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How Geocodio Makes Money

Geocoding API for addresses and coordinates

How did Geocodio monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Geocodio monetizes by charging usage-based fees, rolling up customers' monthly usage to save on transaction fees instead of charging daily for API usage. They integrated Stripe to handle payments and began receiving payments shortly after launch, which covered their initial operational costs.

Revenue sources

1 source · grouped by how Geocodio makes money

  • Usage-based fees

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “so the way we decided to build people was we’ll just roll up your whole usage for the month so that we save money on transaction fees rather than charging people for their API usage every day”
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    “And I remember that we had integrated Stripe and everything. We had planned to make money on it. But when February 1st came around, we launched, was January 20th, 21st, 2014? ...I remember you ran a database query and it was like, people actually need to pay us. ... it was like $30 ... But it mea...”
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How 2,386 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Geocodio’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    62%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    28%
  • Services & consulting
    26%
  • Physical products
    24%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    15%
  • Course / training sales
    12%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    11%
  • Usage-based fees
    10% ◀
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    5%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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