Revenue
The Internet Wants to Be Free, but You Need to Get Paid
Hi. I’m Andrew.
My life in advertising:
Revenue Science publisher clients
Direct
ecommerce subscription virtual goods brands
Indirect
ads lead generation affiliate / CPA
Direct
ecommerce subscription virtual goods brands
Transact = $$$
Transactions as funnels
Users enter
Browse
Add to cart
Buy
ARPU = average revenue per user
ecommerce ARPU • new users • % browse • % add to cart • % who buy • average order size
virtual items ARPU • new users • % register • % buy currency • purchases/month • average order size • churn % • month2 revenue
subscription ARPU • new users • % register • % subscribe • month1 revenue • (1-churn %) * month2 revenue • …
3 steps to max ARPU
• Identify user funnels • Increase repeat visits • Raise average order size
Indirect
ads lead generation affiliate / CPA
Ad impressions
Clicks
Leads
Affiliate
ad impressions RPM
• CPM
leads RPM
• % conv * CPL * 1000
clicks RPM
• CTR * PPC * 1000
affiliate RPM
• % conv * order size* 1000
Inventory model
Impressions RPM
Home
Profile
200,000
1,000,000
$1.00
$0.25
Forum Message
Search
2,000,000 500,000
500,000
$0.25 $0.50
$10.00
4 steps to max revenues
• Grow audiences • Higher CTR and conv % • Advertisers • Optimize
Direct
ecommerce subscription virtual goods brands
Indirect
ads lead generation affiliate / CPA
Questions?
voodoo [at] gmail.com http://andrewchenblog.com
@andrew_chen