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20 Models in 20 Minutes: John Musser, Programmableweb @johnmusser
20 Models in 20 Minutes: John Musser, Programmableweb @johnmusser
Business Models
20 models in 20 minutes
John
Musser,
ProgrammableWeb
@johnmusser
API
Strategy
Conference,
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BizDev / LeadGen
Marketing channel
New line of business
User acquisition
Increase footprint
Upsell opportunity API as Product
Distribution channel
Partner opportunities
Content acquisition
Drive traffic
Increase stickiness
Device and mobile support
Extend product
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An API strategy
is not
an API business model
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Free
Developer Pays
Pay as You Go
Tiered Pricing
Freemium
Unit-based Pricing
Unit-based Pricing
Transaction Fee
2.9%
+
30
per
transacDon
= $
90%
of
what
we
do
is
business
through
APIs
John
Wa9on,
Expedia
Aliate
Network,
TravoluGon.co.uk,
April
2012
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Indirect
Content Acquisition
3rd
party
applicaOons
built
on
the
[eBay]
Open
PlaTorm
accounOng
for
$6.9
billion
in
Gross
Merchandise
Volume
(GMV)
in
2008.
Kumar Kandaswamy, May 31, 2012
Content Syndication
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Facebook Integration
NPR Music
iPhone app
Relaunched NPR
mobile site
Player 2.0
NPR News
Android app
Story Page
Improvements
NPR Music
Remix
Homepage
Improvements
NPR Blogs
Made API Friendly
Source NPR. Shown in millions via Ominture. Last updated September 23, 2010.
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Thank You
QuesOons,
ideas,
comments?
jmusser@gmail.com
@johnmusser