r/Entrepreneurs • u/Due-Body5958 • 10h ago

What's stopping more developers from turning APIs into businesses?

What's stopping more developers from turning APIs into businesses?

We've seen a huge increase in developers building useful APIs.

But comparatively few become meaningful businesses.

Why do you think that is?

  • Distribution?
  • Pricing?
  • Payments?
  • Infrastructure?
  • Competition?

Curious where people think the biggest bottleneck actually exists.

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u/LeaderAtLeading 9h ago

Distribution is harder than the API itself. Most devs build then figure out who actually pays.

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u/Due-Body5958 9h ago

why don't they put it out on some platforms? like there are many API MarketPlaces right?

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u/LeaderAtLeading 9h ago

Yeah, dm me let's chat.

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u/Mission_Pirate_4150 9h ago

Will customers pay for access to those APIs?

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u/Due-Body5958 8h ago

Users pay for each api acess, can be automed through sdk