Rain Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- You rank for ~663 keywords and drive ~2k monthly organic visits (≈ $2k in traffic value), with no paid search footprint.
- Organic visibility is heavily brand-led: “rain” drives ~39% of traffic, plus branded variants like “rain cards,” “rain company,” and “rain card” contributing meaningful share.
- Traffic is highly concentrated on the homepage (~1.6k visits; ~94% of total), with smaller contributions from /careers (~56), a Western Union announcement resource page (~27), and /legal (~17).
Growth Opportunity
- Your authority score is 33 (moderate) supported by ~27k backlinks from ~1.2k referring domains—a solid base, but you’re not yet converting that authority into broad non-brand rankings.
- Competitors have materially more reach: the leader (BVNK) gets ~6k visits and ranks for ~2.1k keywords (≈ 3× your keyword footprint), signaling clear headroom if you expand topic coverage.
- You’re barely capturing high-intent category demand (e.g., “crypto credit card,” “crypto debit card,” “stablecoin infrastructure”) and most resource/product pages show ~0 traffic—suggesting a systematic content + landing page program could diversify traffic beyond the homepage.
Assessment
You have a credible backlink foundation and strong brand demand, but your organic traffic is brittle because it’s concentrated on the homepage and a handful of branded queries. The gap to competitors is mainly breadth—more pages ranking for more non-brand terms. AirOps can help you scale a systematic content and landing-page engine to capture category-level intent and materially grow organic traffic.
Competition at a Glance
Analysis of 2 direct competitors (Bridge and BVNK) shows Rain (rain.xyz) currently has 1,729 monthly organic visits from 663 ranking keywords, indicating a smaller overall search footprint versus peers.
Across this competitive set, rain.xyz ranks 3rd in organic search traffic and 3rd in ranking keywords. The top-performing competitor is BVNK, with 5,853 monthly organic visits and 2,137 ranking keywords, creating a visibility gap of roughly +4,124 visits/month and ~3.2× broader keyword coverage compared with Rain.
Overall market positioning suggests Rain’s current challenge is reach and breadth: competitors are winning more organic visibility largely by ranking for many more search terms, while Rain’s performance indicates it is generating relatively solid traffic from a smaller keyword base. This frames the category as one where expanding total search presence is the primary differentiator between mid-pack performance and leadership.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
Create a massive library of corridor-specific landing pages detailing how to move stablecoins between specific countries for various business use cases. This targets high-intent B2B buyers looking for localized payout and settlement solutions.
Example Keywords
- "usdc payouts to Mexico"
- "stablecoin remittance to Brazil for marketplaces"
- "digital dollar payroll to the Philippines"
- "cross-border stablecoin payments to India"
Rationale
Rain’s infrastructure is built for global money movement, yet current traffic is 93% branded. These pages create non-branded entry points for users searching for specific payment rails.
Topical Authority
Rain already ranks for "stablecoin company" and "stablecoin infrastructure," making it a natural authority for specific corridor implementations.
Internal Data Sources
Use supported country lists, payout method availability, and Western Union network integration data from the resources section.
Estimated Number of Pages
3,000+ (Covering 150+ countries across multiple settlement assets and use cases)
Develop a structured encyclopedia of MCC codes and spend-policy playbooks written for card program operators. Each page explains the code, common miscategorizations, and recommended allow/deny policies for different industries.
Example Keywords
- "mcc 5812 policy"
- "merchant category code for utilities"
- "how to block gambling transactions on corporate cards"
- "mcc code for airlines spend controls"
Rationale
MCC and spend controls are core operational needs for anyone launching card products. This play builds a massive non-branded footprint that attracts high-intent program managers.
Topical Authority
Rain is a card and payments infrastructure company with existing pages for /cards and /technology, making it a credible source for operational card data.
Internal Data Sources
Leverage internal risk rules, spend control templates, and anonymized authorization metadata to provide real-world policy recommendations.
Estimated Number of Pages
2,000+ (Covering 1,000+ MCC codes across multiple industry policy variants)
A technical library mapping card authorization messaging into searchable pages for developers and payments engineers. It breaks down specific fields and message types to help teams debug and implement card programs.
Example Keywords
- "iso 8583 field 55 emv data"
- "mti 0100 vs 0200 meaning"
- "authorization reversal iso 8583"
- "field 3 processing code edge cases"
Rationale
Technical evaluators often search for specific protocol fields when debugging or designing systems. This play captures long-tail developer intent that competitors currently overlook.
Topical Authority
Rain’s developer documentation (docs.rain.xyz) provides a strong foundation for technical authority in the card issuance space.
Internal Data Sources
Use OpenAPI specs, webhook schemas, and sample payloads from Rain's developer documentation to provide accurate, implementation-ready content.
Estimated Number of Pages
1,200+ (Covering core ISO fields, MTI types, and contextual debugging scenarios)
An operator-focused hub where every dispute reason code has a dedicated page with evidence checklists and prevention strategies. This provides essential operational value to card program managers and risk teams.
Example Keywords
- "visa chargeback reason code 83"
- "mastercard dispute reason code 4855"
- "representment evidence for fraud disputes"
- "how to respond to chargeback reason 10.4"
Rationale
Disputes are a major pain point for card issuers. Providing specific evidence kits for every reason code captures high-intent traffic from teams in the implementation or scaling phase.
Topical Authority
Rain’s Trust Center and legal sections establish the necessary credibility to host sensitive compliance and risk-related content.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize internal dispute workflow documentation, metadata capture requirements, and legal-approved language from the /legal section.
Estimated Number of Pages
800+ (Covering all major network reason codes across various merchant category contexts)
Create static solution pages that package Rain's infrastructure for specific industry verticals and personas. Each page details the architecture, benefits, and implementation steps for a particular business model.
Example Keywords
- "card issuing for marketplaces"
- "embedded finance for gig platforms"
- "stablecoin-based settlement for payroll platforms"
- "digital dollar accounts for global SaaS"
Rationale
Competitors like BVNK have 3x the keyword coverage of Rain. This play bridges that gap by mapping existing product pillars to specific industry search terms.
Topical Authority
Rain already has product pillars for cards, accounts, and money movement, which map cleanly to these industry-specific solution intents.
Internal Data Sources
Use sales discovery notes, solution briefs, and existing case studies from the /resources section to differentiate the content.
Estimated Number of Pages
1,200+ (Covering 60+ industries across 10+ persona-based use cases)
Improvements Summary
Re-map keywords so the homepage targets brand/category messaging, while /cards targets non-brand card intent and new pillar pages cover stablecoin payments. Turn each /resources post into an evergreen asset with query-led sections, FAQs, and consistent on-page SEO, then connect everything with structured internal links.
Improvements Details
Upgrade /cards to target terms like "crypto credit card", "crypto cards", and "cryptocurrency card" with modules on program mechanics, requirements, use cases, and an FAQ + schema. Create /stablecoin-payments/ for "stablecoin payments platform" and "stablecoin as a service", plus a /resources/stablecoin-card-programs/ hub that lists related case studies and launches. For every /resources URL, add “what problem it solves,” “how it works,” implementation notes, results, and 5–8 FAQs; standardize Title/H1/H2s, add Article + Breadcrumb schema, and add a “Related offerings” block linking to /cards and /stablecoin-payments/ with keyword-aligned anchors.
Improvements Rationale
Right now most /resources pages rank for a single partner/brand term and behave like time-bound PR, which limits long-tail discovery and sustained traffic. Concentrating high-intent queries on dedicated pillars and expanding resource pages with evergreen, search-matched sections increases the keyword footprint per URL and improves the chance of page-1 rankings for mid-tail, high-CPC terms while driving more qualified visitors into product pages.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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