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01Pricing

Simple sponsor packages. Transparent developer payouts.

Sponsors buy verified media spend. Developers receive 70% of verified media spend. WaitLayer keeps a platform share and may charge separate platform fees for reporting, fraud review, and category access.

Starter Sponsor
$750 /mo
$500 media spend
$250 platform fee
25,000 verified impressions at $20 CPM
  • One creative
  • Basic reporting
  • Rollover if underdelivered
  • Creative review included
Best for: First campaign tests
Reserve Starter
Growth SponsorPopular
$2,500 /mo
$2,000 media spend
$500 platform fee
100,000 verified impressions at $20 CPM
  • Two creatives
  • Category targeting
  • Weekly report
  • Click reporting
  • Rollover if underdelivered
Best for: Developer-tool launch campaigns
Reserve Growth
Category Sponsor
$7,500 /mo
$6,000 media spend
$1,500 platform fee
300,000 verified impressions at $20 CPM
  • Category priority
  • Creative testing
  • Launch co-marketing
  • Agent recommendation beta access
  • Rollover if underdelivered
Best for: Category ownership and serious launch pushes
Reserve Category

Developers receive 70% of verified media spend. Platform fees support campaign management, reporting, fraud review, and network operations.

02Developer payouts

Developers earn from verified media spend.

  • 01Developer payout = 70% of verified media spend on eligible impressions
  • 02WaitLayer platform share = 30% of verified media spend
  • 03Platform fees are separate sponsor fees
  • 04Payouts may be held for fraud review
  • 05Minimum payout thresholds apply
What counts as verified media spend
  • Sponsor budget allocated to billable impressions or clicks
  • Delivered during eligible AI-agent wait states
  • Passed token, duration, duplication, and fraud checks
  • Not refunded, reversed, or rejected
What platform fees cover
  • Campaign review, fraud detection, and compliance checks
  • Sponsor dashboard, reporting, and support
  • Payout operations, network operations, and category access

We optimize for payout per verified wait hour, not headline revenue-share games.

03Pricing FAQ

Common pricing questions

Can I buy one-off campaigns?

Founding sponsorships are reserved as monthly packages so we can guarantee creative review and rollover. One-off campaigns may be offered after launch — tell us your timing in the sponsor form.

What happens if inventory underdelivers?

Undelivered verified impressions roll forward as credit. You are billed for the package, but media value that is not delivered is carried into the next eligible window rather than lost.

Can I pause a campaign?

Yes. Founding sponsor campaigns can be paused between flights. Remaining verified media value is preserved as rollover credit.

Can I target by programming language?

No. WaitLayer never targets by source code, prompts, repo contents, or dependencies. Targeting is limited to agent surface, coarse region, and self-declared developer or campaign category.

Do developers really get 70%?

Yes. Developers receive 70% of verified media spend allocated to their eligible impressions. WaitLayer keeps 30% of media spend; platform fees are separate sponsor fees.

Are clicks priced separately?

Pricing is impression-based (CPM) at launch. Clicks are tracked and reported, and click-based pricing may be introduced later for sponsors who prefer it.

Do you support CPA pricing?

Not at launch. We start with verified CPM so delivery is provable without exposing developer work. CPA-style models may follow once attribution can be done privately.

For developers

Earn from AI wait time you already spend.

Join founding developer beta
For sponsors

Reach AI-native developers where they build.

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