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by scott_w 827 days ago
Ignore the people saying "don't do this" and instead read "Monetizing Innovation" (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monetizing-Innovation-Companies-Des...) to get some guidance.

It's difficult to summarise the key lessons but you need to consider things like:

* What does having an API allow your customers to do?

* How valuable is that?

* Are they willing to pay for it?

* How do you align payment to the value?

* Is an API considered "table stakes?"

The book I linked goes into more detail so I really encourage you to read it. You can skip over the organisational changes it recommends, just the principles of pricing are good enough for your use case.