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How Slopes Makes Money

App for tracking ski and snowboard stats

How did Slopes monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Slopes monetized primarily through recurring subscriptions, transitioning from a paid-up-front model to a free download with a yearly subscription called a 'Season Pass'. Additionally, they introduced consumable 'day passes' and 'trip passes' as usage-based fees, similar to ski resort lift passes. This subscription model has become a reliable and growing source of recurring revenue for Slopes.

Revenue sources

2 sources · grouped by how Slopes makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 6 mentions · 6 sources
    “So I recently, I've been, uh, starting to call myself a subscription hipster because I was doing them before they were cool. Um, so slopes went subscription in 2015.”
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    “Since then Slopes has turned it into a reliable source of recurring revenue which continues to grow.”
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    “Last winter I saw ~$40k in revenue, so I'm hopeful I can go full-time on it after this winter.”
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    “I pivoted from paid-up-front to free download with subscription with a 'Season Pass'...”
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    “I remember my a-ha moment was realizing that 'season passes' at resorts are just yearly subscriptions, so I could totally pull off moving to free w/ a yearly sub.”
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    “Curtis believed you should 'charge your value and charge it every year,' so he transitioned to subscriptions.”
    high

  • Usage-based fees

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “the past system, the day pass and the trip pass. [...] they could buy a week pass for like nine bucks for example.”
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    “After that I launched consumable 'day passes' (like ski resort lift passes)...”
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How 1,859 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Slopes’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    54% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    30%
  • Physical products
    29%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    23%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    15%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    9% ◀
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
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