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Insight
Event crowdfunding models fail due to low customer lifetime value
“The problem with that is that there's no lifetime value of that customer. Once they get sort of market validations, it's gone.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Parmar says the B2B segment generates the majority of Picatic's revenue
“The B to B aspect of that is, is, is definitely the much bigger piece of the pie.”
Assertion Supported
Picatic charges $1 plus 2.5% commission per ticket on Pro tier
“The pro product is a commission base. It's a base. It's a base rate. Nathan Latka: What's the base? Jayesh Parmar: A dollar. Nathan Latka: Okay. Jayesh Parmar: and then the commission around 2.5% per ticket.”
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Picatic enterprise and API tiers range from $5K to $100K monthly
“It can range anywhere from five grand to a hundred grand a month.”
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Picatic hit approximately $30M in gross ticket revenue in 2016
“We're around thirty million dollars of gross ticket revenue around, around the park.”
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Picatic takes an average 4% cut on gross ticket revenue
“We take about four percent off that, so.”
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Parmar predicts Picatic will surpass $60M in gross ticket revenue in 2017
“Yeah, I think so.”
Disclosure
Picatic offers free ticketing for events with tickets under $18
“We allow event organizers that are selling tickets around under 25 dollars or 18 dollars in the United States. To go out there and use our platform, sell tickets, organize tickets, manage tickets, and the whole idea around that is for community events or peopl…”
Disclosure
Picatic has raised $1.5M in total capital
“No, one five together.”
Disclosure
Parmar acquired early customers by personally working event doors
“I mean, I'll tell you in the early days, people, people thought this was a scam or they didn't understand exactly what was going on. I actually went out there and set up their events, work their door and just did everything for them.”
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Picatic generated under $10,000 in revenue in 2008
“Less than 10 grand.”