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The core profit model of aggregation platforms like OpenRouter is the wholesale-to-retail token price spread: purchasing in bulk from upstream model vendors at near-cost prices and reselling to end users at slightly higher retail prices.
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9/22/2026
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Valid until: 12/21/2026
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