Quick Start Guide
This page provides high-level instructions for adding Web Monetization to your website.
To monetize your site, you must:
- Set up a web monetized receiver (wallet) for receiving payments.
- Get your wallet's payment pointer.
- Create a special
<meta>
tag that tells Web Monetization providers how to pay you. - Add the
<meta>
tag to each page of your website that you want to monetize.
For a more detailed look at web monetizing your site, see the Web Monetization explainer.
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1. Set up a web monetized walletChoose a wallet that supports Web Monetization and set up an account. The wallet must support the Interledger Protocol (ILP).
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2. Get your payment pointerFind your payment pointer within your wallet and copy it.
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Example payment pointer#
3. Create your meta tagCreate your <meta>
tag by using the Meta Tag Generator or by
following the example below.
The tag's name
is always monetization
. The content
is your payment
pointer.
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Example meta tag#
4. Add the meta tag to your websiteCopy your <meta>
tag and add it to the <head>
section of each page you want
to monetize.
Web Monetization only works on secure pages served over HTTPS.
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Example HTMLCongratulations! Your website is now web monetized.