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RailsDevs is a reverse job board platform for Ruby on Rails developers where developers post their profiles and businesses reach out to them directly.

railsdevs.com · Founded 2021 · 10 public sources · Updated 2 days ago

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How RailsDevs Makes Money

Reverse job board for Ruby on Rails developers

How did RailsDevs monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

RailsDevs monetizes primarily through monthly subscriptions and hiring fees paid by companies. Companies pay a recurring fee, such as $300 per month, to access developer information and contact details on the platform. Hiring fees, which vary depending on the number of hires, constitute almost 90% of RailsDevs' revenue.

Revenue sources

4 sources · grouped by how RailsDevs makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    “you've got the recurring revenue companies pay you 300 bucks a month ... So the companies pay $300 a month to be part of the platform that gets them access to all of the developers, hidden information, like their contact info, their social links, their real name, the project that they worked on, ...”
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    “Through monthly subscriptions and hiring fees, RailsDevs make about $10,000 per month, on average. At the time I hadn’t even built a checkout flow. I had to manually send them an invoice! With their $99 payment, I achieved my goal of making $1.”
    high
    “Through monthly subscriptions and hiring fees, RailsDevs make about $10,000 per month, on average.”
    high

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 1 mention
    “I shared RailsDevs and they asked me how to pay for a subscription. At the time I hadn’t even built a checkout flow. I had to manually send them an invoice! With their $99 payment, I achieved my goal of making $1.”
    high

  • Usage-based fees

    · 1 mention
    “you've got the recurring revenue companies pay you 300 bucks a month and you've got the hiring fees.”
    medium

  • Marketplace commissions

    · 1 mention
    “Almost 90% of revenue comes from hiring fees which can vary month to month depending on how many folks get hired.”
    medium

How 2,669 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — RailsDevs’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
    5% ◀
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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