Insights

Guides on platforms, SaaS products and AI visibility. Backed by sources, our own data and practice from our projects.

Guides for anyone who wants to build a platform or SaaS product. With sources and practice from our own projects.

October 12, 2026

From idea to finished platform: how a platform project works

How a platform project works: sharpen the idea, core workflow, prototype, MVP, testing with real users, launch and growth. With your role in each phase.

October 12, 2026

Your platform directly in ChatGPT and Claude: What MCP means for software providers

What the Model Context Protocol is, how an MCP server works and how your platform becomes usable directly in Claude and ChatGPT.

October 12, 2026

Paying out partners automatically: how platforms settle up with studios, merchants and creators

How platforms accept payments and pay out partners automatically: connected accounts, onboarding, charge types, payouts and refunds.

October 12, 2026

When the customer is an AI: building platforms for AI agents

What a platform needs so AI agents can search and buy on it: APIs, current data, clear prices, human confirmation and the ACP, UCP and AP2 protocols.

October 12, 2026

Real-time on platforms: live auctions, live feeds and live status

When a platform needs real-time features and how they work: polling, WebSockets, server-sent events, bids in a fixed order, apps and push.

October 12, 2026

Subscription, usage or a share? Revenue models for platforms

Subscription, usage, commission, freemium, one-time purchase or affiliate: the revenue models for platforms and what each one takes to build.

October 12, 2026

When software controls hardware: platforms that unlock devices on site

Booking, payment, device runs: how an on-site computer connects platform and controller, what happens without internet and how updates arrive safely.

October 12, 2026

What does your own platform cost? Development, operations and what AI changes

What your own platform costs: effort and hourly rates, running fees for servers, payments and maps, and how AI speeds up development.