jezzwar

Here is one of the founders of Tributly. And we need some support.

Key idea of the product: if advertisers pay for our attention, users should get a share of that value.

We have a browser extension that shows a small ad strip while you browse. Advertisers pay for impressions, and users get a part of the revenue.

We already do the same idea for AI tools. While devs spend a few seconds waiting for AI responses, they can get a couple of bucks for paying monthly AI subscriptions.

So we call it a fairer advertising model.

We asked too late our community to support. And all the newer accounts without any history are getting limited visibility, so we’d really appreciate support and honest feedback.

If you find the idea interesting, please check it out and tell us what you think

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. Get paid for the attention you already provide with Tributly.

Hey HN, we’re building Tributly, a browser extension that lets users earn a share of advertising revenue while browsing the web. The idea is: install it, browse normally, and get rewarded from the advertising revenue generated through the extension.

We’re currently working on the SEO/GEO side and trying to understand how to make a new product easier for both search engines and AI systems to understand. We’ve focused on clear search intent, straightforward product positioning, pages explaining how it works, FAQs, structured data, internal linking, and keeping the same product/entity description across the web. We’ve also started a blog with 7–8 articles and are working on external mentions.

For GEO, we’re particularly interested in whether things like external mentions, comparison pages, structured data, entity consistency, and direct answers on pages actually make a difference for systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI.

The question is for an experts what actually works, especially for a new product without much existing search authority.

I don’t think this would spread widely through organic growth alone, but it would still be great if it did. It would probably need a strong growth moment to really take off.

In developed markets it could become a low-cost channel for promoting digital products. For people in lower-income markets, it could be a nice extra income stream that helps cover a few subscriptions or small expenses. The main thing is to make sure it doesn’t become exploitative or overwhelming.

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I'm building a project rn that shares ad revenue with users. What do you think? 1 point by jezzwar 1 minute ago | hide | past | favorite | discuss | edit | delete Instead of keeping all advertising revenue, the idea is to give up to 50% back to users. I'm still building it and would really appreciate honest feedback. What are the biggest flaws, edge cases, or reasons you think this model wouldn't work great?

The project is called Tributly.io if anyone wants to take a look, although right now it's just a waitlist landing page.