Movies vs music industries and the “windowing” revenue model

Of all industry roller coasters, the music industry must be the wildest. The last 30 years reshaped the business in a way we never could have imagined. Music as a product changed dramatically (e.g. from LPs to MP3s) and the ups and downs in worldwide sales would make the most hardened theme park visitor queasy. […]

13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues

You can think about consumer Internet companies in three major categories. The following three categories of consumer Internet startups and the representative underlying thirteen business models should give you a more than basic understanding of the main drivers of 95 percent of the consumer Internet startups you hear and read about on TechCrunch. The best […]

Real Revenue Model Statistics For Small Websites

We analyzed 100 recent small website sales to get some hard numbers around why some sites make more than others. The expected profit of a small website can be predicted by analyzing the audience, content type, and revenue model. This article is the full version of our website revenue model analysis. For those of you […]

Master List of Web And Mobile Revenue Models

Advertising Display Ads – ex. Yahoo! Search Ads – ex. Google Text Ads – ex. Google Video Ads – ex. Hulu Audio Ads – ex. Pandora Promoted Content – ex. Twitter, Tumblr Paid content links – ex. Outbrain Recruitment Ads – ex. LinkedIn Lead Generation – ex. MoneySuperMarket, ZocDoc Affiliate Fees – ex. Amazon Affiliate Program Classifieds […]

An In-Depth Guide to Online Business Revenue Models for Lifestyle Entrepreneurs

If you’re in the process of planning or starting a business online, you might be wondering what the best way to make money is. This is especially true if you’re planning to start a lifestyle business (a flexible small business with the goal of supporting the owner’s lifestyle as opposed to a typical business with the goal […]