The authoritative research provides invaluable insights for companies planning their IoT product roadmap
Cardinal Peak, in partnership with Parks Associates, announces the release of a new white paper delivering an in-depth analysis of the complete business ecosystem surrounding IoT product development. “Consumer IoT Product Development: Managing Costs, Optimizing Revenues” provides product leaders and CTOs with a comprehensive framework for understanding and planning the full scope of smart home product development — from initial engineering costs through ongoing operational considerations.
The white paper breaks down the critical components of IoT product economics, including:
- Non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs for hardware, embedded software and cloud development.
- Operational costs like cloud services, help desk support and sustaining engineering.
- Strategic approaches to development, from turnkey to bespoke to hybrid solutions.
- Revenue optimization strategies across hardware sales, subscriptions and data monetization.
Beyond revenue generation, the data generated by connected products unlock strategic value, creating a continuous connection between the brand and the user that offers valuable insights into customer usage, demographics, and the most popular features. Understanding how users integrate the device with others in the ecosystem can pave the way for strategic marketing, bundle or distribution deal partnerships.
However, companies must understand the advantages and risks associated with different strategies and the benefits offered by various development partners.
The complete white paper is available for download at parksassociates.com. For more information about how Cardinal Peak helps companies realize long-term value and revenue from smart home devices, visit our IoT engineering services page.
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Parks Associates: Video doorbells have a 71% service attach rate, one of the highest among smart home devices
Parks Associates today announced a new white paper, Consumer IoT Product Development: Managing Costs, Optimizing Revenues, which provides companies with a business-planning blueprint to evaluate how a consumer IoT solution will perform across its lifetime. Subscription services, such as video storage and professional monitoring, can be critical for covering ongoing cloud and support costs. Seventy-one percent of video doorbell owners pay a recurring fee for service, which may include alerts/remote monitoring, video storage, and/or professional monitoring. The service attach rate for smart cameras is slightly lower at 66%.
Developed in partnership with Cardinal Peak, the white paper highlights pain points in the product development process, shares strategies for minimizing costs, and identifies primary monetization models in the smart home that can produce value for customers and other ecosystem players.
“Smart home providers employ various strategies to generate value and reach profitability,” said Jennifer Kent, Vice President, Research, Parks Associates. “This involves looking beyond the initial sale to produce long-term revenue streams through subscriptions, cross-selling and upselling, and multi-sided value propositions that leverage the value of the data and benefit multiple stakeholders.”
Beyond revenue generation, the data generated by connected product lines can offer strategic value to the organization. Smart products create an ongoing connection between the brand and the user and so provide a wealth of insight into how customers use the products, who uses the products, and what features are most popular. Learning how users integrate the product with others in the ecosystem can set up strategic partnerships for marketing, bundles, or distribution deals.
“As companies seek long-term value and revenue from smart home devices, they must weigh the advantages and risks associated with their development strategies, and benefits offered by different types of partners,” Kent said. “Each strategic approach offers unique benefits and challenges, and understanding these is critical to building a sustainable business model.”
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About Parks Associates
Parks Associates, a woman-founded and certified business, is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates provides business intelligence and research services through its proprietary methodologies developed over decades, including quarterly surveys of 10,000 internet households.
The company’s expertise crosses many industries: home security and smart home, streaming video, broadband and pay-TV services, digital media and platforms, gaming, Wi-Fi and home networks, connected health, support, consumer electronics, home control systems, energy management, and tech solutions for the multi-dwelling (MDU), small-to-medium business (SMB), and commercial building markets.
Each year, Parks Associates brings thousands of leaders together for its webinars and annual events. The firm hosts the annual executive research and strategy conferences CONNECTIONS™, Connected Health Summit, Smart Energy Summit, Smart Spaces, and Future of Video.