Nightlife App

2 Nightlife App Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

•

Updated: October 8th, 2024

A nightlife app connects travelers and nightlife lovers, helping them discover the best party in town, broadcast their night to their social media followers, and help them book events and guest lists. A nightlife app can enable users to:

Check what is happening around the city over the weekend
Check out where friends are hanging out
Filter events by venue type, music genre, and neighborhood
See where their favorite DJs are spinning
Plan party schedule ahead of time

If you love the nightlife, you can turn your pleasure into a business by creating a nightlife app that shares information and details about parties going down in various cities or towns.

In this list, you'll find real-world nightlife app success stories and very profitable examples of starting a nightlife app that makes money.

1. Discotech ($1.2M/year)

Ian Chen, the Co-Founder and CEO of Discotech, came up with the idea for their business after struggling to find reliable promoters and information about nightlife events and reservations. Realizing there was a gap in the market, Chen and his co-founders created Discotech, an app that simplifies event discovery, VIP table reservations, ticket purchases, and guest list sign-ups. Since surviving the COVID pandemic, Discotech has generated over $1 million per month in gross sales, with a net revenue of 10-15%.

How much money it makes: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $450K
How many people on the team: 15

How 3 College Friends Created The 'OpenTable' For Nightlife [$1M/Year]

Discotech, an OpenTable for Nightlife, has partnered with over 1,200 venues across 50+ cities, generating over $1M in gross sales and netting between 10-15% as net revenue, while thriving after surviving the COVID pandemic.

Read this case study

Read by 5,793 founders

2. Denver Pub Crawl ($42K/year)

Tyler came up with the idea for Denver Pub Crawl after experiencing pub crawls in different countries during his travels. He noticed the differences in size and frequency of pub crawls between the US and Europe, and decided to bring the European-style pub crawl experience to Denver. By carefully researching and visiting bars, conducting test runs, and building relationships with partner bars, he successfully launched and grew the business despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How much money it makes: $42K/year
How much did it cost to start: $450
How many people on the team: 1

On Starting A $3.5K/Month European-Style Pub Crawl Business In Denver

Denver Pub Crawl is a US-European hybrid experience for tourists and locals run by Tyler, with operations that not only were able to scale around variables like capacity and number of attendees, but also managed to grow his team from two part-time members to a team of four, including a paid intern, while answering the question of what the future looks like: continuing to push, grow, and create.

Read this case study

Read by 4,866 founders