diff --git a/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
index 7040926ec..630f11d6c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/internal/configs_controller.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Internal::ConfigsController < Internal::ApplicationController
       twitter_hashtag
       suggested_users
       tagline
+      payment_pointer
     ]
 
     allowed_params = allowed_params |
diff --git a/app/models/site_config.rb b/app/models/site_config.rb
index 50ceecd44..ce5909fcc 100644
--- a/app/models/site_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_config.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ class SiteConfig < RailsSettings::Base
   field :logo_svg, type: :string, default: ""
   field :primary_sticker_image_url, type: :string, default: "https://practicaldev-herokuapp-com.freetls.fastly.net/assets/rainbowdev.svg"
 
-  # Rate Limits
+  # Monetization
+  field :payment_pointer, type: :string, default: "$ilp.uphold.com/24HhrUGG7ekn" # Experimental
+
+  # Rate limits
   field :rate_limit_follow_count_daily, type: :integer, default: 500
   field :rate_limit_comment_creation, type: :integer, default: 9
   field :rate_limit_listing_creation, type: :integer, default: 1
diff --git a/app/views/internal/configs/show.html.erb b/app/views/internal/configs/show.html.erb
index 0b7884f9f..4ffc5ba1c 100644
--- a/app/views/internal/configs/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/internal/configs/show.html.erb
@@ -565,12 +565,12 @@
         <div class="card mt-3">
           <%= render partial: "card_header",
                      locals: {
-                       header: "Shop",
+                       header: "Monetization",
                        state: "collapse",
-                       target: "shopBodyContainer",
+                       target: "monetizationBodyContainer",
                        expanded: "false"
                      } %>
-          <div id="shopBodyContainer" class="card-body collapse hide" aria-labelledby="shopBodyContainer">
+          <div id="monetizationBodyContainer" class="card-body collapse hide" aria-labelledby="monetizationBodyContainer">
             <div class="form-group">
               <%= f.label :shop_url %>
               <%= f.text_field :shop_url,
@@ -579,9 +579,17 @@
                                placeholder: "Shop url" %>
               <div class="alert alert-info">Used as the shop url of the community</div>
             </div>
+
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <%= f.label :payment_pointer %>
+              <%= f.text_field :payment_pointer,
+                               class: "form-control",
+                               value: SiteConfig.payment_pointer,
+                               placeholder: "$pay.somethinglikethis.co/value" %>
+              <div class="alert alert-info">Used for site-wide web monetization (<a href="https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/6345">experimental</a>)</div>
+             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
-
         <% if current_user.has_role?(:single_resource_admin, Config) %>
           <div class="card mt-3">
             <div class="card-header">Confirm and Submit</div>
diff --git a/app/views/shell/_top.html.erb b/app/views/shell/_top.html.erb
index e7e36cd26..bdc929826 100644
--- a/app/views/shell/_top.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shell/_top.html.erb
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
     <% unless internal_navigation? %>
       <meta name="last-updated" content="<%= Time.current %>">
       <meta name="user-signed-in" content="<%= user_signed_in? %>">
+      <!-- Expermiental web monetization payment pointer for micropayments -->
+      <!-- It lets readers make micropayments to websites they visit. -->
+      <!-- This is step 1: Get live in production to test for platform-wide payment pointer. -->
+      <!-- Step 2: Allow authors to set their payment pointer so they can directly monetize their content based on visitors. -->
+      <!-- Step 3: Enable further functionality based on what we learn from this experimentation and how the ecosystem evolves. -->
+      <!-- Step 3: Enable further functionality based on what we learn from this experimentation and how the ecosystem evolves. -->
+      <meta name="monetization" content="<%= SiteConfig.payment_pointer %>">
       <meta name="environment" content="<%= Rails.env %>">
       <%= render "layouts/styles" %>
       <style>
diff --git a/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb b/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
index 204bab309..3908d2912 100644
--- a/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/internal/configs_spec.rb
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ RSpec.describe "/internal/config", type: :request do
         end
       end
 
+      describe "monetization" do
+        it "updates payment pointer" do
+          post "/internal/config", params: { site_config: { payment_pointer: "$pay.yo" }, confirmation: confirmation_message }
+          expect(SiteConfig.payment_pointer).to eq("$pay.yo")
+        end
+      end
+
       describe "rate limits" do
         it "updates rate_limit_follow_count_daily" do
           expect do