Industry example
Park Graph for Schools and Universities
How a campus could charge visitor parking by the hour from a phone, sell monthly passes and price game days on Pro, with no permit machines.
This is an industry example, not a customer story. No business is named, and the numbers are modeled from the assumptions shown, not reported by an operator. For a real Park Graph operator, read the Wins Parking case study.
The problem
Campuses juggle students, staff, visitors and game days in the same lots. Visitor parking often runs on aging pay stations or a staffed booth, and a game day needs a different price than a Tuesday.
Schools near a downtown also have lots that sit half empty in the summer and on weekends.
How Park Graph handles it
Hourly visitor parking
Charge visitors by the hour with a daily maximum. They scan the sign and pay from their phones.
Monthly passes
Sell monthly passes at the price you set. A pass renews each month until the driver stops it.
Game days on Pro
Set a flat price per car for a game or graduation day. Starter keeps your normal rates.
Every lot in one place
Run each lot with its own rates. Pro and Enterprise have no lot limit.
Modeled revenue
One month at this kind of lot, worked out with the same math as the earnings estimator on our homepage.
Visitor parking
- Spaces
- 100
- Rate
- $2.50 an hour
- Paid hours a day
- 8
- Filled
- 50%
- Days
- 30
100 spaces × $2.5 an hour × 8 paid hours × 50% filled × 30 days, paid in 2-hour stays of $5. That's about $30,000 a month.
| A modeled month | Starter | ProKeeps more |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Stripe card fees (estimate) | −$2,700 | −$2,700 |
| Park Graph fees | −$4,500 | −$1,500 |
| Plan price | $-0 | −$499 |
| You keep | $22,800 | $25,301 |
Park Graph's fee is worked out per payment: Starter is 10% with a $0.75 minimum and no monthly price; Pro is 5% with a $0.25 minimum, plus $499/mo. Stripe's card fee is estimated at 2.9% + 30¢ a payment. This is an example, not a customer's result: taxes, refunds, signs and slow months are left out, and your own lot will differ.
How to set it up
Sign up and add your lot
Create a free account, add the lot's address and tell Park Graph how many spaces are for rent.
Set your prices
Open Pricing and set an hourly rate with a daily maximum: $2.50 an hour in this example.
Connect Stripe for payouts
Connect a Stripe account and verify your ID so payouts can reach your bank. Your first payout is released 7 days after your first payment, once your ID check is done. After that, payouts arrive 2 business days after each payment.
Post your QR sign
Print your sign on any printer or order a printed sign kit, and post it where drivers park. Drivers scan it with their phone camera and pay.
What stays yours: following local laws and permits, posting any signs your area requires, liability insurance and enforcement, as Section 26 of our Terms explains.
Keep reading
Frequently asked questions
- Can students buy a monthly parking pass?
- Yes. Sell monthly passes at the price you set; each renews until the driver stops it. Park Graph doesn't check enrollment, so a pass is open to anyone who buys it from your lot's page. New pass sales start once we've approved your proof that you own or control the property.
- Can we charge more on game days?
- On Pro and Enterprise, yes: add a flat event price for the day. Starter keeps your normal rates and never surges.
- Do we need permit machines or booths?
- No. Drivers pay from their phones through the QR sign, so there's nothing to install or empty.
- Is Park Graph for Schools and Universities a real customer story?
- No. This page is an industry example, not a customer story: no business is named and nothing on it was reported by an operator. It shows how this kind of lot could run on Park Graph. Our one customer case study is Wins Parking at Eagle County Airport (EGE) and Edwards, Colorado.
- How were the schools and universities numbers worked out?
- With the math behind the earnings estimator on our homepage. Revenue comes from the assumptions shown (100 visitor spaces at $2.50 an hour, 8 paid hours a day, 50% full): about $30,000 a month. Park Graph's fee is worked out per payment on each plan (Starter: 10%, minimum $0.75; Pro: 5%, minimum $0.25, plus $499/mo), and Stripe's card fee is estimated at 2.9% + 30¢ a payment. Taxes, refunds, signs and slow months are left out.
Put your schools and universities lot on Park Graph
Start free on Starter: add your lot, set your prices and print your sign. Drivers pay by phone and payouts go to your bank through Stripe.