Monetization · explore, then sequence
Business model
Money follows completed jobs in a runtime. The portfolio is paid twice: a marketplace fee (later) and booking margin (now) when the job lands on Pelikan, EGF, HotelHop, or SOS.
Sequence — do not run the menu
wave 0
Desk margin
Pelikan flights + deals + EGF quotes. Catalogue is a top-of-funnel. This is the only cash until DNS and sessions exist.
wave 1
Adapters
Same jobs as Grokbot + WhatsApp. Templates free, then priced. No gateway.
wave 2+
Rails
Seats, orchestration, take-rate, SaaS — only after people actually call the tools.
Options to explore
| ID | Option | When | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Portfolio capture | Now | Route group / flights / deals / SOS to desks we already run. No billing infra. |
| M2 | WhatsApp concierge seat | Now–W3 | VIP number as a paid channel. Charge the company. |
| M3 | Grokbot templates | Wave 1 | Free 90 days, then €29 / €49 bundle. |
| M4 | Portable personas | Wave 2 | Claude / ChatGPT / Hermes skill packs. |
| M5 | Slack workspace | After WA | €49–199/mo per workspace. |
| M6 | Orchestration fee | Wave 2 | €2–5 per completed job. Refund on fail. |
| M7 | MCP gateway take 12–18% | Only if sessions | Do not build the proxy first. |
| M8 | Builder SaaS €49/€199 | Wave 2–3 | GEO ‘cited in N sessions’ is the hook. |
| M9 | Booking-Grade audit | Later | €490/yr, human signed. Never fake. |
| M10 | Featured placement | Later | €99/mo, labeled, never rank. |
| M11 | Affiliate on third parties | Wave 2 | When we don’t own the desk. |
| M12 | Demand index | Month 9+ | What agents want in travel. |
| M13 | White-label allowlist | Later | Corporate / OTA. |
| M14 | Card rail | Option | Best Travel Card as agent spend. |
| M15 | Hosted runtime | Kill | Smithery clone. Not our game. |
| M16 | x402 / USDC meter | Hackathon spike | Commodity tools only. No token. Kill if it burns a day. |
Rankings are never for sale. Featured is labeled and capped. A persona without a job is not a paid SKU.