by API type, tech stack, and popularity.
Automated 70/30 split payouts to sellers.
Track template sales, earnings, and buyer feedback.
In-app editor for template tweaks post-purchase.
Earn commissions on referrals.
Pay to boost template visibility.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| is_seller | bool | No |
| stripe_id | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| repo_url | text | No |
| price | int | No |
| sales_count | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| template_id | uuid | No |
| buyer_id | uuid | No |
| fork_url | text | Yes |
| purchased_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/templatesSearch and list templates
/api/templatesCreate new template listing
/api/purchases/:template_idPurchase and fork template
/api/dashboard/salesGet seller sales data
No selling
5 listings
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 120 | 2% | $84 | $1,008 |
| Month 6 | 900 | 4% | $1,260 | $15,120 |
Skip weeks of building—buy proven templates from top freelancers.
Seed with 3 freelancers by offering free Pro listings via Upwork Twitter outreach; buy their templates yourself for initial inventory; share in freelance Discords.
No-code variety
Not API/dev-focused
Code-based API templates with instant forks
Data moat from sales metrics improving template discovery.
Freelance API boom with tools like Vercel making deployment trivial.
Few initial templates
Seed with partners
Forking reliability
GitHub API limits handling
Success: 50% interest
Success: 10 templates live
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