A small team that sells European highway passes, how did they earn $637,000 in a year?
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Product at a glance
- what is it
- Online sales of electronic toll passes (vignette) for nine European countries and Austrian tunnel tolls: tickets and license plates are bound, no stickers are needed; the ticketing process is also made into an API, web component, and embedded checkout for partners to use.
- who is it for
- Drivers traveling across borders by private car; also, travel agencies, insurance brokers, fleets, and car rental companies are partners who access it.
- how does it charge
- Buy tickets by country, vehicle type, and validity period, such as Slovenian car 7 days 21.65€, 30 days 37.65€, 365 days 123.95€, motorcycle 7 days 12.3€.
- business model
- E-commerce that sells necessary tickets, adding an API distribution line for partners; revenue follows the self-driving tourism season.
- receipts for nearly 12 months
- $650K
- 2026 July
- $107K
- payment for the past 30 days
- $27.8K
Public verification · including government pricing
Historical high · March had only $40.4K
Compared to the previous 30 days -16%
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 e-vignettes.euDriving across borders without buying a pass will result in a fine, but official channels of various countries are scattered, Vignette ID combines tickets of nine countries into one website and app, and catches searches with national guide pages and 21 languages. Drivers buy tickets for each trip, and now also hand over payment to travel agencies, insurance, and AI assistants to sell on their behalf.
- form
- Web page + App + API
- customers
- Cross-border self-driving drivers
- charging
- One-time per ticket
- Starting price
- 12.3€ and up
- launch
- 2022-01
- team
- 2–5 people · self-funded
Core growth findings
Findings may cite earlier snapshots; header KPIs carry Fact and a revenue as-of date. Revenue as of 2026-11-04.
- 01
Selling necessities: without a ticket, you cannot drive on the highway and will be fined
Each of the nine countries has its own official ticketing website and language, Vignette ID combines them into one checkout, allowing for the purchase of tickets for multiple vehicles and multiple countries at once. Demand does not need to be created, as long as it is found before the driver departs.
- 02
Revenue follows the self-driving season
In July 2026, revenue was $106,932, which decreased to $35,087 by September, a decrease of about two-thirds; there was also a small peak of $74,813 in December last year.
- 03
The next step is to let others sell it
Partner API, embeddable checkout components, key-free MCP servers and A2A agents are all online, targeting travel agencies, insurance brokers, fleets, car rental companies and AI assistants. The effect is not visible yet.
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