# blog
Notes from the wait line
How waitline works, ad quality, and getting developers paid.
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The wait line is ad space: why idle dev-tool time is the next inventory
Every AI dev tool has a wait line — the idle moment while it thinks. That attention is real, unsold inventory. Here's why the wait line is the next ad surface.
- ads
- advertiser
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How waitline moderates campaigns (and protects your terminal)
Every waitline ad is reviewed before it serves. Here's the moderation model — always take payment, flag for review, never auto-reject, and serve-time terminal safety.
- advertiser
- safety
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How much can developers earn with waitline?
waitline pays developers 50% of every billed impression in their Claude Code wait line. Here's how earnings, the revenue share, and payouts work.
- earnings
- revenue share
- claude code
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For advertisers: reach developers in the Claude Code wait line
Advertise to developers where they're already looking — Claude Code's wait line. Prepaid campaigns, bid-priority delivery, honest view-time billing, and moderation.
- advertiser
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Getting paid: Stripe to your bank, or a month of Claude
waitline pays developers their 50% share via Stripe Express — straight to your bank. No Stripe in your country? Redeem your balance as a month of Claude Pro. Here's how payouts work.
- earnings
- payouts
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How waitline bills only real attention (and ignores fake impressions)
waitline bills an impression only after real view time — not on render. Here's how per-turn view accounting and cooldowns keep impressions honest.
- ad quality
- earnings
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Setting up waitline in 60 seconds
Install the waitline plugin, run /waitline:setup, and start earning from your Claude Code wait line. Here's the full setup — consent, backup, and how to remove it.
- setup
- claude code
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Is waitline safe? How the ad line stays clean and out of your way
waitline puts one sponsored line in Claude Code's wait line. Here's exactly why it's safe: one line, terminal-sanitized creatives, full consent, and one-command opt-out.
- ad quality
- safety
- claude code
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What is waitline? Monetizing the Claude Code wait line
waitline turns Claude Code's idle spinner into one tasteful sponsored line and pays developers 50% of every impression. Here's how it works, end to end.
- claude code
- developer revenue
- ads