Revenue Weighted Voting

Feature Voting, Weighted by Revenue

Every other voting board counts heads. VoteFirst counts dollars. Connect Stripe and each vote is multiplied by the customer's monthly recurring revenue, so the requests that rise to the top are the ones your paying customers actually want. It is the difference between a roadmap that chases noise and one that grows the business.

Why Raw Vote Counts Mislead You

Look at the two rankings above. By raw votes, dark mode wins in a landslide and single sign on barely registers. By revenue, it is the exact opposite: single sign on and audit logs, requested by your enterprise accounts, top the list, while dark mode falls to last. Both views are built from the same votes. The only difference is whether each vote is weighted by what the voter pays you. Traditional boards only show you the first view, which is why so many roadmaps end up optimized for the people who shout loudest rather than the customers who fund the company.

How Revenue Weighted Voting Works

Connect your Stripe account in settings. VoteFirst imports your billing data and matches each voter to their subscription. When someone votes, their vote carries the weight of their monthly recurring revenue, so a single vote from a customer paying $2,000 a month can outweigh dozens of votes from free accounts. The board shows raw counts and weighted totals side by side, so you never lose the popularity signal, you just gain the revenue signal next to it. There are no spreadsheets to maintain and no manual tagging of which account asked for what.

What Changes When the Roadmap Follows Revenue

The first thing teams notice is that the obvious build order changes. Features that looked like distractions turn out to be quietly blocking expansion revenue, and a few loud requests get reprioritized once you see how little paying weight is behind them. Sales and customer success finally agree with product, because the ranking is grounded in numbers everyone trusts. And when you ship something an enterprise account asked for, you can point to the exact revenue it unblocks. Revenue weighting does not replace your judgment, it gives your judgment a foundation.

What You Get

Votes weighted by MRR

Connect Stripe and every vote is multiplied by the customer's monthly recurring revenue, so the ranking reflects business impact, not just headcount.

Raw and weighted shown together

See popularity and revenue side by side on every feature. You never lose the vote count, you just gain the dollars behind it.

No spreadsheets, no manual tagging

VoteFirst matches voters to subscriptions automatically. There is nothing to maintain and no account mapping to keep up to date.

Flat pricing, unlimited voters

Pay the same whether 100 or 10,000 customers vote. No tracked user caps or per seat charges that grow as you succeed.

Works with Stripe or Paddle

Use Stripe or Paddle for billing data, or import revenue via CSV or the API if you bill somewhere else. Revenue weighting is flexible.

Optional and reversible

Turn weighting on or off, and choose whether voters see weighted scores. It is a layer on top of normal voting, never a requirement.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is revenue weighted voting?

Revenue weighted voting multiplies each feature vote by the customer's monthly recurring revenue. Instead of ranking requests by how many people voted, it ranks them by how much paying revenue is behind each one. A vote from a large account counts for more than a vote from a free trial user, so your roadmap reflects business impact rather than raw popularity.

How does VoteFirst know each customer's revenue?

You connect your Stripe account, and VoteFirst imports your billing data and matches voters to their subscriptions automatically. When a customer votes, their monthly recurring revenue becomes the weight of that vote. You can also use Paddle, or import revenue figures via CSV or the API if you bill through another system.

Can my customers see the weighted scores?

You decide. The public board can show raw vote counts only, or both raw and weighted totals. Many teams keep the weighted view internal for prioritization and show only vote counts publicly, while others show both to signal that paying customers carry more influence. The choice is yours and it can change at any time.

Do I have to use revenue weighting?

No. Revenue weighting is an optional layer on top of a normal feature voting board. VoteFirst works perfectly well as a standard board with equal votes if you prefer. You can turn weighting on once your billing is connected, and turn it off whenever you like, without losing any votes or data.

Is revenue weighting accurate for usage based billing?

VoteFirst uses the monthly recurring revenue figure from your billing provider. For straightforward subscriptions this maps cleanly. For usage based or hybrid billing, you can rely on the recurring component, or push a custom revenue value per account through the API so the weighting reflects however you define account value.

How much does VoteFirst cost?

VoteFirst Lite is $4.50 a month and Pro is $19.50 a month, both flat regardless of how many customers vote. There are no tracked user limits or per seat charges. Revenue weighting is included, and both plans come with a 30 day free trial so you can connect Stripe and see the weighted ranking before paying.

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