2. Problem Statement
1. SEARCH no easy way + no/stale data + occupancy
2. PRICE, LOYALITY
3. CONVIENCE: Transfers /admissions
4. safe PAYMENT
5. SHARING ECONOMY: facility , procurements.
6. No assured QUALITY, stats, history, facilities
7. No integrated software to manage hostel.
8. Non-AUDITED Facility Discovery, history
9. Lack of Hostel DATA (95%) and analytics.
3. Business Model : Part 1
0.22
crore
500
110
crore
We charge 10% of student transaction first
time. Or Rs 500
17% Prospects = 0.22 crore
PROSPECTS CHARGE REVENUE
4. Business Model: Part 2 Earn On
1
• Brokerage/Bid/Facility
2
• Consultancy/Analytics
3
• Hostel Software/Devices
5. USP Hostel Occupants
1. SAVE Money on Searches . (T/M/C)
2. SAVE Money on Brokerage
3. CONVIENCE Online Payment and EH Card.
4. Recommendation system for hostel suggestions
5. (T/M/C) Real time seat occupancy .
6. (T/M/C): Virtual Hostel on EH Card.
7. SHARE Hostel Ancillary Facilities EHCard.
8. QUALITY audit for rankings, quality of service.
9. Hostel analytics :CAT exam ,CA, company office etc.
6. USP Hostel Owners
1. MANAGE Money HM Software /App. on Cloud.
2. SAVE Online Payment and EH Card.
3. EARN: Bid seats high rent for high rank
4. MANAGE :Audit, Rank (own+Student) reviews
5. SHARE: Co-sourcing Grocery online grocers .
6. SHARE: Co sourcing hostel automation products
7. EARN: par with international dorms.
8. SHARE Facilities for deficient hostels on EH Card.
9. Hostel DATA analytics (where to build next hostel)
7. Market Size: 150 crore
1. Calculations: Rent brokerage market 1500 crore.
2. 850 universities, 40,000 colleges.
3. 10% college seats = 4/40 lakh hostel seats.
4. School hostel 3/30 lakh.
5. School + College prospects = 7/70 lakh.
6. Working population hostel prospects = 15/40 lakh.
7. Total prospects = 22 lakh.
8. Market size @ Rs. 500 per student = 110 crore.
8. Projection Revenue in 1 year
5 hostel/day X 4 = 20 per day = 20X250=5000 per year.
(1,00,000 hostel in India) Largest site in country
5 colleges/dayX4= 20 per day= 5000 colleges covered.
Largest in country presence in Hostel industry.
Very conservative 1% student conversation:
Each college 12/1200 student booked = 60,000
booking.
0.6 Lakh X 500= 3 crore earning.
Break Even in under 6 months
11. Investment: Cost/monthly
Nos Salary
Lakh
Total
Lakh
Hostels /
Offices
Expected
Revenue
Hostel
Marketing
4 0.66 2.64 400
Student
Marketing
4 0.66 2.64 400 x 10 4000X 500
=20 Lakh
Salary Dev 4 0.75 3.00
Digital
Marketing
1 0.35 1
Rent 1 0.50 0.50
Posters/BPO 2 0.50 0.50
Total 10.28 2-20Lakh
12. Seed Funding Requirement
Nos Salary
Lakh
Total
Lakh
monthly
Hostels /
Offices
Expected
Revenue
Hostel
Marketing
4 0.15 0.60 400 hostel per
month
Office
Marketing
4 0.15 0.60 400 = 4000
Offices/colleges
2800X 500
=14 Lakh
Salary Dev 2 0.50 1.0
Digital
Marketing
1 0.25 0.50
Rent 1 0.25 0.20
Posters/BPO 2 0.10 0.10
Total 3.00 12-14 Lakh
13. Expense/Income
Expenses Income
75 Lakh (6 months) 1.5 crore (6 months)
First Six months 2,500 hostels+ 2500Colleges
Double Marketing Team 6-12
month
Re-invest in Business 1.5 crore
Next Six months 5,000 hostel + 5,000 colleges
Largest Site for hostel in 1 year 7,500 Hostel + 7,500 colleges
1 year = 0.75+ 1.5 = 2.25 crore 1 year = 1.5 crore + 3 crore= 4.5
crore
14. Expense/Income (Pune)
Expenses Income
first month = 3.00 Lakh 400X500=2 Lakh
Total in 2 months = 9 Lakh 800X500= 4 Lakh+2 Lakh
Total in 3 months = 14 Lakh 1600X500=8 Lakh+6=14 Lakh
3 Months 1600 hostels 1600 hostel + 1600 colleges
One of Top Indian Hostel site Top Search in pune/mumbai
30-50,000 followers
15. Current State: As-is
Website/App is complete Ready with web software.
20 Lakh rupees of effort gone into it.
Integrated CRM, HR, Expense management Exists.
Tied up with Many hostels nearby with own marketing
Analysis data, blogs, social marketing Etc all setup.
Facebook, linkedin, google map integrated.
16. Future State:
Largest Site in world in 3 years for Hostel.
EH Hostel Data Analytics ( where to plan next hostel)
EH Card Services/ facility Services
AI based searches for required hostels.
Machine learning Recommendations for Users.
Virtual Hostel views to book seat. (Virtual Reality)
Hostel Security devices,Light kitchen devices. IoT
EH Hostel combined grocery sourcing.
17. Risk/Mitigation(Porter Forces):
95% hostel not covered by sites competitor Risk is very less.
Differentiated (7P) to cover commoditizing risks.
Differentiated offering for owners cover Growth risks.
Technology Risk: IT diff with AI/MR/VR/Analytic.
Focus ARPH/ARPO cover Revenue Risks.
Differentiated products offering: Risk of substitute or Risk
of buyers
Customer Relationship/Quality risk: Hostel attended
Trained on EH software,Techniques recruited for hostels
(Full Time/Part Time/ Consultation basis
18. Summary
1. BIG OPPURTUNITY: 95% market untapped.
2. Differentiated Product on all offering 7P, 7C.
3. Future VR can enter Reality market.
4. Sharing Economy and Co own opportunity.
5. World biggest Hostel Market.
6. Most South Asian Hostel deficient in automated
swiping machine(s/w)/Solar heating/HM s/w,
motion sensor lighting, Hostel ratings expanding
young population colleges and company sparsely
located
Editor's Notes
Hard to SEARCH STALE DATA and OCCUPANY:No single database of 1,00,000 hostels in India. Other site just covers 1% of total exists with gaps mentioned abovehostels sparse located, outside city even more difficult (cost 5K on travel & search) Search site (hosteldunia,hostel&pg) does not provide data hostel is full or not.
PRICE
CONVIENCE: Transfers /admissions school/colleges. online PAYMENTTransfer from 1 hostel to another city place or work location not easy with busy working hours.
Online payment: parents for distance children, no money carrying risk at new place payonline.
Sharing Economy.[share playground, sports hub, drycleaner, kitchen, combined bulk grocery, bulk gym]
No integrated software to manage hostel. Expense, Payroll, Accounts on Cloud, E-GroceryOld advertisement result comes expired advertisement at quickr So call 100 number then 10 actually have vacancy no filled.
Non-audited hostel have no data so live there then discover its not good or as per requirement with advance paid u r in trap.
Transfer from 1 hostel to another city place or work location not easy with busy working hours.
No single database of 1,00,000 hostels in India. Other site just covers 1% of total exists with gaps mentioned above.
Lack of Hostel data and analytics to draw broad picture/problems
7. Combined Grocery of 50 hostel
As introductory we charge only 500 rupees brokrage charge For Each student only for his first transaction25/140 = 17% it can go to 25%-30%
Hostel devices like Swipe in cards, Solar panels, providing manpower to Hostels for maintenance.Auto switching off lights motion sensors, other IoT devices
Save T/M/C = Time/Money/ Convinence.
AI based searches for hostel on route college/office.
PRICE
Online Payment and EH Branded Card.
Recommendation system for hostel suggestions
Real time seat occupancy status on search/App.
Virtual Hostel on EH Card.
Virtual Hostel Ancillary Facilities on EH Card.Branded card sports facility, swimming pool, lawn tennis, tie-ups for CAT, GMAT, IIT-JEE, etc.Special meets like promotional events, parties, sports.Real time students data to parents. (on request)
Hostel audit for rankings, quality of service.
Hostel analytics for students like which hostel good for CAT exam, CA, based on market survey.
Expense, Payroll, Accounts on Cloud, E-Grocery
7. Combined Grocery of 50 hostel
Calculations: Rent brokerage market 22*2500=550, considering 20% market=1100 crore, 30%=1650 crore.
Details: 850 universities, 40,000 colleges.
Assumptions: 10% colleges deficient in hostel facilities = 4/40 lakh hostel seats.
Migrated students Sr. Sec. School hostel 3/30 lakh.3 lakh student appeared in mahrastra board exam which is 10% of india total india 30 Lakh
School + College prospects = 7/70 lakh.
Working population hostel prospects = 15/40 lakh.15 Lakh programmers in India similarly real estate, marketing, pharma, banking, bpo etc..sectors..25=15+25=40
Total prospects = 22 lakh.
Market size @ Rs. 500 per student = 110 crore.
Hosteldunia.com just a repository , no real time status , hostel only in AP, 1K properties 1% of total market, No hostel audited ranking, no facilities.