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Shanahan: Every £1 in subscription drives 30p in usage revenue

Nigel Shanahan · 1024 How He Bought Out His VC's, Won His Company Back, Now Doing $24m Annually · May 14, 2018 · at 17:04

Nigel Shanahan describes Rant & Rave's hybrid monetization model combining SaaS subscriptions with broadcast messaging usage.

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“Well, because we have a usage off the back of the subscription, and typically a pound worth of subscription buys in 30 pence worth of sort of usage, if you understand what I mean.”

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For Rant & Rave, every £1 of subscription revenue generates approximately £0.30 in additional usage revenue.

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