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How VinSolutions Makes Money

CRM platform for automotive dealerships

How did VinSolutions monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

VinSolutions monetized primarily through recurring subscription fees, with early pricing around a couple hundred dollars per month and email marketing packages starting at $555 per month. They also charged usage-based fees, such as payments for each upload.

Revenue sources

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

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “When we sold the company, we were doing like $35 million a year in revenue.”
    high
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    “in the early days it was a couple hundred dollars a month.”
    high
    “VinSolutions is part of a powerful ecosystem of retail solutions from Cox Automotive”
    medium
  • Usage-based fees

    · 1 mention
    “All you have to do is pay me what for each upload.”
    high
  • Services & consulting

    · 1 mention
    “An email marketing package starts at just $555 per month.”
    high

How 1,859 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — VinSolutions’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%