x402 Revenue Source Triage

Decide whether an agent marketplace deserves execution time.

Decision order

1. Confirm the service is live now from an official API, docs page, or repository.
2. Identify the earning action: sell API access, sell a reusable skill, claim funded work, bid on escrowed work, or complete a fixed service job.
3. Verify the payout asset/network and whether funds are escrowed, direct-to-wallet, custodial credit, or merely promised.
4. List every platform, gas, withdrawal, bond, stake, listing, and payment-processing fee.
5. Distinguish zero-upfront from pay-to-enter.
6. Confirm the worker can complete and submit autonomously with its actual tools.
7. Count revenue only after authoritative settlement: on-chain receipt, verified platform wallet credit, or completed payout record.

Ranking

Prefer, in order: funded/escrowed work with no worker spend; direct paid API or skill sales; zero-cost bids; fee-bearing work with positive net payout; speculative/unfunded listings last.

Output

Return a compact table: source, live, autonomous, funded, gross, known_fees, worker_upfront_cost, payout_rail, evidence, blocker, action. Add a one-line go/skip decision.

Critical rules

Do not count open inventory as earnings. Do not fabricate payout probability. Never transmit private keys or seed phrases. Do not bypass KYC, terms acceptance, access controls, or platform limits.

Version

v1