PRODUCT DISCOVERY: Subscription

The Discount Engine

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The Discount Engine is the easiest way to save on home insurance.

They offer low cost security products, such as motion sensors and cameras, alongside a free app. Customers with full security systems have the option to upgrade to a paid plan with increased security.

They offer low cost security products, alongside a free app with a subscription option.

Their disruptively low cost camera doorbell brought in a flood of users, but revenue was sinking.

Their $20 Camera Doorbell brought in a flood of users, but revenue was sinking.

The product was meant to be an acquisition tool, but customers weren't converting to total home security systems with subscriptions.

We turned it around through the launch of an innovative new subscription product and upsell technique

By focusing on the unique persona of our customer, we bypassed usual upsells, instead offering customers the support they sought. Our innovative approach provided financial coverage for losses recorded by their doorbell camera, reinforcing their security investment.

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Introducing the Porch Protection Plan

With the Porch Protection Plan, users experiencing a theft are left with more than a video to share on social media. They are supported with loss coverage.

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To come up with the Porch Protection Plan, we took a careful look at our users

Our customer was on a tight budget. They wouldn't pay for a premium version of what they can get for free. But they might pay for true, added value.

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Connected devices typically upsell premium features on top of the free experience. But we needed to offer new value.

Most connected devices upsell premium versions of a free experience. But we needed a subscription that offered new value.

By mapping out the journey of a package theft, we were able to find the holes in the experience where customers were lacking support.

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The product discovery process was one piece of the puzzle, but selling an unfamiliar product within a familiar upsell flow was the next challenge

Contact me to see a full case study and learn more about our innovative solution to upselling our subscription.