Clever idea. I can see this being useful for more than just job listings. Being able to created a saved Twitter search and getting a daily/weekly recap of matches can be useful for all kinds of things. But it's good to start off in one vertical like you do now.
As for the revenue model, I think the real money is on the other side of the equation. Companies who are hiring tend to pay $300+ to post a job listing.
So to get let's say $1,000 in monthly revenue, you either need to grow to 180 paying subscribers or find 3-4 companies posting a job listing each month. The latter requires a decent sized audience, but once you have that I think you'll make significantly more money.
Therefore I'd lean towards making it free of charge (or perhaps "pay-with-a-tweet", that sort of thing), and building up your user base of job seekers. Or at least experiment a bit with a free option to see how fast you can grow it, if you were to go that route.
I agree, the money is in the other side of the table. Maybe if I get enough people subscribed I can end up charging companies to include their jobs tailored for specific searches (like JS, marketing, etc)
I agree with you also on the freemium model. I was thinking of having something like 3 tiers:
- Basic (Free forever) - You get 3 jobs per day
- Freelancer - You get 10 jobs per day
- Agency - You get all of the jobs
But I like also the model you propose, where you get the jobs 1 week in advance
Clever idea. I can see this being useful for more than just job listings. Being able to created a saved Twitter search and getting a daily/weekly recap of matches can be useful for all kinds of things. But it's good to start off in one vertical like you do now.
As for the revenue model, I think the real money is on the other side of the equation. Companies who are hiring tend to pay $300+ to post a job listing.
So to get let's say $1,000 in monthly revenue, you either need to grow to 180 paying subscribers or find 3-4 companies posting a job listing each month. The latter requires a decent sized audience, but once you have that I think you'll make significantly more money.
Therefore I'd lean towards making it free of charge (or perhaps "pay-with-a-tweet", that sort of thing), and building up your user base of job seekers. Or at least experiment a bit with a free option to see how fast you can grow it, if you were to go that route.
Perhaps you can run an experiment with a freemium option.
Free gets you some/all the job posts, but a week later.
Paid gets you all of the job posts the same day.
That allows you to grow your userbase, but still charge those people who are willing to pay.
Thanks for the detailed reply, Marc!!
I agree, the money is in the other side of the table. Maybe if I get enough people subscribed I can end up charging companies to include their jobs tailored for specific searches (like JS, marketing, etc)
I agree with you also on the freemium model. I was thinking of having something like 3 tiers:
- Basic (Free forever) - You get 3 jobs per day
- Freelancer - You get 10 jobs per day
- Agency - You get all of the jobs
But I like also the model you propose, where you get the jobs 1 week in advance
Cheers Marc!
Let us know how it goes!