What experts built, what buyers paid for and what we're learning from selling AI.
You've spent the last year (or more) selling AI-powered offers while the ground shifted under all of us. Up to 30 experts are coming together to share what they built, what buyers paid for and what they learned. Real insights. Real numbers.
AI changed the economics of selling what you know. Skills arrived. Custom GPTs are shutting down. Courses everywhere need a facelift. You're one of the people out in front of it, testing what to build, what to charge and what buyers will pay for. Now let's put what we've learned side by side and figure out what's working, together.
You'll walk away with the insights of 30 experts on the front edge of this shift, in a guide short enough to read and act on.
Your spread becomes a thought leadership asset you can link to long after January.
Share some publicly as proof. Keep others private, and they'll only show up as group trends. Either way, you'll see your own numbers clearly, maybe for the first time, next to what 30 peers are seeing.
Part two of this project is a buyer survey. Every guide subscriber gets a survey asking what they're purchasing, what they value in AI-powered offers and where those offers meet or miss expectations. Contributors see the findings first, so you can compare what we're building with what buyers actually want.
You don't need to sell a standalone AI tool. If AI shows up in how you build, deliver or earn, you belong in this guide.
Tools, skills or bot squads clients buy on their own, one time or by subscription.
Courses, memberships and coaching with AI tools inside the delivery.
Client experience design, consulting or done-for-you work where clients end up with interactive AI tools.
AI-powered deliverables your clients receive, like audits, plans, reports or assets.
Your numbers will look different depending on how AI connects to your revenue. That's the point. Comparing these models side by side is one of the insights we're after.
Strong results, early experiments and lessons learned the hard way all belong here. You don't need it all figured out.
Share what you've built, how you sell it and the numbers behind it.
A short bio, photo and where people can find you online.
A free resource readers can grab with their email, so you can collect leads and convert them to buyers.
Every contributor adds access to a paid AI tool, so the VIP package is stacked. You earn affiliate commission on every sale through your link.
Must be live and working when you submit on December 11.
Every contributor can upgrade to sponsor. One tier, eight spots, so every sponsor gets the same exposure.
Sponsorship never affects who's accepted. Every contributor gets the same spread, and your data is handled the same way at every level.
The same commitments for everyone. You pick the dates that fit your collab calendar.
Submit a quick expression of interest and I'll follow up with the full questionnaire.
Apply to contributeQuestionnaire, bio, photo, gift and VIP tool, with at least four weeks once you're accepted. Your gift and VIP tool must be live and working.
You'll see your spread before launch and can correct anything that needs it.
One email to your list and one social post, any time in the promo window. We'll send swipe copy, graphics and your personal links.
Everyone's guessing at what AI means for their business model. I'd rather we figure it out together, with real numbers.
Every expertise-based business I talk to is asking the same questions. What should I charge for an AI tool? Does anyone actually buy them? Is the course model dead? The answers exist, scattered across all of our businesses. This project pulls them into one place, so every contributor walks away with insight they couldn't get on their own.
Bring what's working, what flopped and what surprised you. It all counts as data.
Anyone who touches AI product sales or development: you sell AI products, build AI into your programs, build AI tools with clients or deliver AI-powered work. Early experiments count. So do things that didn't go to plan.
Because real numbers are what's missing. Opinions about AI are everywhere. Data on what experts charge, earn and spend to deliver is almost nowhere. The more contributors share, the more useful the findings are for all of us.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until November 13. If you're a fit, you'll get a confirmation with the full questionnaire, deadlines and promotion details before you commit to anything.
Plan for about an hour for the questionnaire, plus a little time to pull a few numbers if you choose to share them. Your deadline is December 11, and everyone accepted gets at least four weeks.
Any free resource readers can claim with their email address. It needs to be live from January 15 through the buyer report release in March.
An AI tool from every contributor in one stacked bundle, plus live build and feedback sessions on wAIv during the week of February 8. Every contributor gets a free VIP pass and earns 50% commission on every VIP sale through their link.
Something buyers can actually use, like a Claude skill, a bot squad or an AI-powered app. A prompt on its own doesn't count. Your tool needs to be live and working when you submit on December 11, so something you already sell is ideal.
No. The guide maps the whole industry, so contributors can build on any platform. wAIv presents the project and powers the VIP package.
For $597 USD, you get featured placement in the guide, your gift in the sponsor spotlight at the top of the interactive report, your gift in a sponsor roundup email to every guide subscriber plus Kelly's list of about 3,000, and a seat on the live insights panel during the week of February 8. There are eight spots, confirmed in order of payment.
On the web as an interactive, searchable guide, with a downloadable summary. Readers can browse by business model, tool type and contributor.
Help figure out what makes AI worth buying. Applications close November 13.