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MODEL OVERVIEW
What Is a Digital Video Game Distribution Financial Model?
This is a five-year Excel and Google Sheets workbook for forecasting the acquisition of the market, transactions, commissions, subscriptions, costs, scenarios and financial statements.
Plan the digital gaming market by combining different sales and purchase of buyers, active cohorts, buyer orders, commission economy, subscriptions, vendor extras, costs and financing.
Purchase budgets that can be edited, CAC, level mixes, viability, order repetition, AOV, commissions, subscription fees, allowances for sellers and cost assumptions are transmitted monthly and per year.
Built for a bilateral market economyGMV remains the means of transaction volume, while commissions, sellers and subscribers are the means of sale, and the possibility of selling extras becomes market revenues.
REVENUE WITH TWO MARKETS
How Does Digital Distribution Video Game Generate Revenue in This Model?
The model acquires sellers and buyers separately, converts the orders of buyers to GMV and commission revenues, and then adds the seller subscriptions, subscriptions of the buyer and the included seller allowances.
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Acquisition of Both Sides
Calculates new sellers and buyers from separate acquisition budgets, CAC assumptions, and monthly seasonality.
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Building Active Cohorts
Place sellers and buyers on the levels of accuracy and keep the start and acquired cohorts for their specific life.
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Buyer’s Procurement Forecasts
Add initial orders from new buyers to repeat orders from authorized active-buyers cohorts.
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Valuable Transactions
Calculate the GMV from the orders of buyers and AOV, then apply the percentage rates of the same and fixed commissions.
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Calculate Income
Add commission revenues, seller subscriptions, buyers subscriptions and included extras sellers every month; GMV itself is not revenue.
FORM OF CORRECTIONRevenue = Commission + Vendor Subscriptions + Buyer Subscriptions + Extras
01 / REVENUE RESULTS
Which Marketplace Inputs Drive Video Game Distribution Revenue?
View Revenue Assumption combines purchase of seller and buyer, periods of use, recurring orders, AOV, GMV, commissions, subscriptions, seller allowances and seasonality.
GROUNDS FOR THE REVENUE
Preview of the buyer and seller acquisition, cohort levels, buyer's economy, commissions, subscriptions, allowances and seasonality.
02 / COGS & OPEX
How Are Models of Distribution Costs and Operating Costs?
View COGS & OPEX separates distribution costs, operating costs and fixed overhead costs, thus combining monthly cost forecasts with market activities and revenues.
COGS & OPEX
Check distribution costs, acquisition costs, support costs, fixed overhead costs, timetable and monthly calculations.
03 / SCENARIOS
How to Compare Low, Basic and High Cases?
The Scenarios compared low, base and high revenue paths, gross margin, premium margin and EBITDA in the five-year forecast.
SCENARIOS
Low, Core and High Comparisons of Revenue, Margin and EBITDA over five years.
04 / DASHBOARD
What Does the Distribution Board Have in Common?
The data table combines global settings, scenario multipliers, basic finances, revenue mix, profitability, cash flow, return on investment and key indicators in one view.
DASHBOARD
Control of configuration, results of scenarios, revenue mix, profitability, cash flow, return on investments and key metrics.
FIT OF PRODUCTS
Is the Game Video Digital Distribution Financial Model Suitable for You?
The ready model fits the digital markets for purchasing sellers and buyers separately and for monetizing the buyer's transactions, subscriptions and extras of the seller; material different economies may need a custom modeling.
MODEL BY MADA READY
Good Example
You purchase sellers and buyers separately using separate budgets, assumptions of CAC and seasonality.
You plan to sell and buy levels with mixes, vitality, and start active bases.
You forecast buyer orders, repeat frequency, AOV, GMV, percentage commissions and fixed fees.
You are monetizing the subscriptions of the seller and the buyer plus the seller's allowances, along with related costs, scenarios and reporting.
CUSTOMS STRUCTURE
Consider Custom Pattern
Your income is driven mainly by the sale of games, licensing, services, or other non-market mechanics.
You need special license fees, guarantees or income shares above the standard percentage and fixed commissions.
You need catalogues at the title level, start-up schedules, regional prices or other operational details outside the cohorts of sellers and buyers.
You need your own KPIs, reports, funding logic or operational schedules tailored to your platform.
The template is the starting point of planning, not a guarantee of performance.
FINANCIAL MODEL SERVICE
Do You Need a Model Built Around Your Requirements?
The financial models of Lab can build or customize a model when you need different revenue logic, operating schedules or reporting around your requirements.
After booking, you will receive an immediate financial model Excel or Google Sheets with five-year monthly and annual forecasts, scenarios and related financial reports.
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Editable workbook
Open and edit in Excel and Google Sheets the entrance of the seller, buyer, transaction, monetization, costs, personnel and planning.
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Five-year forecast
Review of detailed monthly and annual forecasts throughout the five-year planning period.
03
Analysis of scenarios
Compare low, base and high revenue, margin and EBITDA.
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Financial statements
Overview of Income, Cash Flow, Balance, Dashboard, Summary and Complementary Reports.
BEFORE BUYING IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Video Game Digital Distribution Financial Model FAQ
The basic answers are visible in their entirety, without clicking on the accordion.
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How Does Video Game Digital Distribution Financial Model Calculate Revenues?
Calculates the buyer's orders and GMV at buyer level, uses percentages and fixed commissions, and then adds seller subscriptions, buyer subscriptions and inclusion of additional vendor's supplements. GMV is not revenue itself.
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What are the assumptions I can change?
You can edit sales and buyer budgets, seasonality, CAC, level mixes, vitality, users running, order repetition frequency, AOV, take rate, fixed commission, fee subscription and included additional vendors.
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What can I compare in Low, Base and High scenarios?
The five-year forecast compares low, base and high revenue paths, gross margin, premium margin and EBITDA.
Can the Financial Models Lab adapt it to its own requirements?
Yes. Financial Models Lab can build or customize revenue logic, operational schedules and reporting when requirements differ from the finished structure.
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Is the workbook a forecast or a guarantee?
This is a planned forecast based on assumptions to be edited, not on the guarantee of performance, profitability, financing or reimbursement.
What Does the Video Game Digital Distribution Financial Model Contain?
This comprehensive video game financial model provides everything you need to plan, forecast, and secure funding for your digital distribution platform.
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.
GROUNDS FOR THE REVENUE
COGS & OPEX
SCENARIOS
DASHBOARD
