Three moves · October 5, 2026

Carat Capital

Someone described their business in a sentence. This is what came back — specific moves, priced per month, with the sums written out and the published study each one rests on.

What we took you to be

real‑time market‑data API for algo traders — for institutional and high‑frequency traders.

Your numbers as we read them: ~£60k/mo from ~200 clients at an average £300/mo. Assume 30% gross margin → £18k/mo profit. Current support costs ~£3k/mo (2 hrs day @ £75/hr) and cloud compute ~£2k/mo.

Wrong about something? Add the correction to your description and run it again — the estimates move with it.

01PricingTest it small · a day

Offer a £9‑ending “Starter‑Lite” tier at £0.0199 per call after 80k calls


≈ £1,200–2,400/moAssume 30–60 new clients adopt the tier × (£9.99 + 0.0199 × average 100k calls) ≈ £40–80 each

Why now: Clients are price‑sensitive after recent market volatility and look for clear, low‑anchor pricing.

Create a new entry‑level plan priced at £9.99/mo (9‑ending) with a per‑call rate of £0.0199 after the first 80 k calls. Position it as the “Starter‑Lite” for new algo traders. Existing clients stay on current plans; upsell only if usage exceeds 150 k calls.

Do this first

Run a 2‑week landing‑page test targeting Twitter algo‑trader accounts and capture sign‑ups.

The study behind it

A catalogue mailed with 99-ending prices produced about 8% more sales than the identical catalogue with 00-ending prices.

Schindler & Kibarian (1996), Journal of Retailing
02Cutting costWorth the week · a day

Negotiate a volume‑discounted peering contract to cut cloud egress by £1,200/mo


≈ £1,200/moCurrent egress £2,000/mo × 20% discount = £400 saved; plus shift of 2 TB off‑peak saves another £800 (assumed £0.40/GB off‑peak vs £0.80 peak).

Why now: Your cloud provider announced a new tiered egress pricing that rewards multi‑TB traffic.

Contact the provider’s sales team and lock in a 20% discount on outbound data once monthly egress exceeds 5 TB. Shift non‑critical batch feeds to off‑peak windows to qualify. The saved bandwidth directly reduces the £2k/mo compute bill.

Do this first

Gather last 30 days of egress logs and prepare a usage summary for the provider.

03Getting foundTest it small · a week

Launch a “Data‑Partner” channel with boutique quant funds for co‑branded feeds


≈ £1,800–3,600/moAssume each partner brings 2 new clients × £300/mo × 90% retained × 15% share = £81 per client; 5 partners × 2 clients × £81 = £810 per quarter → £2,700/mo average; range 2‑4 new clients per partner gives £1,800–3,600/mo.

Why now: Several boutique quant funds have announced open‑source research collaborations, creating a natural partner pool.

Identify 5 boutique funds, offer them a 15% revenue share on any new client they refer to the £300/mo feed. Provide them a white‑label API endpoint and co‑marketing assets. Target 2 referrals per partner per quarter.

Do this first

Draft a partner‑agreement template and reach out to the first three funds on LinkedIn.

The study behind it

At a German bank, referred customers were about 16% to 25% more valuable than others over the following years, with higher margins and lower churn.

Schmitt, Skiera & Van den Bulte (2011), Journal of Marketing
The rest of it

There were 7 more. And the letter that collects on them.

The full audit is ten moves, not 3, ordered into a 90-day sequence so you know what to do first — plus the two things that turn a decision into money actually collected.

$19a monthfirst 7 days free · audit today

  • The full audit today: all ten moves, priced per month, arithmetic shown
  • A 90-day sequence — which to do first, and why that order
  • The price-increase letter, written in your voice, ready to send
  • Three new moves every Monday, never repeating one you have had
Read a real one first — freeCard required, $0 today. Audit builds on the next screen. $19/mo after 7 days unless you cancel.

$49once

Just the audit, no subscription

The same ten moves, 90-day order, price letter and objection replies. Nothing after it.

$299once

Done with you, on a call

We read your site and your numbers, sharpen every move to your situation, and walk you through it in 20 minutes.

These are estimates built from what you told us, with the arithmetic shown so you can substitute your own figures. Check the sums before you act on them — that is what they are there for.

The rest of it

There were 7 more. And the letter that collects on them.

The full audit is ten moves, not 3, ordered into a 90-day sequence so you know what to do first — plus the two things that turn a decision into money actually collected.

$19a monthfirst 7 days free · audit today

  • The full audit today: all ten moves, priced per month, arithmetic shown
  • A 90-day sequence — which to do first, and why that order
  • The price-increase letter, written in your voice, ready to send
  • Three new moves every Monday, never repeating one you have had
Read a real one first — freeCard required, $0 today. Audit builds on the next screen. $19/mo after 7 days unless you cancel.

$49once

Just the audit, no subscription

The same ten moves, 90-day order, price letter and objection replies. Nothing after it.

$299once

Done with you, on a call

We read your site and your numbers, sharpen every move to your situation, and walk you through it in 20 minutes.


Not ready to buy anything?

Then take this and go. It is yours.

Nothing above is held back and there is no account to make. If the numbers are wrong, they are wrong in a way you can see and correct — re-run it with your real figures and the estimates move with them.

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Generated by NoizeOff from a short description the operator supplied. The estimates are arithmetic on stated assumptions, not a forecast, and not financial advice — check the sums against your own figures before acting.

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