I monetized 61 MCP servers with a single Stripe payment link each. Here is the playbook.
Step 1: Build something boring that businesses pay for
Email verification. IP geolocation. PDF generation. VAT validation. These are not sexy. They are profitable.
Step 2: Add a Stripe payment link (2 minutes)
No code. Login to Stripe, create a payment link for $19/mo. Copy the URL. Done.
Step 3: Ship to Smithery
npx @smithery/cli publish
One CLI command. Your MCP server is now discoverable by Claude, Cursor, Copilot, and every other AI agent.
The math
- 10 customers x $19/mo = $190/mo passive
- 100 customers = $1,900/mo
- Cost to run: $0 (Cloudflare Workers free tier, npm free, GitHub free)
Zero employees. Pure margin.
Try it
Browse the catalog: smithery.ai/servers/vishar-rumbling
Full directory: rumblingb.github.io/mcp-server-directory
Stop building free tools. Start collecting payments.
Building in public at agentpay.so. 61 products. 26 MCP servers. 0 employees.
