# Verified revenue from Paddle

> Show verified MRR or 30-day revenue from Paddle Billing on your page, with a read-only API key. Check mark, revenue chart and leaderboard. Free.

Connect Paddle Billing with a read-only API key and your page shows MRR from active subscriptions, or the last 30 days of transactions, with a check mark.

## Connect in about a minute

1. In your project in the makerhandle editor, choose **Paddle** under revenue. The button opens Paddle's API keys page.
2. Click **New API key**, name it `makerhandle` and set the expiry as late as Paddle allows.
3. Under permissions, set **Transactions** and **Subscriptions** to **Read**, nothing else. Save and copy the key; it starts with `pdl_live_apikey_`.
4. Paste it. We check it before saving.

Paddle keys expire, so when Paddle reminds you, paste a new one.

## What we show

- With active subscriptions: **MRR**, each active subscription normalized to a monthly amount.
- Otherwise: the **last 30 days of completed transactions, net of refunds**.

Each project also gets a revenue history chart with up to a year of monthly figures. The number refreshes every few hours, carries a check mark on your page, your [project page](https://makerhandle.com/features/project-pages) and the [leaderboard](https://makerhandle.com/features/leaderboard), and can go on your site or README as a [revenue badge](https://makerhandle.com/features/revenue-badge).

## Read-only and encrypted

A key with Read access to Transactions and Subscriptions cannot create transactions, issue refunds or change products. It is encrypted at rest and never shown again, not even to you. Revoke it in Paddle and access ends at once.

Paddle is a [merchant of record](https://makerhandle.com/glossary/merchant-of-record), so its figures are what customers paid it for your product. Whatever you choose, the page says where the number comes from, which is what makes it [verified revenue](https://makerhandle.com/glossary/verified-revenue) rather than a screenshot.

## Questions

### Which Paddle permissions does makerhandle need?

Read access to Transactions and Subscriptions. Leave everything else off.

### Does it work with Paddle Classic?

It is built for Paddle Billing API keys, the ones starting with pdl_live_apikey_.

### Is it free?

Yes. Verified revenue works on the free plan as well as Pro.

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Source: https://makerhandle.com/features/paddle-revenue
makerhandle: makerhandle is a link in bio for makers and founders: every project with its status and revenue verified from Stripe, Paddle and more.