[STEEM ATLAS @ 16 Feb '25] Towards a Sustainable Business Model #1 : Beneficiaries
Steem Atlas continues to grow - both in features and usage.
Currently we have a team of three working on Steem Atlas alongside other projects.
This work is currently covered from our own resources and from being a Top 20 witness.
We believe Steem Atlas has the potential to grow into a robust product with great potential to promote Steem to the wider world
To achieve this though we do need to build a firm financial foundation for the project.
The Business Model : Options
The obvious target for income generation on Steem Atlas will, in future, be advertising.
This might take various forms but before any sort of advertising revenue becomes a realistic proposition we will need to build substantial usage figures.
Building those usage levels will be a major part of our growth strategy in the coming months.
Another potential revenue source might be to develop a Pro-level Subscription option. This was suggested by @alejos7ven.
It is definitely a good idea but will require some careful thought to determine what additional features can be cost effectively provided to make a Pro subscription attractive enough to get people to buy into it.
A third option for funding will be the Steem DAO. This has only been accessed once so far (since the big split) by @the-gorilla for his work on steemit.com.
Once we have the basic Steem Atlas platform fully functioning and working smoothly we would definitely like to explore the possibility of submitting a DAO proposal to fund the next phase of development.
The success of that will depend on whether enough members of the community consider Steem Atlas worthy of receiving DAO funding.
We will be sharing more ideas on this as the project develops further.
The Business Model : Beneficiaries
One other option for getting support for the project is through the beneficiary system.
This is tried and tested and used widely in many communities.
We are not looking to make beneficiaries compulsory, or required in any way to get a favourable vote.
If people find Steem Atlas a useful service it will be greatly appreciated if anyone wants to set a beneficiary to our project account @steem-atlas. [Please make sure you include the ' - ' in the account name.]
The suggested level of beneficiary is 10% but any amount, greater or smaller, will be much appreciated.
This will in the first instance help us build up our project account to give greater rewards to users of Steem Atlas.
If users are making their posts for Steem Atlas on steemit.com they can set the beneficiary to @steem-atlas as normal.
For users making their posts directly on Steem Atlas we have just now added this new facility...
We do hope people feel that the Steem Atlas deserves their support.
It is an exciting project that we believe has the potential to give Steem much greater visibility in the wider world.
We are always keen to hear feedback, suggestions and ideas.
You can contact us through comments below or directly on Discord.
Let's put Steem on the map with Steem Atlas !
Thank you
Pennsif & the @pennsif.witness team
[Discord : @Pennsif]
This is a bit abstract, but I assume that as part of this project your team is developing some expertise at identifying things that are really being done in real locations at particular times (as opposed to people just stealing pre-existing images and claiming to have been there). This expertise would have some overlap with verifying that accounts are being controlled by real people in particular places, so maybe you could incorporate an element of identity-verification into your business model. On a chain where it's really easy for new accounts to pop up it seems like there ought to be some value in being able to have some confidence that there's a real human behind it, although how to translate that into a business model will probably take some thinking.
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While pro-level subscriptions are a good option, it's important to think about what products to offer so that people are interested in subscribing? If possible this pro-level subscription can also be offered to users who continuously use Steem Atlas.
We from the Teachers and Students community are ready to be at the forefront of supporting Steem Atlas to receive DAO funding, we will also try to influence other communities.
In addition to assigning beneficiaries to @steem-atlas, is delegation also required to build these project account?
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Yes we will need to think carefully about what could be offered to Pro subscribers.
Thank you for the offer of support from the Teachers and Students community.
We would be happy to receive delegations to @steem-atlas - that will all help us give greater rewards to people posting to Steem Atlas.
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I myself don't have much Steem Power, but as a first step I hope this will be followed by many other people.
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That is great, thank you.
You can count on my support for this initiative, this project is worthy and I'm committed to help in one way or another.
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Thank you for your support.
I think this is a very good initiative to support the ongoing Steem atlas project
I'm sure every user Will provide support for the beneficiary system program offered.
Hopefully this project can run smoothly and continue to develop as time goes by.
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Thank you. Keep making your great posts on Steem Atlas.
It is with pleasure and enthusiasm to do so. 👍
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There is no reason not to support this project, I will support it as much as I can. I'm sure steem atlas will be an attraction.
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Thank you for your support for the project and for all the posts you have so far posted to Steem Atlas.
You're welcome, and thank you also for your support. There have been many who participated in the contest that I tried to hold related to this, it is nice to see that many places have been marked.
The presence of #steem-atlas is very beneficial and I have tried to share 10% in the last post on steem-atlas
Thank you very much @pennsif
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Thank you for setting a beneficiary to @steem-atlas.
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Thank you very much back, as always #steem-atlas is always fun
The new update looks pretty good. After adding the beneficiary system, it now looks almost like steemit.com. This is interesting, because now beneficiaries can be added from within the steem atlas. I would like to propose adding another option if you accept, If there was an option to select a community here, users would be more spontaneous.
I think Steem Atlas users should definitely respond to this initiative for the development of the project. I agree with you, I will definitely add at least 10% beneficiaries to the @steem-atlas account in the next posts. Thank you for all the updates. Take love ♥️
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Thank you for your support.
We will add the Communities option onto our development list - although it might be some time away as the list is long !
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Thank you too for the nice feedback.
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Hola amigo, excelentes propuestas, cuenten conmigo para aportar mi 10% para el crecimiento de la misma, la cual nos vamos a beneficiar todos.. éxitos
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Thank you. I will look out for your posts.
This is really a wonderful update by the team..... I'll look forward seeing more features on the steem atlas.
I must say @pennsif you're really working hard to see the success of the steem atlas project, i know this is going to be the biggest project on the platform
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Thank you - I look forward to seeing more posts from Nigeria on Steem Atlas.
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Okay I'll look forward to that 💯💯💯
Always here to post anything on Steem Atlas
Very interesting news, I tried using that additional menu (add beneficiary) yesterday directly in the steem-atlas application. Thank goodness it went smoothly. I hope this project continues to run smoothly without any obstacles. Success is always...
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Good to hear it worked okay. Thank you for your support.
You're welcome sir
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