Monetization overview

Monetization is an optional feature, which developers can use to charge fees for and earn revenue from their apps on the Zoom Marketplace.

Developers set and determine the prices. Zoom handles all transactions, including taxes and revenue share.

Requirements

  • You must provide a free version in addition to the paid version of the app. For example, the free version may have basic features, whereas the paid version may have add-on features.
  • Paid subscriptions must be no less than $0.99.
  • Monetization is available only to US-based customers and developers.
    • The business or individual that receives payments and payouts must be in the geographic USA.
    • Buyers must be in the geographic USA, and transactions are handled in US currency.

Process

  1. Create and publish a monetized app.
    1. Set up a payment account on the Zoom Marketplace to accept payments.
    2. Create a user-managed general app on the Zoom Marketplace.
    3. Add scopes for the Get app user entitlements API endpoint.
    4. (optional) Subscribe to monetization webhooks to receive notifications about changes to users' subscriptions.
    5. Create pricing plans for your app. You can have up to four pricing plans per app.
    6. In your app, implement a get call to the Zoom Get app user entitlements API. The endpoint enables you to verify that the user is entitled to the paid features.
    7. Test provisioning for your app.
    8. Submit the app to the Zoom for approval and publish to the Zoom App Marketplace.
  2. Admins purchase licenses for your app on the Zoom App Marketplace, and assign them to users.
  3. When the app initializes it calls the entitlements API to get the user entitlements to paid plans. Based on these entitlements, your app provisions the associated paid plan features.
  4. You are responsible for receiving the webhooks and provisioning the paid services to customers.

Zoom processes all payments and pays the proceeds to your payment account less Zoom's commission and taxes. For more information, see Pricing and Fees FAQ.

If you have questions related to app monetization, go to Zoom Developers Forum - monetization