Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.
Open a note and finish this line: "Toll Booth for people who own a useful API, dataset, or prompt, at $19 a month per endpoint." Then list 10 real people or groups you can reach this week, from your own chats, past clients, Discord servers, or group DMs. Names, not categories.
Connect your wallet on Base and do the core action yourself: wrap a simple API you control in x402 and pay for one call from a test agent wallet. Screenshot every screen and save the transaction link. This becomes your proof and your demo.
Message five people from your list with a plain offer and your demo link. Offer to set it up with them on a 20 minute call.
Hey, you have that useful API you built. I run Toll Booth, which wraps it in x402 so AI agents pay per call in USDC to your wallet. Want me to set it up with you on a 20 minute call? $19 a month.
When someone says yes, charge them. Ask for USDC on Base to your own wallet and log the transaction link. Send the payment details in writing and log it in a simple sheet: name, date, amount, transaction link.
One week after setup, ask your first customer for two introductions. This is the uncomfortable step and the one that grows Toll Booth.
Hey, glad Toll Booth is working for you. Quick ask: who are two people you know who would want the same setup? I will look after them the way I looked after you.
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
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