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IdeaScale
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IdeaScale is a crowdsourcing and idea management software that helps organizations gather, prioritize, and develop ideas from their communities to drive inno...

ideascale.com · Founded 2009 · 31 public sources · Updated about 7 hours ago

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How IdeaScale Makes Money

Idea management software for collective innovation

How did IdeaScale monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

IdeaScale monetizes primarily through recurring subscriptions, offering free software for organizations with fewer than 100 users and charging for additional, customized functionality. They also charge a premium for white labeling their software to distinguish IdeaScale communities from others.

Revenue sources

2 sources · grouped by how IdeaScale makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “I’m the Co-Founder of a B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) company called IdeaScale (https://ideascale.com/). ... Over the course of ten years, we’ve grown our company to almost $750,000/month.”
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    “The company uses the freemium model of engagement, offering free communities on an open basis and additional, customized functionality to paying clients.”
    medium
    “Our software is entirely free for any organization that has less than 100 users. So a lot of people come try out the software for their team of one person, team of 10 people, and then eventually either as their organization grows or they move to a different organization, they scale up with us.”
    medium

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 1 mention
    “We also always charged a premium to white label our software so there was no mistaking an IdeaScale community for anything else.”
    medium

How 2,680 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — IdeaScale’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    65% ◀
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    30% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    25%
  • Physical products
    21%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    14%
  • Course / training sales
    11%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    10%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    4%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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