Sniffspot
👤 David Adams (Ex-Microsoft, Stanford MBA. 2nd-time marketplace founder — built 2nd Address (furnished housing, $12M raised) first.)🌐 site𝕏LinkedIn
Spare backyards become safe off-leash dog parks — and the weekly regulars now pay a monthly membership.
Will it work? · our read
Own the repeat. A novelty (rent a yard) became a weekly habit, then a subscription — doubling revenue on no new capital since 2020. But it lives or dies on hyperlocal density and leakage.
01How the money moves
Homeowner lists a private, fenced yard — free
→
Dog owner books by the hour or buys monthly credits
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Sniffspot keeps a 22% fee on every booking
02The numbers
$6MStated2025 revenue (2x YoY)
2026-07-03
the sentence on the page
users to a membership model. the company says revenue doubled from $3 million in 2024 to $6 million in 2025. sniffspot has raised $4.4 million to date, but hasn’t raised new capital s
$4.4M raised total — none since 2020; now cash-flow positive. Inc (2025)
$6M in 2025, doubled from $3M in 2024 (company-stated to Inc). $4.4M raised total, none since 2020; now cash-flow positive.
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Inc (2025) — revenue doubled $3M to $6M after membership pivotGeekWire (2018) — launch; founder David Adams, ex-2nd AddressSniffspot Help — 22% fee plus payment processingCNBC (2024) — hosts earning by renting yards as dog parksCrunchbase — $4.4M raised, none since 2020
Revenue is company-stated to Inc (2025): $6M in 2025, doubled from $3M in 2024 — first-party in origin but press-reported, not an audited filing, so sourced STATED. Not a pure bootstrap: Sniffspot raised $4.4M total (incl. a $200K Leap/Mars accelerator check) but nothing since 2020, and is now cash-flow positive with more cash than it ever raised. Sniffspot's own fee is 22% plus payment processing (about 2.37% + $0.22); the about $20/mo membership is from its help center. The membership pivot and the doubling are documented by Inc; founder David Adams's prior marketplace (2nd Address, $12M raised) via GeekWire/Crunchbase. Disintermediation and thin density as the failure mode are [our read], not a company-stated risk. No numbers invented. We never score you.