*this was sent to us by one of our users*

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I wanted to make some extra money but was spending all my time playing pickleball. I decided I wanted to make money playing pickleball but was unsure how to do that. Then I discovered Conquer and everything changed. 

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I decided to contact local high schools in my town and ask them about renting out their gyms in the evening. I knew that there were basketball leagues that did this so I wanted to see how much it cost for me to rent them directly. 

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The gyms cost about $100/hr to rent and are available 4 evenings per week and afternoons on the weekends. So I rent it for 4 hours per evening 4 days a week and 4 hours on Saturday and Sunday. I then break up the 4 hours into 2 sessions of 2 hours each. 

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Then I post “open play” on Conquer and charge people $30 to play for 2 hours. I can get 3 courts setup in the basketball gym and I can put 6 people per court (4 people play at a time and then 2 people waiting). So there can be 18 people for each 2 hours session. 

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Here’s the breakdown:

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18 people per session x $30 per person = $540 revenue

Cost per session (2 hour gym rental) = $200

Profit per session = $340

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I host 12 sessions per week

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$340 x 12 sessions per week = $4,080

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$4,080 per week x 4 weeks = $16,320 per month

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This ended up replacing my full time job and now I focus on building my community and personal brand in the pickleball space. It’s a ton of fun, I get to play every day with my pickleball friends, and I’m making more money than I was “working”. 

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