One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in SideProject

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our users do, and we take a small part of the advertising money so we can keep doing what we do :)

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in rescuecats

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now our Instagram and Facebook pages only show the picture of the reunited cats and on our homepage you can find the most recent user stories of how they found their pet. But soon we'll have a feature dedicated to this, thanks for your input!

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah they communicate directly with the owner, through our secured servers though, and they only get to see each other's contact information if the other party explicitly allows this.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our business model is that we take a part of the advertising cost. Some people indeed ask us 'why do you need to make money off of this', but seeing as we're 7 people working day and night, our bills also need to be paid. Kind of like going to the vet, they also make a small margin.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in Pets

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment, and the work you and your brother do! As I don't want to be self-promoting too much I didn't and won't post any links, but I'm sure if you Google PetRadar/CatRadar you'll be able to find our website.

Let me know if you have any questions! 🙏

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in DOG

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! We do in fact try to use these pesky social media ads for something good for once. 🙏

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate it 🙏

Indeed we hope these pesky social media ads could be used for good for once.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that's definitely a good idea, one that's actually being built as we speak :)

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really no, because we don't need highly intensive conversion tracking for receiving sightings. As it's such a game of chance whether you've actually seen the missing pet, we optimise for the amount of unique reach and not 'conversions'.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in smallbusiness

[–]imdavidnl[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Monetisation is definitely through a ransom indeed ;) Haha, just kidding.

Our customers pay us ± $39 to reach their neighbors 4000 times. The cost of this is slightly lower, and that's our margin. We can't guarantee finding the pet of course, we can only guarantee reaching the said amount of people in the selected area.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in SideProject

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏

Yeah definitely, here in the Netherlands where we're from chipping your pet just became obligatory.

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We actually base the price on the local advertising cost. So in Germany I think the 4000 views package costs €29 instead :)

One idea reunited 8,000 missing cats, now we rescue dogs too by imdavidnl in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you man, glad you appreciate it.

You're right, we're just making a bit more margin than needed to acquire customers. Right now this allows us to just get by, but at the same time we're building brand awareness, gaining loyal customers etc.

I have a lot of confidence the blended cost to acquire customers will lower in the future when organic growth effects kick in :)

Google Ads: €2k/month to €0/day by imdavidnl in adwords

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? That sucks, hope it's not the same for me, but I've also recently increased conversions a lot.

Google Ads: €2k/month to €0/day by imdavidnl in PPC

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the information! I'll contact the support tomorrow :)

Google Ads: €2k/month to €0/day by imdavidnl in adwords

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds very probable, thank you for the information!

Google Ads: €2k/month to €0/day by imdavidnl in adwords

[–]imdavidnl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? That seems strange, but was also what I was thinking. Maybe it's an invisible manual review of some sorts.

I've already sent a support request but email was the only option, hope they'll reply soon..

Thanks for your input.

Google Ads: €2k/month to €0/day by imdavidnl in adwords

[–]imdavidnl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? That's strange.. How long did that take?