# Revenue Model
Kage Network will have 4 primary sources of revenue:
1. **Router Sales:** There will be an initial one-off fee to purchase a Kage VPN Router. This fee can be paid in ETH or USDT, with free or discounted routers available to people who hold threshold amounts of $KAGE tokens.
2. **Router Subscriptions:** Owners of the Kage VPN Router will pay a monthly subscription fee.
3. **Decentralized Private Data Storage Network Subscriptions:** In Stage 2, once the Kage Decentralized Private Data Storage Network is up-and-running, users without the VPN router will be able to secure their devices and store their data privately by using the network. They will be charged a subscription fee to be paid in $KAGE tokens.
4. **5/5 $KAGE Buy/Sell Tax:** In the initial bootstrapping phase, there will be a 5% buy and sell tax on trading of $KAGE tokens to fund the first 2 stages of the roadmap. Once subscription revenues come onstream, this will be phased out.
Profits from Router Subscriptions will be split as follows:
* 80% to company operations
* 20% to $KAGE stakers
Profits from Decentralized Private Data Storage Network Subscriptions will be split as follows:
* 20% to company operations
* 40% to node operators
* 40% to $KAGE stakers
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