4. BayStay
Business Model
San Francisco, August 2012
Andra, Chrissie, Ethan, Patricia,Tagaris
Agenda
✓Overview - The Industry
✓What? - The Product
✓How? - The Business Model
✓Competitive advantage
✓Recommendations
✓Why? - The Problem we solve
✓Measuring success - KPIs
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7. The Pain
Demand > Supply mainly because the real estate supply
increases much slower than the demand from the tech/financial
market (the new dot com bubble)
Many landlords don’t accept short term leases and if they do,
prices are almost double.
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8. Population: 812,826
Student Population >120,000
16.35 mill visitors in 2011
Rent Price: $2,734 — up 12.9% since 2011
Students pay up to 20% more for units than traditional residents
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9. The Bay Area exclusive online real state meeting point for
landlords and tenants.
BayStay
The Vision
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10. The Bay Area exclusive online real state meeting point for
landlords and tenants.
BayStay
The Vision
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11. Leading short term real estate agency in the Bay Area
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14. 165,000 Companies = $170 Billion Revenue
Brokers commissions: grow at a compounded
rate of 14% annually from 2010 to 2015
> 90 % Use internet before purchasing Real
Estate
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15. 165,000 Companies = $170 Billion Revenue
Brokers commissions: grow at a compounded
rate of 14% annually from 2010 to 2015
> 90 % Use internet before purchasing Real
Estate
47%
16%
37%
Brokerage Services
Property Mgmt
Leasing Residential Units
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16. Prospects For Major Commercial PropertyTypes in 2012
6.74
5.49
5.36
5.10
4.75
Investment Prospects
Apartment
Industrial/Distribution
Hotel
Office
Retail
6.61
4.38
3.67
2.97
3.14
Development Prospects
Apartment
Industrial/Distribution
Hotel
Office
Retail
1 5 9
abysmal fair excellent
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22. 73% of Homeowners are more
likely to list with a realtor offering
to do video
BUT
12% of the real estate industry
haveYouTube accounts
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25. WELCOME ABOUT US BLOG
BAY STAY YOUR ONE STOP HOUSING PARTNER
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TRAVEL PODCAST
WELCOME ABOUT US BLOG
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3BR apartment in the Marina
$5,200/month
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2BR Telegraph Hill apartment
$3,300/month
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Cozy studio in Tenderloin
$200/month
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2BR apartment in Richmond
$2,200/month
Click here for more details >>
Thursday, 9 August 12
26. WELCOME ABOUT US BLOG
BAY STAY YOUR ONE STOP HOUSING PARTNER
3BR apartment in the Marina
$5,200/month
Click here for more details >>
2BR Telegraph Hill apartment
$3,300/month
Click here for more details >>
Cozy studio in Tenderloin
$200/month
Click here for more details >>
2BR apartment in Richmond
$2,200/month
Click here for more details >>
WELCOME ABOUT US BLOG
BAY STAY YOUR ONE STOP HOUSING PARTNER
Sed on arcu hac habitasse platea
dictumst, praesent ed nibh. Praesent
eu mi integer libero sed dignissim,
turpis tinc idunt. Egestas tortor mauris
vulputate ante, vel cursus enim tortor
sit amet tortor duis libero.
TRAVEL PODCAST
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30. Value Proposition
Unlike its major competitors, BayStay caters to residential property owners (landlords) who
are dissatisfied with high industry-wide estate agent fees.We do this by charging a flat annual fee for full,
professional property management services that saves them time, money and
guarantees timely payments and full occupancy all year round.
Landlords
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31. Value Proposition
Unlike its major competitors, BayStay caters to prospective tenants who cannot find quality
properties at affordable prices.We do this by offering reasonably priced housing with the option of
short to long term lease contracting and guaranteeing satisfaction via round the
clock customer support.
Tenants
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35. Average Age: 19
Income: $30,000
What do they care about?
‣Quality of neighborhood
‣Overall affordability
‣Convenience to friends and family
‣Convenience to School
‣Amenities
‣Design of neighborhood
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36. Average Age: 54
Income: $90,000
What do they care about?
‣ Quality of neighborhood
‣ Convenience to Attractions
‣ Overall affordability
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37. Average Age: 38
Income: $110,000
What do they care about?
‣ Quality of neighborhood
‣ Overall affordability
‣ Convenience to work
‣ Amenities
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40. SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING
‣Optimization to increase visibility in SERPs
‣SEO for website and blog
‣Paid inclusion
ONLINE ADVERTISING
‣Contextual ads on search engine results pages
‣Banner ads
‣Rich media ads
‣Interstitial ads
‣Classified ads
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49. What it can do?
‣ Instant Lead Generation
‣ Send Custom listing alerts by Zip Code or # of
Bedrooms.
‣ Mortgage Rate Alerts
‣ Application Status
‣ Open House Alerts
‣ School and Neighborhood Stats
‣ Links to Mobile Site with more Photos
Mobile Marketing:
QR Coding
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54. Key Partners
‣ Exclusive agreement landlord building
‣ Colleges, Universities, and Schools
‣ Google Ad Words/Analytics
‣ Moving van companies
‣ San FranciscoTourism Improvement
District
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55. Key Partners
‣ Exclusive agreement landlord building
‣ Colleges, Universities, and Schools
‣ Google Ad Words/Analytics
‣ Moving van companies
‣ San FranciscoTourism Improvement
District
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64. Revenues
Landlords
Annual or monthly
fee for the
management of
their properties
Tenants
Fee just before they
are at the point of
lease signing
Ads
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65. Revenues
Landlords
Annual or monthly
fee for the
management of
their properties
Tenants
Fee just before they
are at the point of
lease signing
Ads
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69. Monitoring active users, engagement,
impressions, content feedback (post views, post
feedback)
Impressions, retweets, clicks, replies, followers,
reach of tweets, engagement
Using Google Analytics to look at bounce rates,
traffic sources, pages/visit, percentage of new
visitors and returning visitors, engagement
levels, traffic sources, keywords, social sources
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70. Monitoring active users, engagement,
impressions, content feedback (post views, post
feedback)
Impressions, retweets, clicks, replies, followers,
reach of tweets, engagement
Using Google Analytics to look at bounce rates,
traffic sources, pages/visit, percentage of new
visitors and returning visitors, engagement
levels, traffic sources, keywords, social sources
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71. BAYSTAY.COM
Number of views, likes and dislikes, comments, shares, favorites
added, top traffic sources, top playback locations, number of
subscribers, absolute audience retention and net changes in
subscribers.
ROI, leads, conversions, returning visitors, page views per visit, time
on age, time on site, bounce rate, form abandonment rate, next pages,
links clicked, eye tracking, internal searches, number of back links,
page rank, social media shares, usability, credibility, appearance,
referrals from customers, feedback form results
Thursday, 9 August 12
72. BAYSTAY.COM
Number of views, likes and dislikes, comments, shares, favorites
added, top traffic sources, top playback locations, number of
subscribers, absolute audience retention and net changes in
subscribers.
ROI, leads, conversions, returning visitors, page views per visit, time
on age, time on site, bounce rate, form abandonment rate, next pages,
links clicked, eye tracking, internal searches, number of back links,
page rank, social media shares, usability, credibility, appearance,
referrals from customers, feedback form results
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78. ‣Niche focus - Price sensitive short term rental seekers in the Bay Area
‣Competitive edge
‣Consolidating leadership position in short term affordable housing through local strategic
alliances and M&A
‣Customer-centric via 24h customer support
‣Low credit check requirements
‣No deposit requirement
“Unfair” Advantage
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