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Model review
What is included in the financial model of the Event Meetup Platform?
The five-year-old workbook models are edited for purchase of the seller and buyer, purchase orders, GMV, commissions, subscriptions, additions to the seller, monthly and annual reports, scenarios and financial statements.
Use a workbook to translate budgets for separate purchase of seller and buyer, CAC, tier mixtures, cohort life, repeat orders, AOV, commission conditions, subscription and add-on of the seller to organized market forecast.
The scenarios, navigation desktop and financial statements are covered by editable purchase facilities, cohorts, orders, AOV, commissions, subscriptions, seasonality, costs, staff and capital.
Built to plan the bilateral marketThe model combines the seller and buyer acquisition with the seller's orders, GMV, commissions, subscriptions and supplements.
Two-way revenue engine on the market
How does the event platform calculate revenue?
The model acquires sellers and buyers separately, maintains groups, calculates orders of buyers and GMV, applies commission conditions and then adds subscriptions and allowances to the seller.
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Get both sides
The purchase budgets of sellers and purchasers divided into their respective CAC form new market participants at a level.
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Hold the cohort
The cohorts of sellers and buyers remain active throughout the life of each of these levels together with beginners.
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Calculating orders
Purchase orders combine initial orders from new buyers with orders repeated from quahorite of active eligible buyers.
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Monetization of GMV
The contracts multiplied by AOV level buyers form GMV and then apply percentages and fixed commissions on order.
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Calculation of revenue
Revenue from the Commission, subscriptions to the seller and the buyer and additional amounts of the seller included in the total monthly market revenue.
Basic formularevenue = Commission revenue + subscriptions + supplements from the seller
01 / Revenue assumptions
How are revenue events platforms structured?
The revenue side assumes that the seller and the buyer will be purchased separately, that their exchange rate, duration, subsequent orders, AOV, commissions, subscriptions, additional amounts of the seller and seasonality.
Revenue assumptions
Review acquisition of sellers and buyers, cohorts, orders, AOV, GMV, commissions, subscriptions and additions.
02 / COGS & operating expenses
How are market costs and operating expenses planned?
The COGS spreadsheet and operating costs distribute COGS related to revenue, acquisition and support costs and fixed operating costs under the forecast.
COGS and operating expenses
Check COGS related revenue, purchase costs, support costs, fixed general costs, schedules and monthly forecasts.
03 / Analysis of the scenario
What does a scenario analysis compare to?
The scenario analysis compares the Low, Base, and High levels for revenue, gross margin, contribution margin and EBITDA over the forecast period of five years.
Analysis of scenarios
Check the low, base and high trajectory for revenues, margins and EBITDA within five years.
04 / Dashboard
What can you analyze in dashboard?
You can use the navigation desktop to review configuration controls, multiple scenarios, revenue composition, profitability, cash flow, investment return period and major financial results in one place.
Is the financial model event meeting platform right for you?
The ready model fits into the bilateral markets using separate purchase of the seller and buyer, maintaining the cohort, ordering the buyer, AOV, commissions, subscriptions and accessories of the seller; significantly different logic may require individual modelling.
Model ready
It fits perfectly
You buy sellers and buyers separately using CAC budgets and assumptions.
You keep the seller's and buyer's levels for a certain lifetime and the buyer's repeat order pattern.
You monetize the GMV buyer through interest and fixed commissions plus subscriptions or extras sellers.
You want an analysis of the scenarios, the cost schedules, the Dashboard and the integrated financial statements.
Order structure
Think about the model
Your company isn't a two-way market with separate channels to buy sellers and buyers.
Your basic revenues are not based on transactions with buyers, commissions, subscriptions or any additional transactions with sellers.
Your economy depends on your ability to adjust outside the cohort market activity at the level of events, stocks or logic.
You need a different reporting structure tailored to your unique operational or management requirements.
The indicator is the starting point for planning, not a guarantee of performance.
Financial modelling service for orders
Do you need a pattern that meets your requirements?
The Financial Model Laboratory may build or adapt the model where the revenue logic, operational schedules or reporting requirements differ from the final template.
After purchase you will receive a fully-editable financial model of Event Meetup Platform for immediate download and use in Excel or Google Sheets.
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Editable workbook
Open and update the model settings in Excel or Google Sheets.
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Five-year forecast
Review of the five-year forecasts with detailed monthly and annual financial reporting.
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Analysis of scenarios
Compare Low, Base, and High cases in the Scenario Analysis view.
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Financial statements
Use the Navigation Desktop plus profit and loss account, cash flow, balance sheet and supplementary reports.
Before purchase
The event platform Financial model FAQ
The basic answers are visible in their entirety, without the need to click on the accordion.
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How does the event platform model calculate revenue?
Separately acquires sellers and buyers, model orders of buyers and GMV, applies interest and fixed commissions, and then adds subscriptions to the seller and buyer and authorized allowances of the seller.
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Which assumptions can I change?
You can edit the purchase budgets of the seller and buyer, CAC, mixtures of levels, life expectancy, frequency of repeat orders, AOV, admission rates, fixed commissions, subscription fees, seller allowances and seasonality.
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What can I compare between Low, Base, and High scenarios?
The scenario analysis compares the Low, Base, and High levels for revenue, gross margin, contribution margin and EBITDA over five years.
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What financial results are taken into account?
The workbook contains a navigational desktop, profit and loss account, cash flow report, balance sheet, summary, charts, KPIs, valuation, billing analysis and other management reports.
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Can the Financial Models Lab adapt the model to individual requirements?
Yes. the Financial Models Lab offers individual financial modeling when you need a different revenue logic, operational schedule or reporting.
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Is the workbook a prediction or a guarantee?
This is a planned forecast based on edited assumptions and not a guarantee of financial or operational results.
What Does the Event Meetup Platform Financial Model Contain?
This event platform startup budget template excel provides everything you need to build a comprehensive financial plan, from initial launch costs to a five-year profitability analysis.
All-in-one Dashboard
Core inputs and core outputs
Low/Base/High
Three scenario analysis
Professional Charts
Presentation ready
ROE Components
DuPont analysis
Revenue Inputs
Researched revenue assumptions
Bank-Ready Reports
Lender-friendly financial outputs
Revenue Breakdown
Revenue stream detailed view
KPI Dashboard
Performance metrics benchmark
Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.
Revenue assumptions
COGS and operating expenses
Analysis of scenarios
Dashboard
