First announced OpenAI the option for people to create custom GPTs almost a year ago. The company described GPT as a low-code, automated way to create specialized experiences on ChatGPT, and said it believes impressive GPTs will be created by non-traditional developers such as educators, coaches and tinkerers.
The store will be available to customers and builders who have paid for ChatGPT Plus, Teams, or Enterprise. OpenAI said in January that users had created more than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT, and that many builders had made them available to the public. The company also said it will launch a GPT-builder monetization program and that US builders will be paid based on user engagement with their GPTs. He promised to provide details on the criteria for payments.
GPT Store officially launched in January 2024. In late March, developer Nick Dobos shared on X a screenshot of an email he said he received from OpenAI inviting him to be part of its revenue-sharing pilot program. Dobos’ GPT encoder, Grimoire, is one of the most popular GPTs on the GPT Store, having hosted over 2 million “conversations” or chats with the app.
According to the email Dobos shared with X, the pilot program guarantees him a minimum payout of $1,000 per month, with the potential for additional earnings based on usage. Dobos did not respond to several emails and direct messages asking about his experience with the GPT Store since the pilot program began.
Like Villochido, Adrian Lin, who lives in Singapore, was optimistic about the GPT Store. Lin is a full-time AI researcher who has created an app lab, the Adrian AI Lab, on the side. He’s not formally trained in web or mobile app development, so when OpenAI said creating GPT would require no coding skills, Lin saw it as an opportunity to build and manage his own products.
It was easy to refine his models based on his intentions, Lin says.
Lin estimates that Copywriter GPT, his GPT that drafts ad copy, had between 500,000 and 600,000 interactions. Like Villocido’s Books GPT, Lin’s is featured on OpenAI’s Store home page.
