AppSumo as a channel to attract new audience
and customers: Depositphotos experience.
Vadim Nekhai
CMO at Depositphotos
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What is AppSumo?
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AppSumo (appsumo.com)– is a daily deals website for
digitally distributed goods and online services. AppSumo was
founded in March 2010 by Noah Kagan. Today the company
has millions of subscribers. No, not subscribers. Your potential
customers.
AppSumo becomes Sumo Group Family
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AppSumo Team
Noah Kagan
ex-Facebook
Founder at Sumo Group
Knows Shit at OkDork
Anton Sepetov
Knows “Привет”
VP Sales at Sumo Group
Ayman I Al-Abdullah
ex-Microsoft
President at Sumo Group
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It brings you customers & earn money
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You can sell subscriptions
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Guides & Services
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Products and digital goods per unit
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Depositphotos experience
• We have run 9 deals to date
• Longest deal – 135 days, shortest – 1 day, best – 3
days (2013)
• Tested subscription & per unit deals
• Launched regular & Black Friday deals. Looking for
AppSumo Black & Briefcase
• Over 32,000 sales in 2017
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What matters for success?
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The Value
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Offer design: Make it easy to upsale
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Price
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• Acceptable price range - $10-$149
• Best pricing - $39/$49
• $99 deals tend to have bring in significantly less
revenue as the overall volume is more than half
The message
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The Creative
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Community support
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Your customer support success team
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Right timing
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Deal stages
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1 3 5 7 9 11
• 40% of sales – 1st day
• 10% of sales – last day
Consistency of your story
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Once you succeed don’t run your deal frequently
– it can ruin its value.
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Commission: is it worth it?
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Other platforms
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250k subscribers
75k subscribers
1.5M subscribers
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own network
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3rd party distribution
15-60 day deals
150k subscribers
2M visitors
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3rd party distribution
min. 30 days deal
How to get in?
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Thanks!
Vadim Nekhai
CMO at Depositphotos
vadim@depositphotos.com
https://www.facebook.com/vnekhai
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Vadim Nekhai (Depositphotos, Chief Marketing Officer) "Appsumo as a channel to attract new audience and customers: Depositphotos experience" SaaS Nation 2017