Creator Revenue Share — on by default

Earn 30% when others run your templates

Publish a GPU template once and let any RunKey account invoke it. Every external run pays you 30% of the credits spent — automatically tracked, paid out in USDC on Polygon, with no application and no separate contract.

Credits redeem at a fixed $0.007 per credit for creator payouts. 1,000 earned credits = $7.00.

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30%

Of every external run

$200

Minimum withdrawal

USDC

Paid on Polygon

How the revenue share works

Four steps from publishing a template to withdrawing earnings. Nothing to apply for, no separate creator agreement, no quotas.

Build & publish

Author a template in the workspace, fix its parameters and execution timeout, then mark it published. Every published template is share-eligible by default.

Others invoke it

Other accounts can call your template through their own API keys. They pay credits at the standard 20-credits-per-60-second-unit rate; you don't fund their compute.

30% accrues to you

For each successful external run, 30% of the credits the caller spent is recorded as creator earnings against that template, in real time.

Withdraw in USDC

Once your available balance reaches $200, request a payout to your wallet. Funds are sent in USDC on the Polygon network — no monthly fees, no clawbacks.

Worked example

Predictable math, no surprises

Because every task on RunKey runs on the same NVIDIA RTX 4090 at a fixed 20 credits per 60-second unit, and creator credits redeem at a fixed $0.007 per credit, your share is easy to model end-to-end. Here's a worked example for a single template.

No GPU-tier rate table. No surge multipliers. No revenue floor that disappears later. The console's Earnings page shows the same numbers — credits accrued, USD value, and pending vs. available — broken out per template and run.

Illustrative single-template scenario

Average run length

Rounds to 2 × 60-sec units

90 sec

Credits per run

At 20 credits / 60-sec unit

Your share per run

30% × 40 credits

12 credits

External runs / month

Illustrative volume

5,000

Credits earned / month

5,000 × 12 credits

60,000

Payout value / month

60,000 × $0.007 / credit

$420.00

Numbers are illustrative. Real-world earnings depend on your template's average execution time, how many external accounts invoke it, and whether the runs complete successfully (failed runs do not bill or accrue).

Tracked in real time

The Earnings page in your console is the source of truth. No spreadsheets, no monthly statements — every external run shows up the moment it settles.

Per-template breakdown

See which templates earn what. Sort by lifetime credits, last 7 days, or pending balance — drill into any template to inspect every external invocation.

Pending vs. available

Earnings start as pending and graduate to available after the standard settlement window, protecting against disputed or reversed runs before payout.

Withdrawal history

Every payout request is logged with a transaction hash on Polygon. Audit-ready record for accounting, taxes, or simply your own peace of mind.

Failed runs don't count

Just like billing, the share only attaches to successful runs. If a caller's task fails, neither side is charged and no earnings are recorded.

What counts as an external run

The 30% share is straightforward and audit-friendly. Here's exactly what does and doesn't trigger creator earnings.

Counts

External account invokes your published template via API
External account runs your template through a hosted UI
Multi-tenant downstream products that proxy through their own API key
Successful runs that consume credits at the caller's account

Doesn't count

Your own account running your own template
Failed runs (no credits charged → no share)
Internal team accounts inside the same organisation
Free trial credits on the caller side, when explicitly excluded by program rules

Why creators choose RunKey

You build a template once. RunKey handles compute, billing, settlement, and payouts — you keep 30% of every external run, forever.

Zero setup

No application form, no separate creator contract. Publish a template, you're a creator.

Built into the platform

Revenue share is on by default for every published template. You don't opt in per template — and you don't lose it if you forget to.

Predictable settlement

Credits are denominated in dollars at a public, fixed rate. Payouts are USDC on Polygon — no FX games, no opaque conversion fees.

Creator FAQ

The most common questions about how the 30% revenue share, settlement, and payouts work.

Any RunKey account in good standing. There's no separate creator program, no application, and no minimum follower count. As soon as you publish a template, revenue share is enabled by default.

For each successful external run of one of your published templates, RunKey records 30% of the credits the caller spent on that run as creator earnings against that template. The 30% is taken in credits first, then converted to USD at the fixed creator payout rate when you withdraw.

Creator earnings redeem at a fixed rate of $0.007 per credit, regardless of which plan the caller bought their credits on. So 1,000 credits earned = $7.00, 30,000 credits earned = $210.00, and so on. The rate is locked at the time each run settles, so once credits accrue, their dollar value cannot be revised downward.

No. Self-runs are excluded — the share is paid by external invocations only. This keeps the program audit-friendly and prevents trivial self-dealing. You can still test your own templates freely; you just won't see them appear in earnings.

Failed runs don't bill the caller and don't accrue earnings to you. The share only attaches to successful runs that consumed credits, mirroring how RunKey's billing already works.

Earnings start as pending the moment a run settles, and graduate to available after the standard settlement window. The window protects against disputed or reversed runs — once available, balances are yours to withdraw.

Once your available balance reaches $200, you can request a payout from the Earnings page. Funds are sent in USDC on the Polygon network to a wallet address you control. Each payout is logged with a transaction hash for your records.

RunKey doesn't charge a creator subscription, listing fee, or payout fee. The only cost outside the platform is the standard Polygon network gas your wallet incurs when receiving USDC, which is typically a few cents.

Yes. Templates can be unlisted but accessible by direct ID to accounts you share with — those external invocations still trigger the 30% share like any other public template. Private internal use within your own org doesn't count.

Earnings on RunKey are paid to you as USDC and are your responsibility to report under your jurisdiction's rules. The Earnings page provides a downloadable history of every payout, including timestamps, amounts, and on-chain transaction hashes.

Publish a template. Start earning.

Create your account, ship your first template, and 30% of every external run is already yours.

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On by default · No application · USDC on Polygon · $200 minimum withdrawal