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How Landingsite Makes Money

AI website builder for businesses

How did Landingsite monetize?

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Landingsite monetizes primarily through recurring subscription plans, offering different pricing tiers such as $12 per month for a homepage and $24 per month for unlimited pages on a website. They also consider charging for additional features or add-ons, especially those involving marketing or SEO functionalities that may incur extra costs.

Revenue sources

3 sources · grouped by how Landingsite makes money
  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Our first paying customer was a small town hockey league who signed up in July, 2023 and paid us $10/mo. They churned within a few months. Slowly we figured out what people needed, and ended 2023 with $3k MRR. ... In January, 2025 our revenue doubled, from $7k to $14k. ...we grew 10x this year to...”
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    “we have a plan that's $12 a month for just like a homepage. So you don't get any other pages on the website, but just the homepage. And you can publish that to your domain. And then we have a $24 a month plan, which is like as many pages as you want on a website.”
    high
  • Usage-based fees

    · 1 mention
    “I started out hosting our open source software and charged customers for how much they used the hosted service, which enabled Prerender.io to be profitable from day one.”
    high
  • Add-ons & upsells

    · 1 mention
    “if we add features, like you were talking about, like marketing features or SEO type features for people, I think depending on how much AI it uses and our costs there, we might have to, you know, charge for certain types of add-ons or features.”
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How 1,917 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Landingsite’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    55%
  • Services & consulting
    29%
  • Physical products
    28%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    24%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    16%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%