Sell a paid add-on
Keep your app free and sell an add-on, such as better model weights, as a paid folder of the same repository. Everyone keeps the free app. Only people who buy the folder can download it.
5 min read, updated Oct 28, 2026
Before you start
- You have accepted the seller agreement and set up a payout account.
- The free app lives in a public repository, for example thumper-ai/studio-suite.
- The add-on sits in its own folder that holds only what you are selling.
Selling as an organization: sales are paid to your organization's own payout account, never to a person's. Payouts are set up by an Owner of your organization, and only an Owner can set prices, pause sales or change payouts.
Set it up
- 1Put the add-on in its own folderFor example /studio-weights-pro, next to the free folders /studio-app and /studio-core.
- 2Choose Sell on the folder in the Publish tabSet a price in whole dollars and one sentence about what buyers get, up to 280 characters.
- 3Wait for reviewThe folder shows In review with the time you submitted it, then On sale. The price is locked while it's in review.
- 4Buyers install itFrom their Purchases page, or with the install command in the terminal.
What buyers get
| Folder | Who can download it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| /studio-app | Everyone | Free |
| /studio-core | Everyone | Free |
| /studio-weights-pro | Buyers only | $29.00 |
Buyers get the files in that folder. A paid folder doesn't give them your other private folders, your issues or write access. A refund ends their access; it doesn't remove files they already downloaded.
What you receive
| Price | $29.00 |
| Thumper fee (15%) | −$4.35 |
| You receive per sale | $24.65 |
Each sale is held for 30 days, the length of the refund window, and then paid out on the next Monday. Payouts have a $25 minimum; a smaller amount carries over to the next Monday. Tax the buyer pays is not part of your earnings.
Still stuck?
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