Fagerlund: WideSpace Takes a 50% Fee on $100K Annual Ad Spend
Patrik Fagerlund · 788: Ad Tech Agency Does $17m Gross Profit 2016, $30m VC Raised · Sep 20, 2017 · at 7:45
Patrik Fagerlund, CEO of WideSpace, explains the company's fee structure and volume discounts for customer ad spend.
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“So if you're a customer, you typically pay 50% of that spend to make use of the technology. If you go then of course it's a volume game. The more you pay the less we charge basically.”
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