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How Wavve Makes Money

Audio-to-video tool for social media marketing

How did Wavve monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Wavve monetizes primarily through recurring subscription fees as a subscription video on-demand streaming service. It operates a freemium model with a portion of users subscribing to premium plans, generating recurring revenue.

Revenue sources

2 sources · grouped by how Wavve makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    “Wave has a little over 100,000 users, it's a freemium product, and about 7,000 premium subscribers. So we're doing around 87,000 a month in recurring revenue for Wave.”
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    “Over the past 3 years, we have bootstrapped the business to $75k in monthly recurring revenue.”
    high
    “Wavve (Korean: 웨이브) is a South Korean subscription video on-demand, over-the-top, streaming television service operated by SK Telecom.”
    high

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “This was people buying packs of minutes and using them and maybe coming back and buying more.”
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    “Special Offer: Free Trial + $100 Off Lifetime Access!”
    high

How 1,889 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Wavve’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    54% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    30%
  • Physical products
    28%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    24% ◀
  • 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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