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title: "Zerocost FAQ"
description: "Answers on payouts, ad formats, SDK setup, data consent, pricing, and how Zerocost monetization works end to end."
canonical: "https://zerocost.app/faq"
last_updated: 2026-10-15
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# Zerocost FAQ

> Answers on payouts, ad formats, SDK setup, data consent, pricing, and how Zerocost monetization works end to end.

## Publishers and startups

### How does Zerocost help my app make money?

You add the SDK, choose the placements you want, and Zerocost sells relevant ad demand and optional anonymized data products behind the scenes. You earn when ads run or approved data products sell.

### What types of apps can join?

Any startup, SaaS product, AI app, website, or developer tool can join. The best fit is a product with engaged users and a free or low-cost usage tier that needs a revenue layer.

### Do I control what ads show up?

Yes. You control placement format, position, theme, and app profile details used for contextual matching. Zerocost reviews creatives and avoids sensitive or misleading ad categories.

### How is user data kept private?

Data products require consent and are anonymized before sale. Buyers receive aggregated, privacy-safe interaction patterns, not personal user profiles or raw private information.

### When do I get paid?

Your dashboard tracks earnings from ads and data products. Available balances can be withdrawn from the payouts area once revenue has settled.

## Advertisers

### Where will my ads appear?

Your campaigns appear inside apps on the Zerocost network whose category and context match your target audience. Placements can include video, image, text, and inline text formats.

### How is targeting handled?

Zerocost uses contextual targeting based on app category, industry, and placement context. It is built for relevant in-product reach without relying on invasive user tracking.

### Do you review ad creatives?

Yes. Creatives are reviewed before launch for brand safety, misleading claims, sensitive content, and format quality so apps can trust what appears in their product.

### How do budgets and billing work?

You create a campaign, set a budget, and track spend and performance in the advertiser dashboard. Billing and campaign activity are visible from the partner workspace.

### Can I preview the ad formats?

Yes. The advertiser version of this page shows how your campaign can render across Zerocost placements before you launch creative.

## Data buyers

### What data can I buy?

You can buy anonymized LLM conversation logs, app workflow traces, and screen-recording bundles from the Zerocost network.

### Is this clickstream data?

No. These datasets are not tiny click or event streams. They focus on higher-value interactions such as prompts, responses, workflows, and recorded app sessions.

### What are the datasets useful for?

Teams use them for AI training, evaluation, product research, workflow analysis, and understanding how people use real software and AI products.

### Can I request specific domains?

Yes. Data buyers can focus on categories, app types, and research needs so available bundles are easier to match to training or analysis goals.

### How do I access purchased data?

Approved purchases are managed from the partner dashboard, where you can review available bundles, purchase access, and export eligible datasets.