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Dropbox generated over 90% of its revenue via its self-serve channels to convert users in paying customers through in-product prompts and notifications, time-limited free trials of paid subscription plans, email campaigns, and lifecycle marketing. Dropbox generated over $1.1 billion revenue in 2017, with an average revenue per paying user of $111, $305 million in free cash flow and 11 million paying users Dropbox business model We're going to see all the nuts and bolts of Dropbox business model. From its mission to its core values, pricing strategy and the stakeholders involved in its success. The idea is to have a holistic picture of the organization. When we think about what is a business model, that is a set of pieces of a puzzle that once combined create an organization able to unlock value in the long run. Dropbox origin idea Founded in 2007 with a simple purpose: Life would be a lot better if everyone could access their most important information anytime from any device. Since then Dropbox has been working on allowing access to users and teams across the globe leveraging on word-of-mouth and viral marketing. Dropbox vision to kill the "work about work" The combination of scattered content, fragmented tools, and fluid team structures has led to decreased workplace productivity. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, knowledge workers spend approximately 60% of their time at work on tedious tasks such as searching for content, reviewing email, andre-sharingcontext to keep team members in the loop—what we call “work about work.” This means they spend just 40% of their time doing the jobs they were hired to do. This is how Dropbox explains its mission to make work more efficient by eliminating the set of tedious tasks that make work inefficient and make people focus on things that matter. Dropbox mission: Unleash the world's creative energy by designing a more enlightened way of working Like any company that hit it big, Dropbox doesn't have a simple mission, but an audacious goal. In Dropbox case that is about designing a more enlightened way of working. With an increasing number of people spending time on bureaucratic tasks (like sending emails, and compiling an internal audit report) the risk of creating a "work about work economy" is substantial. Thus, Dropbox mission is to help shape a work environment where people can focus on the critical things, that can contribute directly to the success of the organization. Dropbox pricing strategy Dropbox offers a set of plans to serve and cover several needs of its diverse customer base that spans from individuals to large organizations: Dropbox also follows a freemium model dynamic where users can get up to 2GB of space for free. This free version has played a vital role in Dropbox ability to proliferate, with a set of viral marketing strategies. The key ingredients to Dropbox collaboration platform: create access and organize share collaborate secure Source: Dropbox financial prospectus  Dropbox core values Once the audacious goal and vision are set, it is critical to have also a set of core values that can steer the action toward those goals. Dropbox has five core values that are shared by its employees, and stakeholders, the so-called Dropboxers, summarized below: Be worthy of trust Take care of each other and our users, and keep their best interests at heart Sweat the details Obsess over quality and strive to master your craft Aim higher Set audacious goals we, not I, We’re a village, and as members, we each need to do our part for the village to thrive Surprise and delight each other and our users, adding an authentic, human touch to everything we do Dropbox bottom-up growth strategy  One of the critical ingredients of Dropbox business model success has been its ability to drive organic growth which has been speeded up by viral adoption. Indeed, more than 90% of Dropbox revenues come from self-serve channels. In short, Dropbox used a significant outbound salesforce to succeed, but it instead leveraged on virality to grow. Its 500 million users have been representing a massive source of growth for the company. This, in turn, has lowered Dropbox sales and marketing costs, and it allowed the company to scale up. Dropbox word-of-mouth and user referral marketing model have worked pretty well in its first phases of growth. Those channels though might stop working in Dropbox next stage of traction. For that matter, the company will need to structure a sales force able to sustain future growth. That change in Dropbox sales and marketing might impact on its future cost structure. As of now though Dropbox can generate substantial growth via a few strategies. How Dropbox drives new signups As we've seen Dropbox business model is based on acquiring new users efficiently and at relatively low costs through three tactics:  word-of-mouth referrals direct in-product referrals and sharing of content By following the freemium model when users create a free account those same users often share and collaborate with other non-registered users. Conversion marketing: from free to paid users Just like Spotify uses its free version its product as a significant funnel for conversions to paid subscription plans, Dropbox follows the same strategy and logic. When you have a free version of a product that goes viral marketing becomes the primary driver of growth. At the same time to guarantee the survival of the business usually the free version either gets supported by ads, it gets used as a funnel or both. For instance, Spotify uses a business model where the free service is both an ad-supported service - that generates revenues - and a major funnel for the company that drives up new paid memberships. Dropbox instead uses its free service version as a primary driver of paid signups. The company also profiles free signups to prompt them to become paid members based on a set of characteristics that include: users that have used work email to subscribe to the platform users that have used specific types of computers or mobile devices to access the platform users that signed up from certain countries (such as more developed markets like North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific) users that have linked a desktop or laptop to Dropbox In most cases, conversion marketing requires a scale that allows running multiple experiments at once, and it will enable a company to track slight changes from several campaigns. This process enables Dropbox to adjust its target to convert free signups to paid ones. Upgrade and expand the existing customers base Users can choose among Dropbox paid subscription plans. By looking at usage patterns and with hundreds of targeted marketing campaigns paid users are encouraged to switch to higher tiers in their subscription plans. Dropbox Cohort Economics A cohort represents a group of people that share specific characteristics. In Dropbox case, the cohort is defined as the registered users who signed up for Dropbox in a given period. As pointed out on Dropbox prospectus: These amounts increase as more registered users in each cohort convert to paying users, paying users upgrade to premium subscription offerings, and team administrators purchase additional licenses. These amounts decrease when paying users terminate their subscriptions, downgrade their subscriptions to a lower tier, or team administrators reduce the number of licenses on their subscription plans. We continuously focus on adding new users and increasing the value we offer to them. As a result, each cohort of new users typically generates higher subscription amounts over time. Dropbox customers profile In 2017 Dropbox has over 11 million paying users, of which approximately 30% use Dropbox for work on a Dropbox Business team plan and an estimated additional 50% use Dropbox for work on an individual plan. With more than 300,000 paying Dropbox Business teams, and approximately 56% of Fortune 500 companies had at least one Dropbox Business team within their organization. Dropbox sales and marketing approach Dropbox self-serve strategy is tied with a focused outbound sales effort targeted at organizations and prospects that once identified, are reached by the sales team to allow a wider-scale deployment. Indeed, while the self-serve strategy is great to convert users to paying customers, at the same time to allow larger deals to come in a sales force able to manage complex sales is critical.  Dropbox key business metrics Any organization has a set of key parameters that serve as a guide to measure financial success and long-term business performance and act based on the identified trends to make strategic decisions. Dropbox tracks three key metrics: paying users average revenue per paying user free cash flow Paying users Paying users are defined as the number of users who have active paid licenses for access to Dropbox. In 2017, Dropbox had eleven million paying users compared to almost nine million in 2016. Average revenue per paying user Average revenue per paying user, or ARPU, is given by the revenue for the period presented divided by the average paying users during the same period. The ARPU in 2017 was $111.91, compared to $110.54 in 2016 and $113.54 in 2015. Free cash flow Free cash flow can be defined as the net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Summary and conclusions Dropbox follows a freemium pricing model that allows users to subscribe to the service in a seamless way. At the same time, the company has specialized in self-serve acquisition strategies based on word-of-mouth and viral marketing. Also, the company has specialized in conversion marketing strategies, which are focused on making free signups become paying customers or subscribe to larger packages. Reference for this article: Dropbox Financial Prospectus Handpicked related articles:  What Is a Business Model? 30 Successful Types of Business Models You Need to Know What Is a Business Model Canvas? Business Model Canvas Explained The Power of Google Business Model in a Nutshell How Does Google Make Money? It’s Not Just Advertising! Baidu Vs. Google: The Twins Of Search Compared How Does DuckDuckGo Make Money? 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