# Padel Business Intelligence — Vision & Plan ## The One-Liner **"Bloomberg for padel hall operators."** We sell unfair advantages to people making six-figure facility investment decisions — using data nobody else is aggregating. --- ## The Big Picture The padel market is booming globally but remains **opaque**. Anyone looking to open, run, or expand a padel facility is making €100K–€500K+ decisions based on gut feel, rough Excel models, and word of mouth. Meanwhile, booking platforms like Playtomic are sitting on a goldmine of public demand data that **nobody is aggregating and analyzing**. We fix that. We build **the intelligence layer for the padel industry** — starting with a free planning tool for distribution, then layering data-driven market intelligence and operational analytics on top. --- ## Why This Works (DaaS Thesis) | DaaS Viability Check | Our Answer | |---|---| | High-stakes decisions? | ✅ €100K–€500K facility investments | | Information asymmetry? | ✅ No centralized market data exists | | Willingness to pay? | ✅ B2B operators, not casual players | | Unique data capability? | ✅ Playtomic scraping + multi-source aggregation | | 500+ potential customers? | ✅ ~25,000 padel facilities globally, growing to 50K+ | | Low commoditization risk? | ✅ Historical data depth = compounding moat | **Analogy:** Kpler started by tracking LNG cargo shipments in an opaque commodity market. We're doing the same for padel: tracking "demand shipments" (bookings) across an opaque facility market. --- ## The Funnel: Free → Paid → Recurring ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FREE: Padel Court Planner (ROI Calculator) │ ← Distribution engine │ SEO traffic, email capture, credibility │ └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PAID: Market Intelligence Dashboard │ ← Core monetization │ €79–149/mo — occupancy, pricing, demand data │ └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ EXPANSION: Operational Analytics │ ← Recurring revenue │ €49–99/mo — benchmarking, optimization, alerts │ └──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ HIGH-TICKET: Consulting + Reports │ ← Premium upsell │ €499–999 — Site selection, business plans │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` --- ## Product Roadmap ### Phase 1 — The Wedge (NOW) **Padel Court Planner** — *Free / €99 premium tier* The planner is basically ready (single HTML + JS + Tailwind app). This is the top of the funnel. - **Free tier:** Basic ROI calculator — set price per court, rent, calculate simple returns. Purpose: SEO traffic + email capture. - **Paid tier (€99–149 one-time):** Full scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, business plan export, market benchmark data (avg occupancy rates, pricing ranges by region). **SEO targets:** "padel court business plan," "padel hall ROI calculator," "how to open a padel hall," "padel court investment." **Goal:** 500+ email signups within 3 months. Every email = a potential padel entrepreneur = future customer for market intelligence. --- ### Phase 2 — The Money Shot (Month 1–2) **Padel Market Intelligence Dashboard** — *€79–149/mo* This is where scraping Playtomic (and other booking platforms) becomes the core engine. **What we scrape and aggregate:** - Booking slot availability → reverse-engineer **occupancy rates** per hall - Listed pricing → map **pricing strategies** (peak vs. off-peak, dynamic pricing) - New hall listings appearing → track **market expansion** - Halls disappearing or showing low bookings → detect **failure signals** - Court counts per facility → calculate **supply density** by area **Dashboard features:** | Feature | Value to Customer | |---|---| | **Market Map** | Interactive map of all padel halls with occupancy heat overlay | | **City Analytics** | Avg occupancy, avg pricing, court density, growth trends per city | | **Site Selection Tool** | "Enter a location → see demand, competition, revenue potential" | | **Competitor Spy** | Track any hall's occupancy and pricing over time | | **Demand Gaps** | Identify underserved areas (high population, low court density) | | **Trend Reports** | Weekly/monthly market trends — which cities are growing fastest | **Tiers:** - **Explorer (€79/mo):** Market map, city-level aggregated stats, monthly trend reports - **Pro (€149/mo):** Hall-level granular data, competitor tracking, site selection tool, historical data, export/API access - **Enterprise (custom):** Multi-country data, custom reports, API, white-label **The killer pitch to a prospective hall owner:** > *"You're about to invest €200K. For €149/month, you'll know that the 4 halls near your target location run at 73% weekday occupancy and 94% weekends, charge €40/hour peak, and that there's an underserved suburb 15km north with zero courts and 200K residents."* That's a no-brainer. --- ### Phase 3 — Recurring Expansion (Month 3–6) **Operational Analytics for Running Halls** — *€49–99/mo* Once halls are open, they need to optimize. Shift from "should I build?" to "how do I run better?" **Features:** - **Benchmark your hall** against market averages (occupancy, pricing, revenue/court) - **Pricing optimization** — see what competitors charge and when; get dynamic pricing suggestions - **Demand forecasting** — predict busy/quiet periods based on historical patterns + weather + local events - **Competitor alerts** — get notified when a new hall opens nearby or a competitor changes pricing - **Utilization tracking** — connect with their booking system (or manual input) to track performance vs. market **Distribution:** Every Phase 1 planner user who actually opens a hall becomes a Phase 3 customer. Built-in pipeline. --- ### Phase 4 — Premium Layer (Month 6+) **High-Ticket Services** - **Site Selection Reports (€499–999):** Custom deep-dive for a specific location — demand analysis, competition mapping, revenue projections backed by real data, demographic overlay. Delivered as a PDF report + consultation call. - **Padel Hall Accelerator (€999):** Everything above + 1-hour strategy call + equipment supplier introductions + community access. Essentially productized consulting. - **Industry Reports (€299–499):** Quarterly "State of Padel" reports for investors, franchises, equipment suppliers. Different buyer persona, same data. --- ## Additional Revenue Streams ### Affiliate / Lead Gen - **Equipment supplier partnerships:** Every planner buyer is 3–6 months from ordering courts, lighting, flooring. Partner with suppliers (Phoenix Sports, Padelcreations, etc.) for €500–1,000 per qualified lead or 5% of equipment sale. - **Padel equipment affiliate site:** "Wirecutter for padel" — racket reviews, gear guides. Cross-promote with planner users. SEO-driven. Potential €1–3K/mo passive. - **Franchise partnerships:** Padel franchise brands (e.g., Padel Nuestro, World Padel Tour partners) would pay for access to market data or qualified leads. ### Newsletter / Content - **"The Padel Business Report"** — Weekly newsletter for hall owners and aspiring operators. Market trends, data highlights, business tips. Monetize via sponsorships (€200–1,000/week once 5K+ subs) and as a funnel to paid products. ### API Access - Sell raw data feeds to hedge funds, real estate analysts, sports industry consultants, or franchise operators who want to build their own models. --- ## Competitive Positioning ### vs. Playtomic Playtomic is **OpenTable for padel** — a booking marketplace optimizing for players. We're the **restaurant P&L analytics suite** — optimizing for operators. We don't compete; we sit on top. We'd even integrate with Playtomic data to provide more value. Complementary, not competitive. ### vs. Generic BI Tools (Tableau, Power BI) Those require the operator to find, clean, and model their own data. We deliver **padel-specific insights out of the box.** No setup, no data engineering. Just answers. ### vs. Nothing (Current State) Most operators use Excel, gut feel, and word of mouth. That's our real competitor. We win by being 10x faster with 10x better data. --- ## Data Moat Strategy The moat **compounds over time.** This is critical. 1. **Historical depth** — Every day of scraping = data competitors can't replicate. In 12 months, we'll have a year of occupancy trends nobody else has. 2. **Multi-source aggregation** — Start with Playtomic, add other booking platforms, Google Maps reviews, social media signals, weather correlations, demographic data, real estate pricing. 3. **Network effects** — As operational customers share their own data for benchmarking, the dataset grows. More data = better insights = more customers = more data. 4. **Processing layer** — Raw bookings → occupancy models → demand forecasting → site selection algorithms. The ML/analytics layer is hard to replicate. **Risk mitigation:** Playtomic could block scraping. Mitigations include scraping respectfully (1x/day), diversifying data sources early, and building toward voluntary data sharing from hall operators. --- ## Key Metrics & Milestones | Milestone | Target | Timeline | |---|---|---| | Planner launched + live | Ship it | Now | | 100 email signups from planner | Validation | Month 1–2 | | Playtomic scraper operational | Technical proof | Month 1 | | Market map MVP live | First paid product | Month 2–3 | | 10 paying intelligence subscribers | Product-market fit signal | Month 3–4 | | €1K MRR | Ramen profitability | Month 4–6 | | 500+ planner users, 50+ paid subs | Traction | Month 6–9 | | €5K MRR | Sustainable business | Month 9–12 | | Operational analytics module live | Expansion revenue | Month 6–9 | | First high-ticket report sold | Premium validation | Month 6 | --- ## Target Customers | Segment | Pain Point | Product Fit | Price Sensitivity | |---|---|---|---| | **Aspiring hall owners** | "Should I invest? Where? What returns?" | Planner + Market Intelligence | Low (making €100K+ decisions) | | **Operating hall owners** | "Am I charging enough? How full should I be?" | Operational Analytics | Medium (€49–99/mo is easy ROI) | | **Padel franchises** | "Where should we expand next?" | Enterprise Intelligence + API | Very low (big budgets) | | **Real estate developers** | "Is padel a viable tenant/use for this space?" | Site Selection Reports | Very low | | **Equipment suppliers** | "Who's about to build a hall?" | Lead gen / Partnership | Pay per lead | | **Investors** | "What does the padel market look like?" | Industry Reports | Very low | --- ## Founder-Market Fit This is a key strength: - **Building a padel hall yourself** — you ARE the target customer, you feel the pain firsthand - **Already built the planner** — proves technical capability + understanding of the problem - **Domain immersion** — you'll have deeper padel business context than any competitor within months - **Indie hacker approach** — lean, fast, capital-efficient, exactly like Kpler's early days --- ## Name Candidates ### Tier 1 — Top Picks | Name | Why It Works | Vibe | |---|---|---| | **CourtIQ** | Clean, professional, "intelligence" built in. Scales to tennis/pickleball. Short, memorable. | Premium B2B | | **Smashboard** | Padel pun + dashboard. Instantly memorable, fun, tells you what it is. Great for content marketing. | Approachable, clever | | **PadelPulse** | "Pulse" = real-time health monitoring of the market. Clear, SEO-friendly, works internationally. | Data/analytics | ### Tier 2 — Strong Contenders | Name | Why It Works | Vibe | |---|---|---| | **CourtSignal** | "Signal" = data insights, actionable intelligence. Clean and serious. | DaaS / intelligence | | **PadelEdge** | The "unfair advantage" angle. Direct, competitive. | Aggressive, competitive | | **Baseline** | Padel/tennis term + "base" of data + "line" of analytics. Elegant double meaning. | Sophisticated | | **SetPoint** | Decisive moment in padel + "the point where you make the decision." | Strategic, decisive | | **HallSight** | Specific to padel halls + "insight." Does what it says. | Functional B2B | | **CourtLens** | Looking at courts through a data lens. Clean. | Analytical | | **PadelScope** | Scope = comprehensive view. Works for market intelligence positioning. | Research/intel | ### Tier 3 — Creative / Niche | Name | Why It Works | Vibe | |---|---|---| | **Bandeja** | Advanced padel shot. Insider name that signals domain expertise. | Padel-native, insider | | **Vibora** | Another padel shot (the "viper"). Sounds cool, memorable. | Bold, edgy | | **La Pista** | Spanish for "the court." International feel, padel's Spanish roots. | Cultural, authentic | | **Dropshot** | Padel shot + "shot" of data. Fun, recognizable. | Playful | | **GlassWall** | Padel courts have glass walls + transparency/visibility metaphor. | Clever double meaning | | **CourtCraft** | Building/crafting your court business. | Builder vibe | | **PadelAtlas** | Mapping the padel world. Great for the market intelligence product. | Exploration, mapping | ### Tier 4 — Domain-Friendly & Practical | Name | Why It Works | Vibe | |---|---|---| | **courtdata.io** | Extremely literal, great SEO, instantly clear. | SaaS/dev | | **padelmetrics.com** | Clear, functional, professional. | Analytics | | **hallanalytics.com** | Broader than padel (could expand to other indoor sports). | Enterprise | --- ## My Recommendation on Naming **For the planner alone:** Use something fun and approachable — **Smashboard** or **CourtCraft.** **For the full intelligence platform (the bigger vision):** Use something that signals data and intelligence — **CourtIQ**, **CourtSignal**, or **PadelPulse.** **If you want ONE name for everything:** **CourtIQ** is the strongest all-rounder. It works for a free calculator, a market intelligence dashboard, and an operational analytics suite. It's short, memorable, implies intelligence, and can scale beyond padel to tennis/pickleball if you ever want to. **Dark horse pick:** **GlassWall** — deeply padel-native (glass walls are THE defining feature of padel courts), and the transparency metaphor is perfect for a data/intelligence product. "See through the market." Nobody outside padel would pick this name, which makes it a strong signal of domain expertise. --- ## Summary: The 30-Second Pitch > We're building the data intelligence platform for the padel industry. We start with a free court planning tool that captures every aspiring padel entrepreneur via SEO. Then we layer real market intelligence on top — occupancy data, pricing, demand gaps, competitive analysis — scraped and aggregated from booking platforms. Operators making €200K decisions pay €79–149/month to de-risk their investment. As the market grows from 25K to 50K+ facilities, we become the industry-standard data backbone. Think "Kpler for padel" — bootstrapped, capital-efficient, moat that compounds daily. --- *Data is valuable. Intelligence is invaluable. Being first with both in a booming market is priceless.*