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| It’s about 10% growth in our members, with the strong growth of ARPU, which should be helped by our planned price increase for the new members in the second part of next year |
| With continued disciplined execution and the launch of the Gaia Marketplace, we are well positioned to continue growing revenues and to remain cash flow positive going forward |
| Revenues for the third quarter were $20.2 million, a sequential increase for the third consecutive quarter, continuing the return to growth in our member base during the first three quarters of 2023 |
| And Jirka has a strong background in e-commerce and retail products with the previous version of Gaiam and can see a huge potential for this, given the community that we have at the moment |
| Within the first 20 days, we were able to generate over $100,000 in sales and all of this was achieved with zero paid marketing costs |
| And our annualized gross profit per employee improved again during the third quarter to our new all-time high of over $650,000, reflecting our increased efficiencies |
| We expect to continue to benefit from the inherent negative working capital cycle in our business model as we continue to grow our member base and revenues |
| This achievement is testament to the strong connection we have with our members and the appeal of the Marketplace’s offerings |
| Through the company’s focus on accelerating growth and a return to positive operating margins, we have made tremendous progress over the past few quarters on numerous key areas of improvement for the business |
| So each of those three levers will be improving ARPU throughout the next year |
| We continue to generate positive free cash flow with the cash on September 30th growing to $11.2 million from $10.9 million at the end of the last quarter |
| It also demonstrates the significant potential for growth that lies ahead of us as we expand our offering into 2024 |
| We also expect to continue to increase our gross profit per employee benchmark and I personally believe that Gaia is in the best place since we started our streaming business |
| Compared to the year-ago quarter, revenues grew by 2% as the company recovered from the post-COVID subscriber contraction experienced industry-wide during 2022 |
| But pretty much for 90% our business was more positive and I expect, as I said that, the member additions to increase again in next year from where we are right now, we still have definitely some room and I think that will be the main part of this thing |
| A key passion and focus for me is improving our marketing efficiency and I believe there to be a lot of untapped opportunities for us, especially with our direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns and digital events |
| I am glad again we can continue reporting positive results |
| Our loss improved to $600,000 or $0.03 per share, down from $2.4 million or $0.11 per share, and EBITDA increased to $3.9 million from $1.8 million during last -- the quarter of last year |
| It’s not just a new feature, it represents strategic expansion of our platform and it allows us to diversify our offerings and support the conscious life cycle of our members in a more meaningful way, whilst also improving ARPU, which is a key metric for us to focus on as we move forward |
| Our goal is now simple, to grow fast to 900,000 members, while continuing to generate a positive free cash flow |
| So we rolled out a beta version of Marketplace in September, initially targeting less than 5% of our members and the results have been truly exciting |
| Our ARPU continued to grow steady, as it did over the last five years and shall be further supplemented by our recent launch of Gaia Marketplace |
| During the quarter, our member growth doubled sequentially to about 16,000, ending with 790,500 members, which is above 776,000 we reported last year |
| And then in terms of the marketplace business, obviously, pretty good uptake with no marketing dollars behind it |
| We expect our member growth to further increase in 2024 with continuing growth of ARPU |
| It looks like your actual sub ads were a lot stronger than what we had been modeling |
| Revenue for third quarter increased to $20.2 million, sequentially up from $19.8 million and from last year of $19.9 million |
| In the third quarter, we experienced growth in our direct member base, which is continuation from the first and second quarters |
| Marketplace will include a carefully curated selection of experiences, retreats, courses and products that resonate with our audience, which will be offered to members at a discount to the market to help us create a thriving ecosystem that benefits both our members and Gaia |
| And we are also working on our side, improving that with the conversion rate optimization |
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| During the third quarter of 2023, we recorded a loss of $0.6 million or negative $0.03 per share, compared to loss of $2.4 million in the year ago period |
| So we wouldn’t grow revenue as fast |
| These include, but are not limited to, our ability to attract new members and retain existing members, our ability to compete effectively, including for customer engagement with different modes of entertainment, maintenance and expansion of device platforms for streaming, fluctuations in customer usage of our service, fluctuations in quarterly operating results, service disruptions, production risks, general economic conditions, future losses, loss of key personnel, price changes, brand reputation, acquisitions, new initiatives that we undertake, security and information systems, legal liability for website content, failure of third parties to provide adequate service, future Internet related taxes, our founders’ control of us, litigation, consumer trends, the effect of government regulation and programs, the impact of public health threats, including the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and our response to it, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q |
| So effectively only the 20% hits the revenue and the operating income |
| I mean, short of some Latin America, which we are scaling actually down, which we kind of play with lower the prices, but didn’t really work for us |
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