---
title: "Add Web Monetization to your sites with Snippet Injection"
description: "Curious about the new Web Monetization W3C proposal? Here"
source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2020/12/14/add-web-monetization-to-your-sites-with-snippet-injection/"
last_updated: "2026-07-10T23:07:58.000Z"
---
Welcome to Blogvent, day 14!

In case you haven’t heard of it before, [Web Monetization](https://webmonetization.org/) is “a JavaScript browser API that allows the creation of a payment stream from the user agent to the website.” It’s currently being proposed as a W3C standard at [the Web Platform Incubator Community Group](https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-web-monetization-a-new-revenue-model-for-the-web/3785), and uses the open protocol [Interledger](https://interledger.org/) to transfer money.

## I want that!

If you want to enable Web Monetization in your websites, you first set up a web monetized wallet, and a payment pointer. Right now you’ll want to use one of these Interledger-protocol-enabled providers to do so:

-   [Uphold](https://uphold.com/)
-   [GateHub](https://gatehub.net/)

Your payment pointer will be something that looks like a URL but starts with a `$` sign, like `$wallet.example.com/something`.

Now, with that payment pointer, you can use the `monetization` meta tag!

```
<meta name="monetization" content="$wallet.example.com/something">
```

## Where do I put this tag?

You can add it into the `<head>` of your website, and it’s done! But, if you don’t want to make code changes in your repo, there’s an even simpler way with **Snippet Injection.**

Head do your Site Settings on Netlify, then Build & Deploy, then down to Snippet Injection. Make a new snippet, make it “Insert before ”, and add your tag in the HTML, like so:

![Snippet injection panel with monetization meta tag](/v3/img/blog/snippetmonetization.png "Snippet injection panel with monetization meta tag")

Now, your web monetization will be automatically added into your site’s build, without you having to update your `<head>` across your codebase.

Enjoy! 🤑

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