THE DRIPBaR OWNER HUB · INTERNAL COST MODEL

What it costs to launch and run.

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Up to 111 lounges · launch Nov 2026
Cost to run it ourselves with a contracted team
Offshore rates; toggle to US to compare
Move the sliders — every number recalculates

SCENARIO

Lounges 111

Team

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Build the team on page 02 →

Per-lounge allocation $150 / mo

Lounges on premium (+$49) 33%

Team location

Roadmap features

FEATURE ADD-ONS · $100 / LOCATION EACH

Releases in 24 months 3

Locations that opt in 40%

First release: Ask Drip intelligent reporting, when steady state begins. Then one every quarter.

YEAR ONE · COST TO CORPORATE

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launch + security + team + hosting

YEAR TWO · COST TO CORPORATE

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team + hosting + security refresh

PER LOUNGE, ALL-IN

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per month, steady state

SURPLUS OVER COST TO RUN

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allocation vs. cost, steady state

MONTHLY — WHAT CORPORATE FUNDS, BY CATEGORY · vs. WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN

■ launch quarter ■ per-lounge support ■ feature budget — cost to run (security is one-time; in year totals)

RAMP-UP · MONTHS 1–3

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STABILIZATION · 4–6

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STEADY STATE · 7+

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THE AIM

Run a lean platform on a fixed team and fixed infrastructure, improve it continuously, and grow revenue by building new features we upsell to every lounge at once — not by adding headcount.

cost per lounge, launch → steady

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add-ons billed to locations, year two

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Launch quarter (months 1–3)Per-lounge support (month 4 on)Features: budget to build, add-ons billedSecurity (one-time)Roll-offsClick any colour to trace it through every page

Launch quarter = the whole team at cost + 8%, paid on milestones; it includes support for lounges as they go live. Per-lounge support starts when launch ends. Security: $25K one-time, $15K annual refresh. Loaded offshore rates: PM $4K · onboarding/AM $2.75K · support $2K–3K · developer $5K · engineering lead $6K · hosting, rank scans and AI usage $2K (one multi-tenant app, not 111 servers).

THE DRIPBaR OWNER HUB · INTERNAL COST MODEL

Build the team.

Start from zero. Add a seat and watch what it does to the go-live date, the stabilization window and the monthly cost. Eight is the recommended launch team; everything else in this document follows what you build here.

ROLES · ADD AS NEEDED

Loaded monthly rates; hourly at 173 h/month. Toggle offshore / US on page one.

YOUR LAUNCH TEAM

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hours a week

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monthly cost to run at launch

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launch quarter, cost + 8%

WHAT STAYS AT STEADY STATE

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WHAT IT MEANS

Go-live

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Stabilization

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FIRST 52 WEEKS

READINESS

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Where the cost drops.

Read it top to bottom. Each row is one change to the team; the bar is the monthly cost to run after it. Nothing gets cut — seats finish their deliverable and roll off.

Follows the sliders on page one

LAUNCH → STEADY

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monthly cost to run

PER LOUNGE

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launch → steady state

TEAM

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people, launch → steady

STEADY STATE, PER LOUNGE PER DAY

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what it costs to keep a site live

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Every line item.

Where the money goes in years one and two, every one-time and recurring item, and the team seat by seat.

Loaded monthly cost · offshore rates

WHERE THE MONEY GOES

Launch quarterPer-lounge supportFeature budgetSecurityAdd-ons billed to locations· click a block to trace it

When	Item	What it covers	Amount

THE TEAM, SEAT BY SEAT

Seat	What they do	Monthly loaded · $/hr	Launch 8 people	Stabilization 6 people	Steady state 5 people	Rolls off when
Hours per week	Full seat = 40 h/wk · loaded rates at 173 h/month		—	—	—	Hours per lounge per week fall as the team rolls off
People cost			—	—	—
Hosting, rank scans, AI usage, tooling	One multi-tenant app — same infrastructure in every phase	$2,000	—	—	—	Fixed
Monthly cost to run			—	—	—

Approve the launch quarter—

Approve the per-lounge allocation—

Approve the security review$25K outside penetration test and privacy review before public go-live; $15K re-test each year after.

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What owners get.

Thirty-five capabilities, checked against the $699-a-month "fully managed" offer that went to the network. Left column: what they promised. Right column: where the Hub stands.

LIVE in the Hub today STACK in the DRIPBaR stack
NEXT in development, future release BY DESIGN not offered

THEIR OFFER · $699 / LOCATION / MO

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OWNER HUB TODAY

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MORE THAN THEY OFFERED

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NEXT RELEASES

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ADD-ON REVENUE AS RELEASES LAND · $100 / LOCATION · OPT-IN

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NEXT RELEASES · IN DEVELOPMENT · EACH A $100-A-LOCATION ADD-ON, OPT-IN

Their offer is the Leads Evolved "Growing Your DRIPBaR — Made Simple" program sheet, $699 per location per month, 22 promises across seven areas. BY DESIGN items are deliberately not offered: ailment pages and press-release or backlink programs carry compliance and quality risk; dispute filing is a service, not software. Add-on counts and the revenue curve follow the sliders on page one.