a member station of homestay that has been in operation for 12 years with 80,000 visits per month is from where?
Headline cites the Historical Research Snapshot. KPI strip is the Latest Revenue Snapshot.
Product at a glance
- what is it
- A homestay platform: travelers work for the landlord for a few hours a day in exchange for free accommodation and meals, the platform is responsible for matching and contacting both parties.
- who is it for
- Solo travelers, couples, and friends who travel together and want to save on accommodation costs pay; farms, families, and community projects can list for free as landlords.
- how does it charge
- Travelers need to purchase an annual membership to contact landlords directly: €42.99/year for individuals, €51.99/year for two people, automatically renewed every year; listing is free for landlords, but some landlords may charge extra for accommodation or project fees.
- business model
- A matching platform that charges one side: only collects annual membership fees from travelers, does not take a commission from landlords.
- Revenue over the past 12 months
- $35.1K
- MRR
- $2,536
- Paid subscription
- 614
- Visits brought by email
- 18.1%
Cumulative $440K
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-03
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-03
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
Down 2.7% in 30 days
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-03
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-03
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
Starting at €42.99 per year
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-03
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-03
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
Weekly report from July 2016 to now
MRR = current monthly recurring run rate · 30-Day revenue = what the provider recorded in the trailing 30 days. Timing, not extra revenue, is why a ratio can exceed 100%.
Summary
What kind of business is this
Visit site helpstay.comTravelers who want to exchange work for accommodation need to find reliable landlords, HelpStay makes each landlord and each category into a searchable page, and releases a new landlord weekly report every week. People can browse projects for free, but need to pay a yearly fee starting from €42.99 to contact landlords.
- form
- Website
- customers
- Accommodation travelers
- charging
- Annual membership
- Starting price
- €42.99/year
- launch
- 2014-04
- team
- Founder Shay Gleeson · Dublin
Core growth findings
Findings may cite earlier snapshots; header KPIs carry Fact and a revenue as-of date. Revenue as of 2026-11-03.
- 01
The largest traffic is from search, with entrances being the landlord page and category page
Natural search accounts for 46.2% of visits. Except for the homepage, the best-ranked ones are an article written by the founder about a Dublin bookstore tour, a landlord page for a Hawaiian bee farm, and the "yoga exchange" category page.
- 02
A weekly report sent every Wednesday without interruption for ten years
Each issue has 2–3 new landlords and 1 article, with a free e-book given to subscribers. The official self-report claims 15,500 subscribers, and emails bring 18.1% of visits, which is over ten times that of social media.
- 03
Acquiring domain names of similar small stations
FreeVolunteering.net and LiveAbroad.com are all owned by it; in November 2024, it also bought the domain name and brand of the free exchange platform HippoHelp.
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