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Built an OpenRouter-style API gateway — ~500 signups, almost nobody pays. What am I missing?
Hey folks —
I built A2Agent, a pay-as-you-go LLM API gateway similar to OpenRouter, but focused on Chinese open-weight models:
DeepSeek / GLM / Kimi / Qwen / MiniMax
One API key, OpenAI + Anthropic compatible
Priced below official vendor rates, no top-up fee, credits don’t expire
New accounts get $5 free credit (no card)
Where I am now
~500 registered users
Very few people top up after the free credit
People can sign up and create keys, but paid conversion is near zero
Wha...
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