> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getanyapi.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Become an operator

> Sell through AnyAPI: host an endpoint for a catalog API, pass the quality gates, and earn USD on every request you win. This page walks the whole journey from signup to first payout.

AnyAPI is a marketplace on both sides. Buyers call hundreds of APIs through one key and one
wallet. **Operators** are the supply side: you run your own scraper or data service behind
the catalog, and when your endpoint wins a request, you earn the customer price minus the
platform fee. No subscriptions, no invoicing — you're paid in USD.

<Info>
  Running an AI agent instead of reading docs? The machine-readable version of everything on
  this page lives at
  [`getanyapi.com/operator-onboarding/SKILL.md`](https://getanyapi.com/operator-onboarding/SKILL.md).
  Point your agent at it and it can run your operator account end to end.
</Info>

## How selling works

You don't list a new API — you plug into an existing one. Every API in the
[catalog](https://getanyapi.com/catalog) has a fixed request and response format (its
*schema*). You host an HTTPS endpoint that speaks that format, set your own price, and
AnyAPI routes customer traffic to the cheapest endpoint that maintains quality. Your price
is your lever for winning traffic.

Customers always see AnyAPI as the provider. Your operator id (`op_...`) exists for
routing, earnings, and payouts — it's never shown to buyers.

## The journey

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your operator account">
    In the dashboard, open [Sell APIs](https://getanyapi.com/dashboard/sell) and pick a
    display name. Your account starts as **pending**: a human at AnyAPI approves each new
    operator once before their endpoints can serve paid traffic. You can register endpoints
    and run checks while you wait.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build your endpoint">
    Pick the catalog API you want to sell, read its request/response format, and deploy an
    HTTPS endpoint that implements it. The full technical spec — signed requests, the
    response envelope, timeouts — is on the
    [endpoint contract](/docs/sell/operator-endpoint-contract) page. The register dialog in the
    dashboard also shows the exact schema for the API you pick.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Register it">
    In [Sell APIs → Endpoints](https://getanyapi.com/dashboard/sell/endpoints), register
    the endpoint: the API it serves, your base URL (HTTPS, port 443, public host), an
    optional path (default `/run`), and your price in USD per 1,000 requests. You get back
    a **signing secret, shown exactly once** — store it; your endpoint uses it to verify
    that requests really come from AnyAPI.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pass the compatibility checks">
    From the endpoint's page, run the checks (the dashboard calls this step
    *conformance* in the API). AnyAPI fires the API's example requests at your endpoint,
    signed, and verifies five things: HTTP 2xx, a response that validates against the
    API's schema, `found: true`, an answer within 15 seconds, and a body under 8 MB. Fail
    → you get a per-check report, fix, and rerun as often as you like. Pass → the live
    trial starts automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pass the live trial (free)">
    Real customer traffic is mirrored to your endpoint — capped at 500 mirrored calls —
    and your answers are compared with the current provider's. Customers never see your
    output during the trial and nothing is billed. Every comparison is judged
    automatically. Promotion is automatic when you hit **at least 95% pass rate over at
    least 200 comparisons spanning at least 7 days, with zero flags for made-up data or
    tampered URLs**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live and earn">
    Your endpoint starts serving real traffic in a monitored phase, then fully live as
    quality holds. You earn from the first request you win. If quality drops, the endpoint
    is paused automatically and re-tested until it recovers — you can also pause it
    yourself any time with the kill switch on its page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up payouts">
    Connect a payout account from
    [Sell APIs → Earnings](https://getanyapi.com/dashboard/sell/earnings) (hosted by
    Stripe: identity, bank, and tax happen there). Withdrawals are free with a \$50
    minimum; the first payout unlocks 30 days after your operator account is approved.
    Full money rules: [Pricing, fees & payouts](/docs/sell/pricing-fees-payouts).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What the statuses mean

| Status in the dashboard | What it means                                                                                 |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Draft                   | Registered but not serving traffic. Run the compatibility checks when your endpoint is ready. |
| Compatibility checks    | AnyAPI is verifying your responses match the API's schema.                                    |
| Live trial              | Real traffic is mirrored to you for free and compared with the current provider.              |
| Live (monitored)        | Serving and earning, with quality watched extra closely.                                      |
| Live                    | Serving and earning on real customer traffic.                                                 |
| Paused (quality)        | Paused by the automatic quality checks; re-tested and restored automatically when it passes.  |
| Retired                 | Permanently removed from routing.                                                             |

## Where to go next

* [The endpoint contract](/docs/sell/operator-endpoint-contract) — the exact request you'll
  receive and the response you must return, with signature-verification code to copy.
* [Pricing, fees & payouts](/docs/sell/pricing-fees-payouts) — how the split works and how the
  money reaches your bank.
* Questions? [support@getanyapi.com](mailto:support@getanyapi.com).