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Association, foundation project, neighbourhood service, service for municipalities or a platform for volunteers: planix tests the riskiest assumptions behind your idea against simulated respondents and official market data.

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The user is rarely the payer

Using, paying and deciding come apart here: users and members on one side, membership fees, donations, grants and administrations on the other. Add tenders and proof of impact. The test examines both sides – need and willingness to fund – before money and volunteer time are committed.

Using, paying and deciding come apart here: users and members on one side, membership fees, donations, grants and administrations on the other. Add tenders and proof of impact.

What gets tested first

1

Is the offer actually needed?

What gets tested is how many people or organisations in the catchment would use it, and how regularly.

What gets tested is how many people or organisations in the catchment would use it, and how regularly.

2

Who funds it – and at what level?

The price corridor is evaluated separately for fees, donations and public funds, so funding does not rest on an assumption.

The price corridor is evaluated separately for fees, donations and public funds, so funding does not rest on an assumption.

3

Who already does something similar?

Associations, foundations and providers in the region come named and sourced, plus population and social figures.

Associations, foundations and providers in the region come named and sourced, plus population and social figures.

The methods behind it

Method in detail
  • Price sensitivity (Van Westendorp)Delivers the corridor for membership fee, usage charge or donation level.
  • Feature prioritisation (MaxDiff)Shows what counts first: access, proximity, reliability, impact or cost.
  • Target group fitCompares groups, users against funders.

Metrics that count here

  • Fee per member
  • Cost per person reached
  • Share of volunteer work
  • Membership renewal rate
  • Share of grant funding
  • People reached per year

Market data that feeds in

  • Associations, foundations and providers in the region, named and sourced
  • Population and social statistics for the region
  • Donation and grant volumes in the market
  • Association and commercial registers

Market data from official sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Zefix, Swiss National Bank, Fedlex, opendata.swiss, ETH Library, Eurostat, OECD

Which package fits

Test the market

The free entry level frames need and idea. Once an application, a tender or a conversation with the municipality is due, price corridor, group comparison and sourced existing provision belong in it – from Test the market on. To test users and funders separately, take Test the business model.

The free entry level frames need and idea. Once an application, a tender or a conversation with the municipality is due, price corridor, group comparison and sourced existing provision belong in it – from Test the market on.

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FAQ

Common questions from this industry

Yes. Instead of return it is about need, funding and impact. Those questions decide whether an offer lasts beyond the first year.

No. It delivers evidence and sources that can feed into an application. Requirements and formats are set by the funding body.

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