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Peer-to-peer 37#
This model is based on a cooperation that specializes in mediating between individuals belonging to an homogeneous group. It is often abbreviated as P2P. The company offers a meeting point, i.e., an online database and communication service that connects these individuals (these could include offering personal objects for rent, providing certain products or services, or the sharing of information and experiences).
Examples: Iconic Cases
How they do it: LinkedIn administrates and maintains the platform which allows individual users and businesses to connect to each other. Their service is to provide the infrastructure, which in return gives them the access and right to analyze and use the data for marketing and other purposes.
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How they do it: Napster’s initial offering was to allow users to exchange MP3 files with each other. This was revolutionary as this wasn’t possible with older music formats such as CDs. By allowing users to share their music, they were able to access a greater library of music than they previously owned. It’s ueasy to use software design made it popular.
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How they do it: Although Paypal’s main offering is towards small businesses and merchants it also allows individual consumers to do peer-to-peer transactions from one Paypal account to another. This brings more customers to the platform in the first place and also allows Paypal to increase its transaction volume and account volume on the platform.
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How they do it: Craigslist doesn’t create any content for its customers but is based on a pure peer-to-peer model. Peers can be both companies as well as private individuals.
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How they do it: In Skypes Peer-to-Peer network, individuals can connect via its software and communicate via chat, voice or video calls.
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Below, the top industries for the pattern "Peer-to-peer" are displayed, in order to get insights into how this pattern is applied across different industries. We've collected data from 12 firms using this pattern.
Top Industries
Hospitality
50% of firms using pattern
50% of firms using pattern
Services
42% of firms using pattern
42% of firms using pattern
Information Technology
22% of firms using pattern
22% of firms using pattern
All Industries
Below, the pattern "Peer-to-peer" is analyzed based on co-occurrence, in order to get insights into how this business model pattern is applied in combination with other patterns within the firms we studied.
Top Co-Occurrences
Affiliation
2 pattern co-occurrences
2 pattern co-occurrences
Digitization
2 pattern co-occurrences
2 pattern co-occurrences
Leverage Customer Data
2 pattern co-occurrences
2 pattern co-occurrences