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Revenue models
Today 
• Revenue models 
– Categories 
– Key characteristics 
– Yours? 
• About IP – Siri Mårtensson Delphi
4 weeks….
Session 6 fall 2014
Pivot or not?
What is a revenue stream? 
The strategy a company uses to generate 
cash from each customer segment
What is a pricing model? 
The tactics you use to set the price in each 
customer segment
Common mistakes 
• A revenue stream is the price I charge the 
customer 
• I set the price of the product based on how 
much it cost to produce/make 
• The price must be lower than the 
competitors
Defining the revenue model 
• What value are your customers willing to 
pay for? 
• How do your customers pay for products 
today? 
• How is the value delivered?
Some revenue model categories 
• Advertising 
• Freemium 
• Pay once 
• Pay per use 
• Subscription 
• Licensing 
• Affiliate 
• Donations
Advertising (unique or large) 
• Display Ads – e.g. Yahoo! 
• Search Ads – e.g. Google 
• Text Ads – e.g. Google, Facebook 
• Video Ads – e.g. YouTube 
• Audio Ads – e.g. Saavn 
• Promoted Content – e.g. Twitter, Facebook 
• Recruitment Ads – e.g. LinkedIn 
• Classifieds – e.g. Blocket, Craigslist 
• Featured listings – e.g. Zomato, CommonFloor 
• Email Ads – e.g. Yahoo!, Google 
• Location-based offers – e.g. Foursquare
Freemium (up- & crossell) 
• (not the same as free trial) 
• Most often a subscription extension 
• More of the core offering” – DropBox, 
KissMetrics 
• Extended functionality – LinkedIN 
• Extended support (time or quality) – MySQL 
• Virtual goods – Candy Crush 
• In app purchases - 
• Combination of above
Pay once 
• Retailing – e.g. Myntra 
• Marketplace – e.g. Snapdeal 
• Sharing Economy – AirBnB 
• Aggregators – e.g Taxi for Sure 
• Group buying – e.g. Groupon 
• Digital goods / downloads – e.g. iTunes 
• Training – e.g. Coursera, SimpliLearn 
• Pay what you want – e.g. Instamojo (optional) 
• Auction commerce – e.g. eBay 
• Crowdsourced Services – e.g. Elance, oDesk
Pay per use 
• Linear – e.g. pay per GB user, Telia 
• Incremental – e.g. 1000 SMS, Halebop 
• Linear with cap – e.g. Internet abroad, 
Telenor 
• Mixed/performance – Amazon EC2/S3, 
Rackspace
Subscription 
• Software as a Service (SaaS) – e.g. 
Freshdesk 
• Service as a Service – e.g. PayU 
• Content as a Service 
• Infrastructure/Platform as a service – e.g. 
AWS, Azure 
• Membership Services – e.g. Amazon Prime 
• Support and Maintenance – e.g. Red Hat 
• Paywall – e.g. ft.com, NYtimes
Licensing 
• Less used today, except for patents, rights to 
use 
• Per Device/Server License – e.g. Microsoft 
products 
• Per Application instance – e.g. Adobe 
Photoshop 
• Per Site License – e.g. Private cloud on 
internal infrastructure 
• Patent Licensing (upfront + 
milestones/usage) – e.g. Qualcomm
Affiliate 
• Referral revenue 
• Affiliate revenue
Sponsorship/donations 
• Not suitable for a startup
“open source” 
• Not a revenue stream, but a strategy with 
a revenue stream
So, pro’s and con’s
Pricing – two types 
• Fixed 
– Cost + margin 
– Value based 
– Volume based 
• Dynamic 
– Negotation 
– Auctions 
– Real-time market
Avoid price based on cost!
Some last words 
• Two/multi-sided business models – focus 
on users first 
• Sketch a hypothesis, try to get facts 
• Packaging (perception) is important
What is a revenue stream? 
• Very simply: how will your startup make 
money? And how does your revenue 
model integrate itself into your business 
model canvas and customer value 
proposition? This isn't limited to the pricing 
of your product or service - but rather the 
overall strategy and tactics related to 
collecting the revenue from the value your 
customers are getting from your 
product/service.
• A revenue stream is the strategy to generate cash from each 
customer segment 
• A pricing model is the tactics you'll use to set the price in each 
of your customer segments. 
• To determine the pricing, you need to understand the value 
they are willing to pay for. When you're first making your 
assumptions, you can guess what the pricing could be, but 
you'll quickly validate how much they are currently paying 
(and for what value), and how they are currently paying. 
• Common startup mistakes at this stage include thinking that 
your price is determined by the cost of manufacturing or 
producing the product or service or that your price should be 
lower than any other competitor's pricing.
• Tack …välkomna tillbaka! 
• - Teamet på Chalmers Innovation

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Session 6 fall 2014

  • 2. Today • Revenue models – Categories – Key characteristics – Yours? • About IP – Siri Mårtensson Delphi
  • 6. What is a revenue stream? The strategy a company uses to generate cash from each customer segment
  • 7. What is a pricing model? The tactics you use to set the price in each customer segment
  • 8. Common mistakes • A revenue stream is the price I charge the customer • I set the price of the product based on how much it cost to produce/make • The price must be lower than the competitors
  • 9. Defining the revenue model • What value are your customers willing to pay for? • How do your customers pay for products today? • How is the value delivered?
  • 10. Some revenue model categories • Advertising • Freemium • Pay once • Pay per use • Subscription • Licensing • Affiliate • Donations
  • 11. Advertising (unique or large) • Display Ads – e.g. Yahoo! • Search Ads – e.g. Google • Text Ads – e.g. Google, Facebook • Video Ads – e.g. YouTube • Audio Ads – e.g. Saavn • Promoted Content – e.g. Twitter, Facebook • Recruitment Ads – e.g. LinkedIn • Classifieds – e.g. Blocket, Craigslist • Featured listings – e.g. Zomato, CommonFloor • Email Ads – e.g. Yahoo!, Google • Location-based offers – e.g. Foursquare
  • 12. Freemium (up- & crossell) • (not the same as free trial) • Most often a subscription extension • More of the core offering” – DropBox, KissMetrics • Extended functionality – LinkedIN • Extended support (time or quality) – MySQL • Virtual goods – Candy Crush • In app purchases - • Combination of above
  • 13. Pay once • Retailing – e.g. Myntra • Marketplace – e.g. Snapdeal • Sharing Economy – AirBnB • Aggregators – e.g Taxi for Sure • Group buying – e.g. Groupon • Digital goods / downloads – e.g. iTunes • Training – e.g. Coursera, SimpliLearn • Pay what you want – e.g. Instamojo (optional) • Auction commerce – e.g. eBay • Crowdsourced Services – e.g. Elance, oDesk
  • 14. Pay per use • Linear – e.g. pay per GB user, Telia • Incremental – e.g. 1000 SMS, Halebop • Linear with cap – e.g. Internet abroad, Telenor • Mixed/performance – Amazon EC2/S3, Rackspace
  • 15. Subscription • Software as a Service (SaaS) – e.g. Freshdesk • Service as a Service – e.g. PayU • Content as a Service • Infrastructure/Platform as a service – e.g. AWS, Azure • Membership Services – e.g. Amazon Prime • Support and Maintenance – e.g. Red Hat • Paywall – e.g. ft.com, NYtimes
  • 16. Licensing • Less used today, except for patents, rights to use • Per Device/Server License – e.g. Microsoft products • Per Application instance – e.g. Adobe Photoshop • Per Site License – e.g. Private cloud on internal infrastructure • Patent Licensing (upfront + milestones/usage) – e.g. Qualcomm
  • 17. Affiliate • Referral revenue • Affiliate revenue
  • 18. Sponsorship/donations • Not suitable for a startup
  • 19. “open source” • Not a revenue stream, but a strategy with a revenue stream
  • 20. So, pro’s and con’s
  • 21. Pricing – two types • Fixed – Cost + margin – Value based – Volume based • Dynamic – Negotation – Auctions – Real-time market
  • 22. Avoid price based on cost!
  • 23. Some last words • Two/multi-sided business models – focus on users first • Sketch a hypothesis, try to get facts • Packaging (perception) is important
  • 24. What is a revenue stream? • Very simply: how will your startup make money? And how does your revenue model integrate itself into your business model canvas and customer value proposition? This isn't limited to the pricing of your product or service - but rather the overall strategy and tactics related to collecting the revenue from the value your customers are getting from your product/service.
  • 25. • A revenue stream is the strategy to generate cash from each customer segment • A pricing model is the tactics you'll use to set the price in each of your customer segments. • To determine the pricing, you need to understand the value they are willing to pay for. When you're first making your assumptions, you can guess what the pricing could be, but you'll quickly validate how much they are currently paying (and for what value), and how they are currently paying. • Common startup mistakes at this stage include thinking that your price is determined by the cost of manufacturing or producing the product or service or that your price should be lower than any other competitor's pricing.
  • 26. • Tack …välkomna tillbaka! • - Teamet på Chalmers Innovation

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