Shashank Murali, co-founder and CEO of TapChief, explains the platform's core monetization model to Nathan Latka.
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“Every single time these experts charge for their time, we take a small commission out of it. So that's the primary business model of TapChief today.”
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PredictionNot checkable as stated
TapChief aims for 1.5 million interaction minutes by year-end 2017
“So we are aiming at about one to 1.5 million of minutes of interactions over by the end of 2017.”
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PredictionDidn’t hold up
TapChief predicts crossing $250,000 in 2017 revenue
“I think we'll definitely cross two 50, Kim.”
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AssertionNot checkable as stated
TapChief's average consultation ticket size is roughly $5
“So today we see about two 50 INR, which is about, ah, roughly five dollars, ah, in five USD. So that's what we see as an average ticket size.”
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AssertionNot publicly verifiable
TapChief takes a 20% platform cut on consultations
“So it's about 80, 20, 80 to the expert and 20 to that.”
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Disclosure
TapChief has facilitated roughly 75,000 consultation minutes
“So we have roughly seen about 75,000 minutes of interactions happening on our platform.”
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Disclosure
Between 20% and 30% of TapChief experts have made money
“About 20 to 30% have already made money.”
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